List of blue plaques

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This list of blue plaques is an annotated list of people or events in the United Kingdom that have been commemorated by blue plaques. The plaques themselves are permanent signs installed in publicly-visible locations on buildings to commemorate either a famous person who lived or worked in the building (or site) or an event that occurred within the building.^[1] See also Category:Buildings with blue plaques.

Contents 1 London/English Heritage plaques 1.1 People 1.1.1 A 1.1.2 B 1.1.3 C 1.1.4 D 1.1.5 E 1.1.6 G 1.1.7 H 1.1.8 J 1.1.9 K 1.1.10 L 1.1.11 M 1.1.12 N 1.1.13 P 1.1.14 R 1.1.15 S 1.1.16 T 1.1.17 W 1.1.18 Y 1.1.19 Z 1.2 Organisations, places, or events 2 Other similar plaques 2.1 People 3 References

[edit] London/English Heritage plaques

These are blue plaques issued by the Royal Society of Arts or its successors in administering the blue plaque programme: the London County Council, the Greater London Council, and English Heritage.^[1] The entries in the lists in this section are based on information from the English Heritage website (http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1494) unless otherwise noted.

[edit] People

[edit] A

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)	Poet and critic	2 Chester Square Westminster, WC2	1954
Albert Henry Stanley, Lord Ashfield (1874-1948)	First chairman of London Transport	43 South Street Mayfair, Westminster, W1	1984

[edit] B

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
John Logie Baird (1888-1946)	First demonstration of television	22 Frith Street Westminster, W1	1951
John Logie Baird (1888-1946)	Television pioneer	3 Crescent Wood Road Sydenham, Lewisham, SE26	1977
Sir Michael Balcon (1896-1977)	Film producer	Ealing Film Studios, Ealing Green Ealing W5	2005
William Henry Barlow (1812-1902)	Engineer	High Combe, 145 Carlton Road Charlton, Greenwich, SE7	1991
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (1819-1891)	Civil engineer	17 Hamilton Terrace St John's Wood, Westminster, NW8	1974
Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)	Singer	Hampton Branch Library, Rose Hill Hampton, Richmond Upon Thames	1948
Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898)	Artist	41 Kensington Square Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, W8	1998
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924)	Writer	63 Portland Place Westminster, W1	1979
William Butterfield (1814-1900)	Architect	42 Bedford Square Camden, WC1	1978

[edit] C

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Colen Campbell (1676-1729)	Achitect and author of Vitruvius Britannicus	76 Brook Street Westminster, W1	1977
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908)	Prime Minister	6 Grosvenor Place Wstminster, SW1	1959
Charles X of France (1757-1836)	Last Bourbon King of France	72 South Audley Street Westminster, W1	2000
Sir Henry Cole (1808-1882)	Campaigner, educator, first director of the Victoria and Albert Museum	33 Thurloe Square South Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7	1991
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)	Creator of Sherlock Holmes	12 Tennison Road South Norwood, Croydon, SE25	1973
Captain James Cook (1728-1779)	Circumnavigator and explorer	88 Mile End Road Tower Hamlets, E1	1970
Charles Coward (1905-1976)	Rescuer of Jews from Auschwitz	133 Chichester Road Enfield, N9	1995

[edit] D

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Sir Frank Dyson (1868-1939)	Astronomer Royal	6 Vanbrugh Hill Blackheath, Greenwich, SE3	1990

[edit] E

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
John Scott, Lord Eldon (1751-1838)	Lord Chancellor	6 Bedford Square Camden, WC1	1954
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)	Poet	3 Kensington Court Gardens Kensington and Chelsea, W8	1986
George Elkington	Promoter of electro-plating	The old Science Museum, Newhall Street, Birmingham[2]
Dame Edith Evans (1888-1976)	Actress	109 Ebury Street Victoria, Westminster, SW1	1997

[edit] G

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)		Kingsley Hall, Powis Road Tower Hamlets, E3	1954
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)		20 Baron's Court Road Hammersmith and Fulham, W14	1986
W. G. Grace (1848-1915)	Cricketer	Fairmount, Mottingham Lane Mottingham, SE9	1966
Robert Graves (1895-1985)	Writer	1 Lauriston Road Wimbledon, SW19	1995

[edit] H

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)	Musician	25 Brook Street Westminster, W1	1952
John Harrison (1693-1776)	Inventor of the marine chronometer	Summit House, Red Lion Square Camden, WC1	1954
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (Althony Hope) (1863-1933)	Novelist	41 Bedford Square Camden, WC1	1976
Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970)	Guitarist and songwriter	23 Brook Street Mayfair, W1	1997
Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866)	Physician, reformer and philanthropist	35 Bedford Square Camden, WC1	1985

[edit] J

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935)	Admiral of the Fleet	25 Draycott Place Kensington and Chelsea, SW3	1975

[edit] K

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Boris Karloff (alias for William Henry Pratt) (1887-1969)	Actor	36 Forest Hill Road East Dulwich, Southwark, SE23	1998
Sir Alexander Korda (1893-1956)	Film producer	21 Grosvenor Street Westminster, W1	2002
Prince Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921)	Theorist of Anarchism	6 Crescent Road Bromley	1989

[edit] L

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Lillie Langtry (1852-1929)	Actress	Cadogan Hotel, 21 Pont Street Kensington and Chelsea, SW1	1980
Charles Laughton (1899-1962)	Actor	15 Percy Street Camden, W1	1992
T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935)	"Lawrence of Arabia"	14 Barton Street Westminster, SW1	1966
Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869-1944)	Architect	13 Mansfield Street Westminster, W1 (joint plaque with John Loughborough Pearson)	1962

[edit] M

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
John Masefield (1878-1967)	Poet Laureate	30 Maida Avenue Westminster, W2	2002
Karl Marx (1818-1883)		28 Dean Street Westminster, W1	1967
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)	Physicist	16 Palace Gardens Terrace Kensington and Chelsea, W8	1923
Herman Melville (1819-1891)	Author of Moby Dick	25 Craven Street Westminster, WC2	2005
George Meredith (1828-1909)	Poet and novelist	7 Hobury Street Kensington and Chelsea, SW10	1976
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)	Philosopher	18 Kensington Square Kensington and Chelsea , W8	1907
Sir John Everett Millais (1829-1896)	Painter	2 Palace Gate Kensington and Chelsea, W8	1926
A. A. Milne (1882-1956)	Author	13 Mallord Street Kensington and Chelsea, SW3	1979
Nancy Mitford (1904-1973)	Writer	Heywood Hill's bookshop, 10 Curzon Street Mayfair, Westminster, W1	1999
Field Marshal Montgomery, Viscount of Alamein (1887-1976)	Field Marshal	Oval House, 52-54 Kennington Oval Lambeth, SE11	1987
Henry Moore (1898-1986)	Sculptor	11a Parkhill Road Hampstead, Camden, NW3	2004
Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938)	Literary hostess and patron of the arts	10 Gower Street Westminster, WC1	1984
Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872)	American painter and inventor of the Morse code	141 Cleveland Street Westminster, W1	1962
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979)	Last Viceroy of India	2 Wilton Crescent Westminster, SW1	2000
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)	Composer	180 Ebury Street Westminster, SW1	1939
Alexander Muirhead (1807-1889)	Electrical engineer	20 Church Road Shortlands, Bromley, BR2	1981
Hugh Hector Munro, alias Saki (1870-1916)	Short story writer	97 Mortimer Street Westminster, W1	2003

[edit] N

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Harold Nicolson (1886-1968)	Writer and gardener	182 Ebury Street Belgravia, Westminster, SW1 (joint plaque with Vita Sackville-West)	1993

[edit] P

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Francis Turner Palgrave (1824-1897)	Compiler of The Golden Treasury	5 York Gate Regent's Park, Westminster, NW1	1976
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865)	Statesman	4 Carlton Gardens Westminster, SW1	1925
Dame Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958)	Campaigner for women's suffrage	50 Clarendon Road Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea, W11 (joint plaque with Emmeline Pankhurst)	2006
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)	Campaigner for women's suffrage	50 Clarendon Road Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea, W11 (joint plaque with Dame Christabel Pankhurst)	2006
Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960)	Campaigner for women's rights	120 Cheyne Walk Kensington and Chelsea, SW10	1985
Mervyn Peake (1911-1968)	Writer	1 Drayton Gardens Kensington and Chelsea, SW10	1996
John Loughborough Pearson (1817-1897)	Architect	13 Mansfield Street Westminster, W1 (joint plaque with Edwin Lutyens)	1962
Sir Robert Peel (1750-1830)	Manufacturer and reformer	16 Upper Grosvenor Street Westminster, W1	1988
Henry Pelham (c. 1695-1754)	Prime Minister	22 Arlington Street Westminster, SW1	1995
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703)	Diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty	12 Buckingham Street Westminster, WC1	1908
Spencer Perceval (1762-1812)	Prime Minister	59-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields Camden, WC2	1914
Frank Pick (1878-1941)	Pioneer of good design for London Transport	15 Wildwood Road Barnet, NW11	1981
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806)	Prime Minister	120 Baker Street Westminster, W1	1949
Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers (1827-1900)	Anthropologist and archaeologist	4 Grosvenor Gardens Westminster, SW1	1983
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)	Poet	3 Chalcot Square Primrose Hill, Camden, NW1	2000
Sir Nigel Playfair (1874-1934)	Actor-manager	26 Pelham Crescent Kensington and Chelsea, SW7	1965
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)	Poet	Mawson Arms PH, 110 Chiswick Lane South Chiswick, Hounslow, W4	1996
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)	Poet	10 Kensington Church Walk Kensington and Chelsea, W8	2004
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984)	Novelist, playwright and essayist	3 The Grove, Highgate, Camden, N6	1994
Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)	Scientist, philosopher, and theologian	Ram Place, E9	1985

[edit] R

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Lord FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788-1855)	Commander during the Crimean War	5 Stanhope Gate Hyde Park, Westminster, W1	1911
Eleanor Rathbone (1872-1946)	Pioneer of family allowances	Tufton Court, Tufton Street Westminster, SW1	1986
Sir Terence Rattigan (1911-1977)	Playwright	100 Cornwall Gardens Kensington and Chelsea, SW7	2005
Lord Reith (1889-1971)	First director-general of the BBC	6 Barton Street Westminster, SW1	1994
Sir Harry Ricardo (1885-1974)	Mechanical engineer	13 Bedford Square Westminster, WC1	2005
Ram Mohan Roy (1772-1833)	Indian scholar and reformer	49 Bedford Square Camden, WC1	1985

[edit] S

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962)	Writer and gardener	182 Ebury Street Belgravia, Westminster, SW1 (joint plaque with Harold Nicolson)	1993
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)	Writer	23 Campden Hill Square Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, W8	1996
George Seferis (1900-1971)	Greek ambassador, poet, and Nobel laureate	51 Upper Brook Street Westminster, W1	2000

[edit] T

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Alan Turing (1912-1954)	Code-breaker and pioneer of computer science	2 Warrington Crescent Maida Vale, Westminster, W9	1998

[edit] W

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Thomas Wakley (1795-1862)	Reformer and founder of The Lancet	35 Bedford Square Camden, WC1	1962
H. G. Wells (1866-1946)	Writer	13 Hanover Terrace Westminster, NW1	1966
Sir Richard Westmacott (1775-1856)	Sculptor	14 South Audley Street Westminster, W1	1955

[edit] Y

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)	Irish poet and dramatist	23 Fitzroy Road Camden, NW1	1957
Thomas Young (1773-1829)	Man of science	48 Welbeck Street Westminster, W1	1951

[edit] Z

Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Israel Zangwill (1864-1926)	Writer and philanthropist	288 Old Ford Road Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, E2	1965
Johann Zoffany (1733-1810)	Painter	65 Strand-on-the-Green Chiswick, Hounslow, W4	1973
Émile Zola (1840-1902)	French novelist	Queen's Hotel, 122 Church Road Upper Norwood, Croydon, SE19	1990

[edit] Organisations, places, or events

Organisation, place, or event	Description	Address	Reference
The County Hall	The home of London Government from 1922 to 1986 (LCC 1889-1965, GLC 1965-1986).	Main Entrance, County Hall Lambeth, SE1	[1]
Royal Society of Arts	The origin of the blue plaque	8 John Adam Street London, WC2	[3]
Television	The world's, first regular, high definition, television service, was inaugurated, here by the B.B.C., 2 November, 1936	Alexandra Palace Wood Green, Haringey, N22	[1]
Tyburn Tree	Site of Tyburn Tree.	Traffic Island at the junction of Edgware Road and Bayswater Road, W2	[1]

[edit] Other similar plaques

Other plaques issued by municipal authorities, societies, companies, or private individuals that emulate the style and function of the Official plaques.

[edit] People

Person	Notability	Address	Issued by (colour)
Charles Babbage (1791-1871)	Mathematician, astronomer and computer pioneer	1a Dorset Street, W1	Westminster City Council[4]
Charles Babbage (1791-1871)	Mathematician, astronomer and computer pioneer	Corner of Larcom Street and Walworth Road, SE17	Southwark Council[5]
John Logie Baird (1888-1946)		132-5 Long Acre, WC2	The Royal Television Society
Harry Beck (1903–1974)	Creator of the schematic Tube map	Finchley Central tube station, N3	London Regional Transport (grey)
Jack Kid Berg (1909-1991)	Boxer	Noble Court, Cable Street, E1	Stepney Historical Society (blue)
Hannah Billig (1901-1987)	Physician	198 Cable Street, E1	London Borough of Tower Hamlets[6]
Enid Blyton (1897-1968)	Writer	83 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, BR2	London Borough of Bromley (blue)[7]
Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby	Private secretary to Winston Churchill	1 Eaton Square, SW1	Private[8]
Harold Bride	Wireless olperator aboard the RMS Titanic	58 Ravensbourne Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley	London Borough of Bromley (blue)[9]
Anne Brontë (1820-1849)	Writer	Grand Hotel, Scarborough, North Yorkshire	Unknown
Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948)		Bonchester, Bonchester Close, Off Camden Park Road, Chislehurst	London Borough of Bromley (blue)[10]
J. A. Chatwin (1830-1907)	Architect	Lloyds Bank, Queen Square, Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton Civic Society/Lloyds Bank[11]
Alvin Langdon Coburn	Pioneering photographer	Ffordd Isaf, Harlech, North Wales	Royal Photographic Society/Olympus Corporation (blue/octagonal)
William Sands Cox	Surgeon	House of Fraser store, Temple Row, Birmingham	City of Birmingham (blue)
Thomas Crapper (1837-1910)	Plumber and engineer	12 Thornsett Road, Bromley	London Borough of Bromley (blue)[12]
Richmal Crompton (1890-1969)	Author	'The Glebe', Oakley Road, Bromley Common, BR2	London Borough of Bromley (green)[13]
Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)	Writer	14 Thornsett Road, Anerley, SE20	London Borough of Bromley (blue)[14]
Bernard Delfont (as Baron Delfont)	Impresario	Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street, SW1	Comic Heritage[15]
Grantly Dick-Read (1890-1959)	Obstetrician	25 Harley Street, W1	Westminster City Council/National Childbirth Trust (green)[16]
Robert William Dale (1829-1895)	Nonconformist church leader	Carrs Lane Church, Birmingham	Birmingham Civic Society (blue)[17]
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)	Writer	2 Upper Wimpole Street, W1	Westminster City Council/The Arthur Conan Doyle Society (green)[18]
Geraint Evans (1922-1992)	Opera singer	34 Birchwood Road, Petts Wood, BR5	London Borough of Bromley (blue)[19]
Humphrey Gainsborough	Non-conformist minister, engineer and inventor	Christ Church United Reformed Church, Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames	Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board/Oxford Civic Society (blue)[20]
Sampson Gamgee	Surgeon	Repertory Theatre, Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham	Birmingham Civic Society (blue)[21]
Tony Hancock	Actor and comedian	10 Grey Close, NW11	The Dead Comics Society (blue)[22]
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-1889)	Sculptor and artist	'Fossil Villa', 22 Belvedere Road, Anerley	London Borough of Bromley (black)[23]
William Hutton	Historian	Waterstones, High Street, Birmingham	Birmingham Civic Society (blue)[24]
Sid James	Actor	Gunnersby Avenue, London	The Dead Comics Society
Samuel Johnson & Joshua Reynolds	Founders of The Club	9 Gerrard Street, W1	Westminster City Council/Honsway C&E Foundation (green)[25]
Charles Keeping (1924-1988)	Illustrator	16 Church Road, Shortlands, BR2	London Borough of Bromley (blue)[26]
John F. Kennedy	Politician and US President	14 Princes Gate, SW7	Unknown (blue)[27]
Frederick W. Lanchester	Scientist, inventor and engineer	Oxford Road, Moseley, Birmingham	Unknown (green)[28]
Jessie Matthews	Actress, dancer and singer	Blue Posts Pub, 22 Berwick Street, W1	Westminster City Council[29]
John le Mesurier	Actor	Baron's Court, London	The Dead Comics Society[30]
Edward Lear	Painter, poet and humorist	Bowman's Mews , N7	London Brough of Islington[31]
Lloyds Bank (Sampson Lloyd)	Origin of bank	Dale End, Birmingham	City of Birmingham (blue)[32]
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834-1913)	Banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist	High Elms Estate, Shire Lane, Farnborough, BR6	London Borough of Bromley (blue)[33]
Ewan MacColl (1915-1989)	Singer, songwriter and political activist	35 Stanley Avenue, Beckenham, BR3	London Borough of Bromley (blue)[34]
James Joseph Magennis	Submariner and Victoria Cross recipient	Royal Naval Association building, Great Victoria Street, Belfast	Ulster History Circle (blue)[35]
Karl Marx (1818-1883)	Philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary	101-8 Maitland Park Road, NW3	Camden Borough Council
Joe Meek (1929-1967)	Record producer - The Telstar man, pioneer of sound recording technology, lived, worked and died here.	304 Holloway Road, N19	Unknown (black)[36]
Spike Milligan	Comedian	Camden Palace, Camden High Street, NW1	Comic Heritage (blue)[37]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)	Composer	20 Frith Street, W1	Royal Music Association (blue)[38]
James Murray	Lexicographer	78 Banbury Road, Oxford	Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board/Oxford Civic Society (blue)[39]
Heddle Nash (1895-1961)	Opera singer	49 Towncourt Crescent, Petts Wood, Bromley	London Borough of Bromley (black)[40]
J. A. R. Newlands (1837–1898)	Chemist	West Square, London, SE11	Royal Society of Chemistry
Joe Orton (1933-1967)	Playwright	25 Noel Road, London, N1	London Borough of Islington (green)
Alexander Parkes	Metallurgist and inventor	Science Museum, Birmingham	Birmingham Civic Society (blue)[41]
William Perkin	Chemist	Cable Street, E1	Stepney Historical Trust (blue)
Gwen Raverat	Artist	Darwin College, Cambridge	Cambridge Blue Plaque Scheme (blue)[42]
Elizabeth Jesser Reid	Slavery abolitionist and founder of Bedford College for Women	48 Bedford Square, WC1	Unknown (green)[43]
Willie Rushton	Satirist	Mornington Crescent tube station, NW1	Comic Heritage (blue)[44]
Peter Sellers	Actor and comedian	10 Muswell Hill Road, N6	The Dead Comics Society (blue)[45]
William Thomas Stead	Journalist	5 Smith Square, London	Westminster City Council[46]
Harry Relph - "Little Tich" (1867-1928)	Music hall comedian	The Blacksmith Arms, Cudham, Bromley	London Borough of Bromley (blue)[47]
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)	Writer	Sarehole Mill Hall Green, Birmingham	Birmingham Civic Society and The Tolkien Society (blue)[48]
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)	Writer	1 Duchess Place Edgbaston, Birmingham	Birmingham Civic Society (blue)[49]
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)	Writer	4 Highfield Road Edgbaston, Birmingham	Birmingham Civic Society and The Tolkien Society (blue)[50]
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)	Writer	Plough and Harrow, Hagley Road Edgbaston, Birmingham	The Tolkien Society (blue)[51]
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)	Writer	20 Northmoor Road Oxford	Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board (blue)[52]
William Turner (1789–1862)	Artist	16 St John Street, Oxford	Oxford Civic Society[53]
H.G. Wells (1866-1846) - two plaques	Writer	Chiltern Court, Baker Street, NW1 & Allders Store, Bromley Market Place, BR1 &	The H.G. Wells Society (scarlet) & Unknown (blue)[54]
William Willett (1856-1915)	Inventor of daylight-saving time	The Cedars, Camden Park Road, Chislehurst	London Borough of Bromley (blue)[55]
Kenneth Williams	Comedy actor	Marlborough House, Osnaburgh Street, NW1	The Dead Comics Society (blue)[56]
Ted Willis, Baron Willis (1918-1992)	Playwright	5 Shepherds Green, Chislehurst, BR7	London Borough of Bromley (blue)[57]

[edit] References