Recorded plaques and birthplaces, A to Z

Showing 14,161–14,220 of 14,869 records (0.4% of this list). The location is where the plaque or birthplace is recorded, not a claim about someone’s later home.

• William Alfred Ismay blue plaque — Wakefield, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: William Alfred Ismay MBE Recorded plaque organisation: Wakefield Civic Society…
• William Allan — City of Edinburgh, Scotland Birthplace Explorer Tom William Allan was born here, and folks claim this street is actually three hundred years older than the buildings on…
• William Allan black plaque — City of Edinburgh, Scotland Commemorative plaque Explorer Tom William Allan black plaque in Edinburgh describes the 1800s to a teenager by saying 'we had fancy hats and no Wi-Fi…
• William Allcard black plaque — Warrington, England Commemorative plaque This black commemorative plaque records: William Allcard and Bank House. Railway pioneer William Allcard (1801-61) was…
• William Amey blue plaque — Warwick, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: William Amey VC MM (1881-1940) holder of the Victoria Cross lived here Recorded…
• William Armstrong and Henry Watson black plaque — Newcastle upon Tyne, England Commemorative plaque This black commemorative plaque records: High Bridge. Lord Armstrong 1810-1900. William George Armstrong's…
• William Armstrong and Mabel’s Mill black plaque — Newcastle upon Tyne, England Commemorative plaque This black commemorative plaque records: The Mill. Mabel’s Mill, a water corn mill of the Ridleys, existed here by…
• William Armstrong blue plaque — Northumberland, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: Cragside The House of Lord Armstrong (1810-1900) investor, engineer and…
• William Armstrong marble plaque — Newcastle upon Tyne, England Commemorative plaque This marble commemorative plaque records: Armstrong House. The Above Stone is the Door Lintel of the House where the…
• William Arthur Evelyn bronze plaque — York, England Commemorative plaque This bronze commemorative plaque records: Dr. William Arthur Evelyn 1860-1935. A pioneer of conservation of the City of…
• William Ashley blue plaque — Birmingham, England Blue plaque Explorer Tom William Ashley blue plaque has caught my eye in Birmingham. I bet a blue plaque with a name like that could keep me…
• William Astbury blue plaque — Leeds, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: William T. Astbury FRS lived here from 1928 to 1961. His brilliant research at…
• William Augustus black plaque — Stirling, Scotland Commemorative plaque This black commemorative plaque records: Minnie Burn Near this spot, in a 'cundie' or stone channel, flows the Minnie…
• William Augustus blue plaque — Stafford, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: In 1745, at the time of Bonnie Prince Charlie's Rebellion, the Duke of…
• William Austin Chambers white plaque — Swale, England Commemorative plaque This white commemorative plaque records: William Austin Chambers, harbour master, lived here in the mid 19th century.…
• William Bagyns and Nicholas Page blue plaque — East Hampshire, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: Newly built by William Bagyns in 1580, this property was remodelled by Nicholas…
• William Bailey black plaque — Somerset, England Commemorative plaque This black commemorative plaque records: This house, formerly the 'Champneys Arms' inn and London coach office, was…
• William Bald bronze plaque — Fife, Scotland Commemorative plaque This bronze commemorative plaque records: William Bald 1788-1857 born in Burntisland near here. Pioneering…
• William Barley, Nicholas Sotherton, And Joseph Paine green plaque — Norwich, England Commemorative plaque This green commemorative plaque records: Strangers Hall Dating from about 1320, with additions in the 15th, 16th, 17th…
• William Barnes stone plaque — Dorset, England Commemorative plaque This stone commemorative plaque records: William Barnes the Dorset poet lived here 1847 to 1862.
• William Barratt blue plaque — West Northamptonshire, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: William Barratt 1877-1939. William Barratt was a self-made Northampton shoe…
• William Bass blue plaque — Hinckley and Bosworth, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: William Bass (1717-1787) Carrier of Hinckley and founder of the world famous…
• William Beamont white plaque — Warrington, England Commemorative plaque This white commemorative plaque records: 1797 1889 William Beamont Historian antiquary and first Mayor of Warrington…
• William Beckford bronze plaque — Bath and North East Somerset, England Commemorative plaque Explorer Tom William Beckford bronze plaque has caught my eye in Bath and North East Somerset. I bet a commemorative plaque with a…
• William Bell and Bridlington railway station blue plaque — East Riding of Yorkshire, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: Bridlington Station Opened in 1846 by the York & North Midland Railway, these…
• William Bell Scott — City of Edinburgh, Scotland Birthplace Explorer Tom William Bell Scott popped out here with an escape plan involving a ladder and a very large cat. Apparently, the first…
• William Bell Scott black plaque — Newcastle upon Tyne, England Commemorative plaque This black commemorative plaque records: William Bell Scott 1811-1890. Leading poet and Pre-Raphaelite painter. Head of…
• William Bell, Horace Field, And Grand Hotel and Spa (York) black plaque — York, England Commemorative plaque This black commemorative plaque records: York has been a centre of railway management since 1840. This building, now…
• William Bindloss, Eli Cox, And Agnes Bindloss black plaque — Westmorland and Furness, England Commemorative plaque This black commemorative plaque records: Main Street Milnthorpe. Main Street connected the port of Milnthorpe on the…
• William Blackstone blue plaque — South Oxfordshire, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: Judge Sir William Blackstone 1723-1780 presided here as Recorder of Wallingford…
• William Blackwood — City of Edinburgh, Scotland Birthplace Explorer Tom The wind keeps picking on William Blackwood’s old birthplace because it thinks the chimney is breathing too loud. It…
• William Blake blue plaque — Arun, England Blue plaque Explorer Tom William Blake blue plaque has caught my eye in Arun. I bet a blue plaque with a name like that could keep me talking…
• William Bloye blue plaque — Birmingham, England Blue plaque Explorer Tom William Bloye blue plaque has caught my eye in Birmingham. I bet a blue plaque with a name like that could keep me…
• William Bonaparte-Wyse — County Waterford, Ireland Birthplace Explorer Tom William Bonaparte-Wyse in County Waterford is where a soldier and Occitan poet was born, and someone once wrote such a…
• William Booth and Catherine Booth blue plaque — Gateshead, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: William Booth (1829-1912) Founder of the Salvation Army and Catherine Booth…
• William Booth blue plaque — Calderdale, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: This building was the old Bethel Chapel from 1811 to 1904 William Booth founder…
• William Booth blue plaque — South Holland, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: William Booth lodged here Recorded plaque organisation: Spalding and District…
• William Booth blue plaque — Tameside, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: Sergeant William Booth 1893-1958 Born in Stalybridge Served in the 20th…
• William Booth bronze plaque — City of Nottingham, England Commemorative plaque This bronze commemorative plaque records: William Booth was made a Freeman of the City of Nottingham in November 1905.
• William Booth bronze plaque — City of Nottingham, England Commemorative plaque This bronze commemorative plaque records: In this building formerly the Broad Street Wesley Chapel, William Booth…
• William Booth grey plaque — City of Nottingham, England Commemorative plaque This grey commemorative plaque records: In this house was born on 10th April 1829 William Booth founder and General of…
• William Borrer blue plaque — Horsham, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: In this house called Potwell was born William Borrer FRS, FLS 1781-1862…
• William Bosi — City of Edinburgh, Scotland Birthplace Explorer Tom William Bosi started his climbing career here, and there was a dance party that went way too far into the furniture.…
• William Bourke Cockran — County Sligo, Ireland Birthplace Explorer Tom William Bourke Cockran's birthplace in County Sligo is where two families are still arguing over who owns the best…
• William Boyd Dawkins, J. Wilfrid Jackson, And Boyd Dawkins Room, Buxton marble plaque — High Peak, England Commemorative plaque This marble commemorative plaque records: The Boyd Dawkins Room opened by Dr. D. A. Roe 21st May 1982 Commemorating the…
• William Boyd McCleary — County Antrim, Ireland Birthplace Explorer Tom William Boyd McCleary (Birthplace) in County Antrim is the birthplace of a diplomat who probably had a least favourite…
• William Bradwen Jones brushed metal plaque — Ynys Môn / Isle of Anglesey, Wales Commemorative plaque This brushed metal commemorative plaque records: Athro Cerdd, Cyfeilydd, Organydd. Cyfansoddwr ac Arweinydd. William…
• William Brear blue plaque — Bradford, England Blue plaque Explorer Tom William Brear blue plaque in Bradford boasts of a sawmill family business lasting nearly 150 years. That’s longer than…
• William Brereton blue plaque — Manchester, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: In May 1645 Parliamentary troops under Sir William Brereton (1604 - 1661) of…
• William Brewster and Mansion House, Hereford green plaque — Herefordshire, England Commemorative plaque This green commemorative plaque records: Mansion House 1697 formerly home of William Brewster D.Med. 1665-1715 Recorded…
• William Briwere and Bridgwater Castle blue plaque — Somerset, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: Under this building lie the foundations of a tower of Bridgwater Castle.…
• William Brodie — City of Edinburgh, Scotland Birthplace Explorer Tom William Brodie, the cabinet-maker thief, was born here, and there’s a story that it was nearly sold for a horse once.…
• William Brodie multicoloured plaque — City of Edinburgh, Scotland Commemorative plaque Explorer Tom William Brodie multicoloured plaque in Edinburgh probably ended up in the wrong place because it got confused with…
• William Brown — County Mayo, Ireland Birthplace Explorer Tom William Brown’s birthplace is involved in a massive feud with the village next door over whose chimney smoke looks more…
• William Brown Macdougall and Margaret Armour blue plaque — Epping Forest, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: William Brown MacDougall (1868-1936) artist & his wife Margaret Armour…
• William Brown Street and William Brown grey plaque — Liverpool, England Commemorative plaque This grey commemorative plaque records: William Brown Street William Brown Street has arguably one of the most…
• William Brown, Hargreaves Building, And J. A. Picton black plaque — Liverpool, England Commemorative plaque This black commemorative plaque records: Built 1859 Hargreaves Building Designed by J. A. Picton for Sir William Brown.
• William Bruce Ellis Ranken — City of Edinburgh, Scotland Birthplace Explorer Tom William Bruce Ellis Ranken’s birthplace has a secret it would tell after a few pints: it knows where the best chips are…
• William Buckland blue plaque — Cherwell, England Blue plaque This blue commemorative plaque records: William Buckland 1784-1856, geologist, Dean of Westminster Recorded plaque…
• William Budd green plaque — City of Bristol, England Commemorative plaque This green commemorative plaque records: William Budd M.D., F.R.S. 1811-1880 physician and epidemiologist lived here…

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