Robert Blake blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: 17 Market Street. This fine Georgian house, with its exceptionally elegant facade, was the Crewkerne home of the Blake family who were pioneers in the Falkland Islands. Hence the name of the adjacent Falkland Square. Recorded plaque organisation: Crewkerne Civic Society.

Robert Blake was a British naval commander and politician active during the English Civil War, renowned for his military successes and role as Lord Protector under Oliver Cromwell; however, the plaque likely refers to a member of the Blake family who were significant in the colonization and development of the Falkland Islands.