Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board

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The Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, established in 1999, is administered by the Oxford Civic Society. It oversees the installation of blue plaques on historic buildings in the county of Oxfordshire, England to commemorate famous residents and events. The Board is chaired by Hugo Brunner, the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.

[edit] Blue Plaques unveiled in Oxfordshire

Oxford

Sarah Cooper (1848–1932), marmalade maker, at 83 High Street (10 October 2001)
Felicia Skene (1821–1899), prison reformer, at 34 St Michael’s Street (2 July 2002)
Willam Turner of Oxford (1789–1862), artist, at 16 St John Street (29 October 2002)
Sir James Murray (1837–1915), lexicographer, at 78 Banbury Road (21 October 2002)
Cecil Jackson-Cole (1901–1979), entrepreneur, philanthropist and founding member of the Oxfam Committee, at 17 Broad Street (14 November 2002)
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973), author and scholar, at 20 Northmoor Road (3 December 2002)
Star Inn, assembly point 1794 for formation of Oxfordshire Yeomanry, at 34 Cornmarket, now Clarendon Centre (8 November 2003)
Sir Francis Simon (1893–1956), physicist and philanthropist, at 10 Belbroughton Road (6 December 2003)
William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (1877–1963), carmaker and philanthropist, at 16 James Street (25 April 2004)
Iffley Road Running Track, scene of the first sub-four-minute mile by Roger Bannister on 6 May 1954 (12 May 2004)
Walter Pater (1839–1894), author and scholar, and his sister Clara Pater 1841–1910), pioneer of women’s education, at 2 Bradmore Road (3 July 2004)
Daniel Evans (1769–1846) and Joshua Symm (1809-1887), designers and makers of many Oxford buildings at 34 St Giles' (19 October 2004)
Noel Chavasse (1884–1917) V.C.and Bar, at Magdalen College School (30 September 2005)
The Cutteslowe Walls (1934–1959), at 34 Aldrich Road (9 March 2006)
Gathorne Robert Girdlestone (1881–1950), pioneering orthopaedic surgeon, at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Staff Accommodation, 72–74 Old Road, Headington, site of the Red House (9 May 2006)
Thomas Combe (1796-1872), printer, and Martha Combe (1806-1893), patron of the arts, at St Barnabas Church (25 February 2007)

County

Sir Bernhard Samuelson (1820–1905), industrialist and educationist, at the Mechanics Institute, now Banbury Library, Marlborough Road, Banbury (30 April 2002)
William Potts (1868–1949), author, and Editor of the Banbury Guardian, at the Printing Works, now The Bagshop, 16 Parson Street, Banbury (30 April 2002)
Humphrey Gainsborough (1718–1776), innovative engineer, at Christ Church U.R.C., Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames (1 September 2002)
Jethro Tull (1694–1741), inventor of the seed drill, at 19A The Street, Crowmarsh Gifford (17 September 2002)
John Alder, lottery winner 1767 and public benefactor, at The Mitre Inn, now 39 Stert Street, Abingdon (24 April 2003)
Westfield House, Aston, refuge for Basque children 1937–1939 (17 July 2003)
Reverend Edward (Edmund) Stone (1702–1768), discoverer of aspirin, at Hitchman Brewery, Chipping Norton (1 October 2003)
F.W.T.C. Lascelles (1875–1934), pageant master, at The Manor, Sibford Gower (24 October 2003)
William Carter (1852–1920), founder of Carterton in 1900, at Carterton Town Hall (30 March 2004)
Ripon Hall, former Anglican Theological College 1933–1975, at Foxcombe Hall, Boars Hill (27 May 2004)
Sir John Betjeman, poet, writer and broadcaster (1906–1984), at Garrards Farmhouse, Uffington (24 June 2006)
Barbara Pym, novelist (1913–1980) at Barn Cottage, Finstock (1 September 2006)
Elizabeth Goudge, novelist (1900-1984) at Rose Cottage, Rotherfield Peppard (May 2008)