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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/|title=English Heritage|website=English Heritage}}

London/English Heritage plaques

{{Main|List of English Heritage blue plaques in London}}

A list of blue plaques erected by English Heritage or its three predecessors in administering the blue plaque programme: the Society of Arts (1866–1901), the London County Council (1901–1965), and the Greater London Council (1965–1986) is linked above. The entries in the lists in are based on information from the [https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques// English Heritage website]. The erection of plaques was suspended from 1915 to 1919 and 1940 to 1947 due to the two world wars.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/jan/06/blue-plaques-cut-government-funding|author=Ben Quinn|title=Blue plaques scheme suspended after 34% cut in government funding|newspaper=The Guardian|date=6 January 2013}} It was announced in 2013 that the scheme would be indefinitely suspended until 2014 due to a 34% cut in English Heritage's budget, but it was able to continue thanks to private donations.{{cite web|title=The History of Blue Plaques|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/about-blue-plaques/history-of-blue-plaques/|website=English Heritage|accessdate=26 June 2016}}

Other similar plaques

Other plaques erected by local authorities, societies, companies, or private individuals that emulate the style and function of the plaques erected by English Heritage and its predecessors.

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Jessie Ace and Margaret Wright
(1860–1936) and (1854–1933)

|Heroines of Mumbles Lifeboat disaster

|Mumbles Pier, Swansea, Wales

|2016

|City and County of Swansea{{Cite web|url=https://www.swansea.gov.uk/article/25065/The-Ace-Sisters-Blue-Plaque|title=Swansea - The Ace Sisters Blue Plaque|website=www.swansea.gov.uk|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-03-07|archive-date=2018-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308042114/https://www.swansea.gov.uk/article/25065/The-Ace-Sisters-Blue-Plaque|url-status=dead}}

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Damon Albarn
(born 1968)

|Musician

|21 Fillebrook Rd, Leytonstone

|2014

|Waltham Forest Heritage{{cite news |title=Damon Albarn unveils blue plaque at childhood home |url=https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/11565343.damon-albarn-unveils-blue-plaque-childhood-home/ |access-date=15 April 2025 |work=East London and West Essex Guardian Series |date=29 October 2014 |language=en}}

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Agnes Arber
(1879–1960)

| Botanist, historian, philosopher

| 52 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge

| 2024

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

|

Richard Arkwright junior
(1755–1843)

| Inventor of machinery for large scale cotton spinning

|Lumford House
Bakewell, Derbyshire

| 2011

| Derbyshire County Council{{cite web|title=Richard Arkwright Junior : Leisure and Culture - Derbyshire County Council|url=http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/blue_plaques/first_six/richard_arkwright_junior/default.asp|accessdate=31 May 2015}}

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Francis William Aston
(1877–1945)

| Scientist, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry 1922

|Tennal House
Tennal Road, Birmingham

| 2007

| Birmingham Civic Society

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Wilbert Awdry
(1911–1997)

| Creator of Thomas the Tank Engine books

| Old Rectory, Church Lane, Elsworth

| 2020

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

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Charles Babbage
(1791–1871)

| Mathematician, astronomer and computer pioneer

| 1a Dorset Street, W1

|

| Westminster City Council{{Cite web|url=http://www.blueplaque.com/detail.php?plaque_id=366|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928050311/http://www.blueplaque.com/detail.php?plaque_id=366|url-status=dead|title=BluePlaque.com: About This Plaque|archivedate=September 28, 2007|website=www.blueplaque.com}}

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Charles Babbage
(1791–1871)

| Mathematician, astronomer and computer pioneer

| Corner of Larcom Street and Walworth Road, SE17

|

| Southwark Council{{Cite web|url=http://www.blueplaque.com/detail.php?plaque_id=148|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928051511/http://www.blueplaque.com/detail.php?plaque_id=148|url-status=dead|title=BluePlaque.com: About This Plaque|archivedate=September 28, 2007|website=www.blueplaque.com}}

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Olave Baden-Powell
(1889–1977)

| Chief Guide of the Girl Guides

|Shentall Memorial Gardens
Chesterfield, Derbyshire

| 2011

| Derbyshire County Council{{cite web|title=Baroness Baden-Powell : Leisure and Culture - Derbyshire County Council|url=http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/blue_plaques/first_six/baroness_baden_powell/default.asp|accessdate=31 May 2015}}

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Henry Baines
(1793–1878)

| Botanist and Curator of York Museum Gardens

| Manor Cottage, York Museum Gardens, York.

| 2018

| Yorkshire Philosophical Society
York Civic Trust
York Museums Trust

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William Barron
(1805–1891)

| Designer of Elvaston Castle Gardens

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| 2012

| Derbyshire County Council{{cite web|title=The second six: Leisure and Culture - Derbyshire County Council|url=http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/blue_plaques/second_six/default.asp|accessdate=2 June 2015}}

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John Logie Baird
(1888–1946)

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| 132-5 Long Acre, WC2

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| The Royal Television Society

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Mary Barbour
(1875–1953)

| Scottish social reformer, Rent Strike Leader, Women's Peace Crusader and pioneering woman councillor in Glasgow

| 10 Hutton Drive, Linthouse, Glasgow

| 2015

| Linthouse Housing Association{{Cite news|url=https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14032152.tribute-to-fearless-mary-barbour-the-rent-strike-heroine/|title=Tribute to fearless Mary Barbour, the rent strike heroine|last=Wilson|first=Caroline|date=14 November 2015|work=Evening Times|access-date=1 November 2019}}

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Harry Beck
(1903–1974)

| Creator of the schematic Tube map

| Finchley Central tube station, N3

|

| London Regional Transport (grey)

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Elizabeth Bell
(1862–1934)

| Physician, Suffragist

| Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry, Northern Ireland

|2016

| Ulster Historical Society (blue)

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A. C. Benson
(1862–1925)

| Author of Land of Hope & Glory

| Godolphin House, Common Lane, Eton College

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| Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

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Jack Kid Berg
(1909–1991)

| Boxer

| Noble Court, Cable Street, E1

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| Stepney Historical Society

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Hannah Billig
(1901–1987)

| Physician

| 198 Cable Street, E1

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| London Borough of Tower Hamlets{{Cite web|url=http://www.blueplaque.com/detail.php?plaque_id=380|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024172713/http://www.blueplaque.com/detail.php?plaque_id=380|url-status=dead|title=BluePlaque.com: About This Plaque|archivedate=October 24, 2006}}

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William Bragg
(1862–1942)

| Scientist, Joint Nobel Prize Winner, 1915, with his son, Sir Lawrence, for Physics

| Parkinson Building, University of Leeds

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William Lawrence Bragg
(1890–1971)

| Scientist, Joint Nobel Prize Winner, 1915, with his father, Sir William (q.v.), for Physics; the only current instance of both father and son Nobel Prize winners

| Parkinson Building, University of Leeds

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Archie Scott Brown
(1927–1958)

| British racing driver

| 163 Hills Road, Cambridge

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| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

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Enid Blyton
(1897–1968)

| Writer

| 83 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, BR2

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| London Borough of Bromley (blue){{cite web|url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/enid_blyton_(1897-1968).htm |title=London Borough of Bromley – Enid Blyton (1897–1968) |work=archive.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194956/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/enid_blyton_%281897-1968%29.htm |archivedate=September 27, 2007 }}

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Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby
(1900–1986)

| Private secretary to Winston Churchill

| 1 Eaton Square, SW1

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| Private{{Cite web|url=http://www.blueplaque.com/detail.php?plaque_id=396|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024173518/http://www.blueplaque.com/detail.php?plaque_id=396|url-status=dead|title=BluePlaque.com: About This Plaque|archivedate=October 24, 2006|website=www.blueplaque.com}}

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Harold Bride
(1890–1956)

| Wireless operator aboard the {{RMS|Titanic}}

| 58 Ravensbourne Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley

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| London Borough of Bromley (blue){{cite web|url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/harold_bride_1890_1956.htm |title=London Borough of Bromley – Harold Bride (1890–1956) |work=archive.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926120804/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/harold_bride_1890_1956.htm |archivedate=September 26, 2006 }}

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Anne Brontë
(1820–1849)

| Writer

| Grand Hotel, Scarborough, North Yorkshire

|

| Scarborough and District Civic Society

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Thomas Boulton and Fredrick Park
(1847–1904) and (1846–1881)

| Cross-dressers

| 13 Wakefield Street, Kings Cross, London

|

|Marchmont Association

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Frances Bush
(1845–1909)

| Lace Manufacturer

| 99 Nottingham Rd, Long Eaton,
Derbyshire

| 2013

| Derbyshire County Council{{cite web|title=Frances Bush: Leisure and Culture - Derbyshire County Council|url=http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/blue_plaques/final_six/frances_bush/default.asp|accessdate=6 June 2015}}

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Jedediah Buxton
(1707–1772)

| Mental calculator

|Elmton, Derbyshire

| 2011

| Derbyshire County Council{{cite web|title=Jedidiah Buxton: Leisure and Culture - Derbyshire County Council|url=http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/blue_plaques/first_six/jedidiah_buxton/default.asp|accessdate=31 May 2015}}

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Everard Calthrop
(1857–1927)

| Railway engineer

| "Goldings", Clays Lane, Loughton, Essex

| 2008

| Loughton Town Council

|

Malcolm Campbell
(1885–1948)

| Racing motorist, Journalist

| Bonchester, Bonchester Close, Off Camden Park Road, Chislehurst

|

| London Borough of Bromley (blue){{cite web|url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/sir_malcolm_campbell_(1885-194).htm |title=London Borough of Bromley – Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885–1948) |work=archive.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310213303/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/sir_malcolm_campbell_%281885-194%29.htm |archivedate=March 10, 2007 }}

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Richard Carr-Gomm
(1922–2008)

| Humanitarian, founder of the Abbeyfield and Carr-Gomm Societies

| 36 Gomm Road, Bermondsey

|

| Southwark Council{{Cite web|url=http://www.southwark.gov.uk/DiscoverSouthwark/heritageandhistory/BluePlaquesSection/carrgommblueplaque.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820023254/http://www.southwark.gov.uk/DiscoverSouthwark/heritageandhistory/BluePlaquesSection/carrgommblueplaque.html|url-status=dead|title=London Borough of Southwark|archivedate=August 20, 2009}}

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Charlie Chaplin
(1889–1977)

| Actor, film maker

| 39 Methley Street, Kennington, London
287 Kennington Road, London, SE 11

|

| The Dead Comics Society (blue){{cite web|url=http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Plaques/MusicHallArtistesCommemorativePlaques.htm|title=Music Hall and Variety Artistes Commemorative Plaques|work=arthurlloyd.co.uk}}

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J. A. Chatwin
(1830–1907)

| Architect

| Lloyds Bank, Queen Square, Wolverhampton

|

| Wolverhampton Civic Society/Lloyds Bank[http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/plaques/QueenSquare.htm City Centre Blue Plaques] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008184726/http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/plaques/QueenSquare.htm |date=October 8, 2006 }}

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Clementine Churchill
(1885–1977)

| Wife of Winston Churchill

| 107 High Street, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire

|

| Berkhamsted Town Council, 1979{{cite book|last=Cook|first=John|title=A Glimpse of our History: a short guided tour of Berkhamsted|year=2009|publisher=Berkhamsted Town Council|url=http://www.berkhamsted.gov.uk/download/Heritage%20Leaflet.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927033250/http://www.berkhamsted.gov.uk/download/Heritage%20Leaflet.pdf|archivedate=2011-09-27}}

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Alvin Langdon Coburn
(1882–1966)

| Pioneering photographer

| Ffordd Isaf, Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales

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| Royal Photographic Society/Olympus Corporation (blue/octagonal)

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Henry Cooper OBE KSG
(1934–2011)

| Professional Boxer. British, Commonwealth & European Heavyweight Champion.

| 4 Ealing Road Wembley HA0 4TL

| 2018

| [https://www.theheritage-foundation.co.uk/ The Heritage Foundation]

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Arthur C. Clarke
(1917–2008)

| Writer

| Blenheim Road, Minehead, Somerset

| 2001

| Minehead Town Council (blue)

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William Sands Cox
(1802–1875)

| Surgeon

| House of Fraser store, Temple Row, Birmingham

|

| City of Birmingham (blue)

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Thomas Crapper
(1837–1910)

| Plumber and engineer

| 12 Thornsett Road, Bromley

|

| London Borough of Bromley (blue){{cite web|url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/thomas_crapper_1837_1910.htm |title=London Borough of Bromley – Thomas Crapper (1837–1910) |work=archive.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926120844/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/thomas_crapper_1837_1910.htm |archivedate=September 26, 2006 }}

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Richmal Crompton
(1890–1969)

| Author

| 'The Glebe', Oakley Road, Bromley Common, BR2

|

| London Borough of Bromley (green){{cite web|url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/richmal_crompton_(1890-1969).htm |title=London Borough of Bromley – Richmal Crompton (1890–1969) |work=archive.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194948/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/richmal_crompton_%281890-1969%29.htm |archivedate=September 27, 2007 }}

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Oliver Cromwell
(1599–1658)

| English military and political leader

| Market Passage, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

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Dr.James Deeny
(1906–1994)

| Public Health Pioneer

| 21, Church Place, Lurgan

| 2012

| Ulster History Circle

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Sebastian de Ferranti
(1864–1930)

| Electrical Engineer

| Havelock Building, 130 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4JA (birthplace)

| 2016

| Liverpool Council

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Walter de la Mare
(1873–1956)

| Writer

| 14 Thornsett Road, Anerley, SE20

|

| London Borough of Bromley{{cite web|url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/walter_de_la_mare_(1873-1956).htm |title=London Borough of Bromley – Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) |work=archive.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194925/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/walter_de_la_mare_%281873-1956%29.htm |archivedate=September 27, 2007 }}

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Bernard Delfont (as Baron Delfont)
(1909–1994)

| Impresario

| Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street, SW1

|

| Comic Heritage{{cite web|url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=246 |title=London Remembers |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030234701/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=246 |archivedate=2006-10-30 }}

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Grantly Dick-Read
(1890–1959)

| Obstetrician

| 25 Harley Street, W1

|

| Westminster City Council/National Childbirth Trust (green){{cite web|url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=63 |title=London Remembers |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031003848/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=63 |archivedate=2006-10-31 }}

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Robert William Dale
(1829–1895)

| Nonconformist church leader

| Carrs Lane Church, Birmingham

|

| Birmingham Civic Society{{Cite web|url=http://www.birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk/blueplaques.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929032432/http://www.birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk/blueplaques.htm|url-status=dead|title=The Birmingham Civic Society|archivedate=September 29, 2011|website=www.birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk}}

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Ann Docwra
(1624–1710)

| Quaker minister

| 12 Jesus Lane, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

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Air Commodore Edward Mortlock Donaldson CB CBE DSO AFC* LoM (USA)
(1912–1992)

| Flight airspeed record holder

| Park Lane, Selsey, West Sussex
86, Grafton Road, Selsey, West Sussex

|

| West Sussex County Council{{cite web|url=http://webserver01.westsussex.gov.uk/wscc/Assistant%20Chief%20Exec/Communications/Press%20Releases.nsf/6492a0d60c58db4680256a02003b9d99/8a1e1e298b55e20880256be3002a8936?OpenDocument |publisher=West Sussex County Council |accessdate=6 July 2011 |title=BLUE PLAQUES TRACE SELSEY HERITAGE Press Release Number:290 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902045419/http://webserver01.westsussex.gov.uk/wscc/Assistant%20Chief%20Exec/Communications/Press%20Releases.nsf/6492a0d60c58db4680256a02003b9d99/8a1e1e298b55e20880256be3002a8936?OpenDocument |archivedate=September 2, 2011 }}

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Diana Dors
(1931-1984)

|Actress and singer

|61 & 62 Kent Road, Swindon, SN1

|2016

|Swindon Heritage

|File:Diana Dors Blue Plaque.jpg

Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859–1930)

| Writer

| 2 Upper Wimpole Street, W1

|

| Westminster City Council/The Arthur Conan Doyle Society (green){{cite web|url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=46 |title=London Remembers |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030223614/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=46 |archivedate=2006-10-30 }}

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Jim Ede
(1895–1990)

| British art collector

| Kettle’s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

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George Elkington
(1801–1865)

| Promoter of electro-plating

| Museum of Science and Industry, Newhall Street, Birmingham B3[http://www.birminghamnet.co.uk/galleries/features/blueplaque/elkington.html Birmingham: Blue Plaques Photograph Gallery: George Elkington] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928173307/http://www.birminghamnet.co.uk/galleries/features/blueplaque/elkington.html |date=2007-09-28 }}

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Arthur English
(1919–1995)

| Actor and comedian

|22 Lysons Road
Aldershot, Hampshire

| 2017

| Aldershot Civic Society{{Cite web |url=http://www.aldershotcivicsociety.org.uk/2017/05/31/blue-plaque-for-arthur-english/ |title=Blue Plaque for Arthur English - Aldershot Civic Society website |access-date=2018-01-28 |archive-date=2018-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128132637/http://www.aldershotcivicsociety.org.uk/2017/05/31/blue-plaque-for-arthur-english/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-40617726|title=Are You Being Served? actor Arthur English honoured with blue plaque|work=BBC News |date=July 15, 2017}}

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Geraint Evans
(1922–1992)

| Opera singer

| 34 Birchwood Road, Petts Wood, BR5

|

| London Borough of Bromley{{cite web|url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/sir_geraint_evans_(1922-1992).htm |title=London Borough of Bromley – Sir Geraint Evans (1922–1992) |work=archive.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195049/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/sir_geraint_evans_%281922-1992%29.htm |archivedate=September 27, 2007 }}

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Mary Farmer
(1940–2021)

| Textile and tapestry artist, Course Director at Royal College of Art

| 50 High Street, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 8SP

| 2024

| Boston Preservation Trust{{cite web |title=The Warehouse |url=https://bostonpreservationtrust.org.uk/blue_plaques_trail/the-warehouse/ |website=Boston Preservation Trust |access-date=6 January 2025}}

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Henry Fawcett
(1833–1884)

| British academic, statesman and economist

| 19 Brookside, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

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Millicent Garrett Fawcett
(1847–1929)

| English politician, writer, and activist

| 19 Brookside, Cambridge

| 2018

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

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Humphrey Gainsborough
(1718–1776)

| Non-conformist minister, engineer and inventor

| Christ Church United Reformed Church, Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames

|

| Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board/Oxford Civic Society{{cite web|url=http://www.oxonblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/gainsborough.html|title=Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Scheme|work=oxonblueplaques.org.uk}}

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Sampson Gamgee
(1828–1886)

| Surgeon

| Repertory Theatre, Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham

|

| Birmingham Civic Society

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Robert Graves
(1895–1985)

| English Poet

| Vale House, Manor Vale Road, Galmpton, Brixham

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| Torbay Civic Society

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Graham Greene
(1904–1991)

| Writer

| St John's Boarding House, Chesham Road, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire

|

| Berkhamsted Town Council

| 120px

Nigel Gresley
(1876–1941)

| Railway engineer

| Old Rectory, Ashby Road,
Netherseal

| 2013

| Derbyshire County Council{{cite web|title=Nigel Gresley: Leisure and Culture - Derbyshire County Council|url=http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/blue_plaques/final_six/nigel_gresley/default.asp|accessdate=6 June 2015}}

| 120px

Pete Ham
(1947–1975)

| Rock musician, member of The Iveys and Badfinger

| Swansea Railway Station, High Street, Swansea, SA1 1NU

| 2013

| City and County of Swansea{{cite web|title=Swansea blue plaques - Pete Ham|url=http://www.swansea.gov.uk/article/11867/Pete-Ham|accessdate=1 July 2016}}

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Tony Hancock
(1924–1968)

| Actor and comedian

| 10 Grey Close, NW11

|

| The Dead Comics Society{{cite web|url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=471 |title=London Remembers |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030230909/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=471 |archivedate=2006-10-30 }}

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James Harrington
(1611–1677)

| Author of The Commonwealth of Oceana

| Manor House, Rectory Lane, Milton Malsor
Northamptonshire, NN7 3AQ

|

| Milton Malsor Historical Society

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Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
(1807–1889)

| Sculptor and artist

| 'Fossil Villa', 22 Belvedere Road, Anerley

|

| London Borough of Bromley (black){{Cite web|url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/benjamin_hawkins_1807_1889.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070318153705/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/benjamin_hawkins_1807_1889.htm|url-status=dead|title=London Borough of Bromley | Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-1889)|archivedate=March 18, 2007|website=www.bromley.gov.uk}}

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Ethel Haythornthwaite
(1894–1986)

|Environmental campaigner and pioneer

|Endcliffe Student Village (formerly Endcliffe Vale House), University of Sheffield

|2022

|CPRE PDSY and University of Sheffield{{cite web |author= |date=25 May 2022 |title=CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire have unveiled a blue heritage plaque to commemorate the life of our charity's founder, Ethel Haythornthwaite MBE. |url=https://www.cprepdsy.org.uk/news/blue-heritage-plaque-commemorates-cpre-founder-ethel-haythornthwaite/ |accessdate=12 February 2024 |work=CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire}}{{cite web |last=Kessen |first=David |date=25 May 2022 |title=Blue plaque unveiled for Sheffield countryside pioneer Ethel Haythornthwaite as Star campaign a success |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/blue-plaque-unveiled-for-sheffield-countryside-pioneer-ethel-haythornthwaite-as-star-campaign-a-success-3709174 |accessdate=12 February 2024 |work=The Star}}{{cite web |last=Fletcher |first=Alice |date=26 May 2022 |title=University of Sheffield hosts blue plaque for Peak District campaigner Ethel Haythornthwaite |url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/university-sheffield-hosts-blue-plaque-peak-district-campaigner-ethel-haythornthwaite |accessdate=12 February 2024 |work=University of Sheffield}}

|File:Blue Plaque - Ethel Haythornthwaite 02 (2024-02-12) - Version 2.jpg

Mary Frances Heaton
(1801–1878)

| Music teacher, unjustly incarcerated as mentally ill{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/08/blue-plaque-to-honour-yorkshirewoman-who-was-locked-in-asylum-for-calling-vicar-a-liar |title=Blue plaque to honour Yorkshirewoman who was locked in asylum for calling vicar a liar |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Harriet |last=Sherwood |date=8 November 2020 |accessdate=8 November 2020}}

|

| 2020

| Wakefield

|

Oliver Heaviside
(1850–1925)

| Electrical engineer and mathematician

| Homefield, Lower Warberry Road, TQ1

|

| The Institution of Electrical Engineers

|

John Stevens Henslow
(1796–1861)

| British botanist, geologist, and priest

| Cambridge Botanic Garden, Brookside, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

|

Edward Heron-Allen
(1861–1943)

| Lawyer, Writer, Scholar, Scientist

| 122 High Street Selsey
West Sussex, PO20 0QE

|

| West Sussex County Council

| 120px

Allen Hill
(1937–2021)

| Chemist

| Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford OX1 3QR

| 2012

| Royal Society of Chemistry (Blue hexagon){{cite web | url = http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/News/PressReleases/2012/oxford-university-glucose-sensor-chemical-landmark.asp | title = RSC honours Oxford University team behind diabetic breakthrough | accessdate = 2012-08-17 | last = Gallagher | first = Paul | publisher = Royal Society of Chemistry}}

| 120px

Gerard Manley Hopkins
(1844–1889)

| Poet

| Manresa House, Roehampton

|

| Greater London Council{{Cite web|url=http://www.blueplaque.com/detail.php?plaque_id=611|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415043240/http://www.blueplaque.com/detail.php?plaque_id=611|url-status=dead|title=BluePlaque.com: About This Plaque|archivedate=April 15, 2008|website=www.blueplaque.com}}

|

Jack Hobbs
(1882–1963)

| English cricketer

| Hobbs Pavilion, Parker’s Piece, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

| 120px

Thomas Hobson
(1544–1631)

| English carrier

| 52–54 St Andrew's Street, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

| 120px

Frank Hornby
(1863–1836)

| Toy manufacturer (Meccano Ltd) and MP.

| The Hollies, Station road, Maghull, Liverpool L31 3DB

|

| English Heritage

| 120px

Fred Hoyle
(1915–2001)

| English astronomer

| Ivy Lodge, 7 Linton Road, Great Abington

| 2022

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

|

Charles Humfrey
(1772–1848)

| Architect, developer, banker and mayor

| Maid's Causeway, Newmarket Road, Cambridge
On the side of 1 Fair Street

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

|

William Hutton
(1723–1815)

| Historian

| Waterstones, High Street, Birmingham

|

| Birmingham Civic Society

| 120px

Barry Jackson (director)
(1879–1961)

| English theatre director, entrepreneur and the founder of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre

| Old Rep, Station Street, Birmingham, B5 4DY

|

| Birmingham Civic Society

|

Sid James
(1913–1976)

| Actor

| Gunnersbury Avenue, London

|

| The Dead Comics Society

| 120px

Derek Jarman
(1942–1994)

| Film-maker, artist and gay rights activist

| Butler's Wharf Building, 36 Shad Thames, SE1 2YE

| 2019

| {{cite web |url=https://www.petertatchellfoundation.org/derek-jarman-blue-plaque-unveiled-in-london-today |date=February 19, 2019 |access-date=February 19, 2019 |website=Peter Tatchell Foundation |title=Derek Jarman Blue Plaque unveiled in London today}}

|

Eglantyne Jebb
(1876–1928)

| British social reformer, founder of Save the Children

| 82 Regent Street, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

|

Griffith John
(1831–1912)

| Christian missionary and translator

| Ebenezer Chapel, Ebenezer Street, Swansea, SA1 5BJ

| 2013

| City and County of Swansea{{cite web|title=Blue plaque unveiled in memory of Swansea missionary Griffith John|url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Blue-plaque-unveiled-memory-Swansea-missionary/story-19801568-detail/story.html |work=South Wales Evening Post |accessdate=2014-05-07}}

| 120px

Samuel Johnson & Joshua Reynolds
(1709–1784) and (1723–1792)

| Founders of The Club

| 9 Gerrard Street, W1

|

| Westminster City Council/Honsway C&E Foundation (green){{cite web|url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=577 |title=London Remembers |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030223021/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=577 |archivedate=2006-10-30 }}

|

Charles Keeping
(1924–1988)

| Illustrator

| 16 Church Road, Shortlands, BR2

|

| London Borough of Bromley{{Cite web |url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/charles_keeping_%281924-1988%29.htm |title=London Borough of Bromley {{!}} Charles Keeping (1924–1988) |access-date=2007-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317140208/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/charles_keeping_%281924-1988%29.htm |archive-date=2007-03-17 |url-status=dead }}

|

Marie Kendall
(1873–1964)

| Music Hall Artiste

| Okeover Manor
Clapham Common Northside, London

| 2011

|

| 120px

John F. Kennedy
(1917–1963)

| Politician and US President

| 14 Princes Gate, London SW7

|

| Unknown{{cite web|url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=786 |title=London Remembers |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20061030215902/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=786 |archivedate=2006-10-30 }}

| 120px

Albert Ketèlbey
(1875–1959)

| Composer and musician

| Birmingham and Midland Institute, Cornwall Street, Birmingham

| 2002

| Birmingham Civic Society

| 120px

John Maynard Keynes
(1883–1946)

| British economist

| 6 St Edward’s Passage, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

| 120px

Hetty King
(1883–1972)

| Music Hall artistes and male impersonator

| 17 Palmerston Road, Wimbledon

|

| Erected by The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.

|

Frederick W. Lanchester
(1868–1946)

| Scientist, inventor and engineer

| Oxford Road, Moseley, Birmingham

|

| Unknown (green)[http://birminghamnet.co.uk/galleries/features/blueplaque/page2.html Birmingham: Blue Plaques Photograph Gallery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928173340/http://birminghamnet.co.uk/galleries/features/blueplaque/page2.html |date=2007-09-28 }}

| 120px

George Herbert Lawrence
(1888–1940)

| Industrialist

| Main Street, Hathersage,
Derbyshire

| 2013

| Derbyshire County Council{{cite web|title=George Herbert Lawrence: Leisure and Culture - Derbyshire County Council|url=http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/blue_plaques/final_six/george_herbert_lawrence/default.asp|accessdate=6 June 2015}}

| 120px

Leah Manning
(1886–1977)

| British educationalist, social reformer and Labour Member of Parliament

| Young Street, Cambridge

| 2020{{cite news |title=Cambridge plaque for 'pioneer' woman MP Leah Manning |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-51053340 |access-date=15 April 2025 |work=BBC News |date=11 January 2020}}

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

|

Jessie Matthews
(1907–1981)

| Actress, dancer and singer

| Blue Posts Pub, 22 Berwick Street, W1

|

| Westminster City Council{{cite web|url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=101 |title=London Remembers |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031002123/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=101 |archivedate=2006-10-31 }}

| 120px

John Le Mesurier
(1912–1983)

| Actor

| Baron's Court, London

|

| The Dead Comics Society{{cite web|url=http://www.carryonline.com/carryonline/reframe.html?http://www.carryonline.com/carryonline/sidjames.html|title=Welcome to Carry On Line – home of the Carry On films|work=carryonline.com}}

|

Edward Lear
(1812–1888)

| Painter, poet and humorist

| 30 Seymour Street, Westminster, W1

|

| Westminster City Council[http://openplaques.org/plaques/238 Edward Lear] at Open Plaques Plaque removed in 2012.

|

Edward Lear
(1812–1888)

| Painter, poet and humorist

| 15 Stratford Place, Westminster, W1

|

| Westminster City Council (green)[https://openplaques.org/plaques/10391] at Open Plaques

| 120px

Edward Lear
(1812–1888)

| Painter, poet and humorist

| Bowman's Mews, N7

|

| London Borough of Islington{{Cite web|url=http://www.blueplaque.com/detail.php?plaque_id=807|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928051502/http://www.blueplaque.com/detail.php?plaque_id=807|url-status=dead|title=BluePlaque.com: About This Plaque|archivedate=September 28, 2007|website=www.blueplaque.com}}

| 120px

Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson
(1843–1926) and (1843–1920)

| Twin sisters and biblical scholars

| Westminster College (entrance gate), Madingley Road, Cambridge

| 2019

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

|

Lloyds Bank (Sampson Lloyd)
(1699–1779)

| Origin of bank

| Dale End, Birmingham

|

| City of Birmingham

| 120px

Oliver Joseph Lodge
(1851–1940)

| Discoverer of wireless telegraphy and inventor of the spark plug

| Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

| 2007

| Newcastle-under-Lyme Civic Society

|

Arthur Lowe
(1915–1982)

| Actor

|Kinder Road
Hayfield, Derbyshire

| 2011

| Derbyshire County Council{{cite web|title=Arthur Lowe: Leisure and Culture - Derbyshire County Council|url=http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/blue_plaques/first_six/arthur_lowe/default.asp|accessdate=31 May 2015}}

| 120px

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
(1834–1913)

| Banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist

| High Elms Estate, Shire Lane, Farnborough, BR6

|

| London Borough of Bromley{{Cite web |url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/sir_john_lubbock_%281834-1913%29.htm |title=London Borough of Bromley {{!}} Sir John Lubbock, the First Lord Avebury (1834–1913) |access-date=2007-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317140229/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/sir_john_lubbock_%281834-1913%29.htm |archive-date=2007-03-17 |url-status=dead }}

|

Ewan MacColl
(1915–1989)

| Singer, songwriter and political activist

| 35 Stanley Avenue, Beckenham, BR3

|

| London Borough of Bromley{{Cite web |url= http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/ewan_maccoll_%281915-1989%29.htm |title=London Borough of Bromley {{!}} Ewan MacColl (1915–1989) |access-date=2007-03-10 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070318231453/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/ewan_maccoll_%281915-1989%29.htm |archive-date=2007-03-18 |url-status=dead }}

|

James Joseph Magennis
(1919–1986)

| Submariner and Victoria Cross recipient

| Royal Naval Association building, Great Victoria Street, Belfast

|

| Ulster History Circle{{Cite web|url=http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/magennisvc.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509123106/http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/magennisvc.htm|url-status=dead|title=ulsterhistory.co.uk|archivedate=May 9, 2008|website=www.ulsterhistory.co.uk}}

|

David Gregory Marshall
(1873–1942)

| University caterer, early pioneer of motoring and flying. Founder of Marshall of Cambridge

| 18 Jesus Lane, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

| 120px

(Lord) Mayors of Birmingham of the Martineau family

|Birmingham Council House foyer
1 Victoria Square B1

|2008

|

|Birmingham Civic Society

|

Karl Marx
(1818–1883)

| Philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary

| 101-8 Maitland Park Road, NW3

|

| Camden London Borough Council (claret)

| 120px

James McBey
(1883–1959)

| Artist

| 1 Holland Park Avenue, London W11

|

| Unknown (grey)

|

Joe Meek
(1929–1967)

| Record producer and pioneer of sound recording technology was born here

| 1 Market Square
Newent, Gloucestershire

|

| Unknown (black) as shown, replaced with The Heritage Foundation in 2011

| 120px

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){{cite web|url=http://www.houseplantpicturestudio.com/HPS/joemeek/joemeek.html|title=House Pictures Studio|work=houseplantpicturestudio.com}}

| 120px

John Everett Millais
(1829–1896)

| Painter

| The Octagon
Budleigh Salterton, Devon

|

| Unknown

| 120px

Spike Milligan
(1918–2002)

| Comedian

| Camden Palace, Camden High Street, NW1

|

| Comic Heritage{{cite web|url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=516 |title=London Remembers |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030210802/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=516 |archivedate=2006-10-30 }}

|

Keith Moon
(1946–1978)

| Drummer with The Who

| 90 Wardour Street, Soho, London W1
Site of the Marquee Club

| 2009

|

|

Terry Moores
(1949–2014)

| Ceramic sculptor and potter

| 50 High Street, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 8SP

| 2024

| Boston Preservation Trust

|120px

Henry Morris
(1889–1961)

| Founder of Village Colleges

| 4 Silver Street, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

| 120px

Richarda Morrow-Tait
(1923–1982)

| Pilot and adventurer

| St Regis Flats, Clare College, Chesterton Road, Cambridge

| 2024 {{cite news |title=Cambridge plaque honours first woman to fly around the world |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9v8e1nkxwyo |access-date=16 April 2025 |work=BBC News |date=19 August 2024}}

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

|

John Mortlock
(1755–1816)

| British banker

| 10 Peas Hill, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

| 120px

Gladys Moss

(1919-1941)

|First Woman Police Officer in West Sussex

|Worthing Police Station

Chatsworth Road

Worthing

BN11 1LY

|2015

|

|

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756–1791)

| Composer

| 20 Frith Street, W1

|

| Royal Music Association{{cite web|url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=223 |title=London Remembers |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203352/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=223 |archivedate=2007-09-27 }}

| 120px

James Murray
(1837–1915)

| Lexicographer

| 78 Banbury Road, Oxford

|

| Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board/Oxford Civic Society{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxonblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/murray.html|title=Sir James Murray|website=www.oxonblueplaques.org.uk}}

| 120px

Heddle Nash
(1895–1961)

| Opera singer

| 49 Towncourt Crescent, Petts Wood, Bromley

|

| London Borough of Bromley (black){{Cite web|url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/heddle_nash_1895_1961.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317140057/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/heddle_nash_1895_1961.htm|url-status=dead|title=London Borough of Bromley | Heddle Nash (1895-1961)|archivedate=March 17, 2007|website=www.bromley.gov.uk}}

|

Edith New
(1877–1951)

|Suffragette

|Kent Road, Swindon SN1

|2016

|Swindon Heritage{{Cite web |title=Edith New SUFFRAGETTE |url=https://www.swindonheritageblueplaques.com/edith-new.html |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=SWINDON HERITAGE BLUE PLAQUES |language=en}}

|File:Edith New Blue Plaque.jpg

J. A. R. Newlands
(1837–1898)

| Chemist

| West Square, London, SE11

|

| Royal Society of Chemistry

|

Florence Nightingale
(1820–1910)

| Social reformer

|

| 2014

| Derbyshire County Council{{cite web|title=Florence Nightingale: Leisure and CulturBlue Plaques in Derbyshiree - Derbyshire County Council|url= https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/blue-plaques/blue-plaques-in-derbyshire.aspx|accessdate=2 April 2021}}

|

Seán O'Casey
(1880–1964)

| Dramatist

| Ashburton Road, Totnes, Devon

|

| Unknown (stone)

|

Joe Orton
(1933–1967)

| Playwright

| 25 Noel Road, London, N1

|

| London Borough of Islington (green)

| 120px

Alexander Parkes
(1813–1890)

| Metallurgist and inventor

| Museum of Science and Industry, Birmingham

|

| Birmingham Civic Society

|

Joseph Paxton
(1803–1865)

| Gardener, architect of The Crystal Palace, MP

|Chatsworth Estate, Derbyshire

| 2011

| Derbyshire County Council{{cite web |title=Sir Joseph Paxton: Leisure and Culture - Derbyshire County Council |url= http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/blue_plaques/first_six/sir_joseph_paxton/default.asp|accessdate=31 May 2015}}

| 120px

William Perkin
(1838–1907)

| Chemist

| Cable Street, E1

|

| Stepney Historical Trust

| 120px

Stephen Perse
(1548–1615)

| Educator

| Free School Lane, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire{{Cite web|url=https://cambridgeppf.org/blue-plaques/|title=Blue Plaques - Cambridge Past, Present and Future|date=March 14, 2025}}

| 120px

John Phillips
(1800–1874)

| Geologist and first Keeper of the Yorkshire Museum

| St. Mary's Lodge, York Museum Gardens, York

| 2016

| Yorkshire Philosophical Society, York Civic Trust, and York Museums Trust

| 120px

Enid Porter
(1909 – 1984)

| Curator of the Cambridge & County Folk museum

| 1 Northampton Street, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

| 120px

Joseph Priestley
(1733–1804)

| Scholar, scientist, theologian and discoverer of oxygen

| Church of St Michael and St Joseph, New Meeting House Lane, Birmingham

|

| Birmingham Civic Society

| 120px

Anthony E. Pratt
(1903 – 1994)

| Inventor of Cluedo

| 9 Stanley Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham

| 2013{{Cite web|last=Lockley|first=Mike|date=February 17, 2013|title=Plaque to be erected for Kings Heath Cluedo inventor Anthony Pratt|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/plaque-erected-kings-heath-cluedo-1325186|publisher=Birmingham Mail}}

|

|

Clara Rackham
(1875-1966)

| English feminist and politician

|

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

| 120px

Gwen Raverat
(1885–1957)

| Artist

| Darwin College, Silver Street, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

|

Elizabeth Jesser Reid
(1789–1866)

| Slavery abolitionist and founder of Bedford College for Women

| 48 Bedford Square, WC1

|

| Unknown (green){{cite web |url= http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=214 |title=London Remembers |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20061031005505/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?id=214 |archivedate=2006-10-31 }}

| 120px

George Arthur Roberts
(1890–1970)

| First World War soldier, Second World War fireman, West Indian Community Leader

| Lewis Trust Dwellings, Warner Road, Camberwell

| 2016

| London Borough of Southwark

| 120px

Joan Robinson
(1903–1983)

|Economist

|Kensington Park Gardens, London

|2024

|English Heritage{{Cite web |title=Record number of women to be celebrated with English Heritage blue plaques in 2024 |url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/search-news/pr-record-number-of-women-to-be-celebrated-with-english-heritage-blue-plaques-in-2024/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=English Heritage}}

|88x88px

W. Heath Robinson
(1872–1944)

| Cartoonist and Illustrator

|75 Moss Lane
Pinner, Harrow

| 1976

| unknown

|

Henry Royce
(1863–1933)

| Co-founder of Rolls-Royce

| Quarndon House,
Derby

| 2012

| Derbyshire County Council

| 120px

Willie Rushton
(1937–1996)

| Satirist

| Mornington Crescent tube station, NW1

|

| Comic Heritage{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1885736.stm | work=BBC News | title=Mornington Crescent honours Rushton | date=21 March 2002 | accessdate=8 May 2010}}

| 120px

Rex C. Russell
(1951–2014)

| Historian, author and lecturer

| Priestgate, Barton-upon-Humber

| 2015

| Barton Civic Society

| 120px

Bertha Ryland
(1882–1977)

| Suffragette

| Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

| 2018

| Birmingham Civic Society

| 120px

Terry Scott
(1927–1994)

| Actor and comedian

| 32 Tucker Street, Watford

|

| Comic Heritage{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105213837/http://www.theheritagefoundation.info/rollofhonour.html The Heritage Foundation]}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2003/05/09/2804/great_scott!|title=Great Scott!|date=May 9, 2003|publisher=Chortle}}

|

Peter Sellers
(1925-1980)

| Actor and comedian

| 10 Muswell Hill Road, N6

|

| The Dead Comics Society{{cite web|url=http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?hmenu=&id=416 |title=London Remembers |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203301/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorial/?hmenu=&id=416 |archivedate=2007-09-27 }}

|

Eileen Sheridan
(1923–2023)

|Cyclist

|Butts Park Arena, Coventry

|2024

|Coventry Cycling Club

The Coventry Society

|120px

Samuel Slater
(1768–1835)

| Father of the American Industrial Revolution

| Sunnymount Cottage,
Chevin Road, Belper

| 2012

| Derbyshire County Council

|

Small Faces and Don Arden
(1926–2007)

| 1960s mod group and manager

| 52–55 Carnaby Street, London

|

| Westminster City Council (green){{Cite web|url=http://www.westminster.gov.uk/councilgovernmentanddemocracy/councils/pressoffice/news/pr-3881.cfm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225003/http://www.westminster.gov.uk/councilgovernmentanddemocracy/councils/pressoffice/news/pr-3881.cfm|url-status=dead|title=Westminster honours Small Faces and Don Arden with Green Plaque|first=Westminster City|last=Council|archivedate=September 26, 2007|website=www.westminster.gov.uk}}

| 120px

John Smedley
(1803–1874)

| Father of the American Industrial Revolution

| County Hall,
Smedley Street, Matlock, Derbyshire

| 2012

| Derbyshire County Council

| 120px

Charles Villiers Stanford
(1852–1924))

| Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor

| 10 Harvey Road, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

|

William Thomas Stead
(1849–1912)

| Journalist

| 5 Smith Square, London

|

| Westminster City Council[http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/greenplaques/byname.cfm City of Westminster] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070624224808/http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/greenplaques/byname.cfm |date=2007-06-24 }}

|

George Stephenson
(1781–1848)

| Civil engineer

|Chesterfield railway station, Derbyshire

| 2011

| Derbyshire County Council{{cite web|title=George Stephenson: Leisure and Culture - Derbyshire County Council|url=http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/blue_plaques/first_six/george_stephenson/default.asp|accessdate=31 May 2015}}

| 120px

George Herbert Strutt
(1854–1928)

| Mill owner, Philanthropist

| Makeney Hall, Belper,
Derbyshire

| 2013

| Derbyshire County Council{{cite web|title=George Herbert Strutt: Leisure and Culture - Derbyshire County Council|url=http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/blue_plaques/final_six/george_herbert_strutt/default.asp|accessdate=6 June 2015}}

| 120px

Joseph Sturge
(1793–1859)

| Quaker, campaigner for peace, extension of the vote and abolition of slavery

| Eden Croft, Wheeleys Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham

|

| Birmingham Civic Society{{cite web|url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/mail/news/tm_headline=abolition-of-slavery-is-remembered-in-birmingham&method=full&objectid=18810854&siteid=50002-name_page.html |title=Birmingham news, features, information and sport from the Birmingham Mail |work=birminghammail |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604051623/http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/mail/news/tm_headline%3Dabolition-of-slavery-is-remembered-in-birmingham%26method%3Dfull%26objectid%3D18810854%26siteid%3D50002-name_page.html |archivedate=2011-06-04 }}

|

William Terriss
(1847–1897)

| Actor

| Beside the stage door of the Adelphi Theatre in London

| 1971

| Westminster City Council (green)

| 120px

Dylan Thomas
(1914–1953)

| Writer

| 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Uplands, Swansea, SA2 0RA

|

|

| 120px

Harry Relph – "Little Tich"
(1867–1928)

| Music hall comedian

| The Blacksmith Arms, Cudham, Bromley

|

| London Borough of Bromley{{Cite web |url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/little_tich_%28harry_relph%29_%281867-1928%29.htm |title=London Borough of Bromley {{!}} Little Tich (Harry Relph) (1867–1928) |access-date=2007-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317140323/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/little_tich_%28harry_relph%29_%281867-1928%29.htm |archive-date=2007-03-17 |url-status=dead }}

|

J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)

| Writer

| Sarehole Mill
Hall Green, Birmingham

|

| Birmingham Civic Society and The Tolkien Society[http://www.birminghamnet.co.uk/galleries/features/blueplaque/sarehole.html Birmingham: Blue Plaques Photograph Gallery: Sarehole Mill] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524114518/http://www.birminghamnet.co.uk/galleries/features/blueplaque/sarehole.html |date=May 24, 2007 }}

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J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)

| Writer

| 1 Duchess Place
Edgbaston, Birmingham

|

| Birmingham Civic Society[http://www.birminghamnet.co.uk/galleries/features/blueplaque/tolkien2.html Birmingham: Blue Plaques Photograph Gallery: Duchess Place] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524114159/http://www.birminghamnet.co.uk/galleries/features/blueplaque/tolkien2.html |date=May 24, 2007 }}

|

J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)

| Writer

| 4 Highfield Road
Edgbaston, Birmingham

|

| Birmingham Civic Society and The Tolkien Society[http://www.birminghamnet.co.uk/galleries/features/blueplaque/tolkien3.html Birmingham: Blue Plaques Photograph Gallery: 4 Highfield Road] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524113934/http://www.birminghamnet.co.uk/galleries/features/blueplaque/tolkien3.html |date=May 24, 2007 }}

|

J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)

| Writer

| Plough and Harrow, Hagley Road
Edgbaston, Birmingham

|

| The Tolkien Society[http://www.birminghamnet.co.uk/galleries/features/blueplaque/tolkien.html Birmingham: Blue Plaques Photograph Gallery: Plough and Harrow] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524113840/http://www.birminghamnet.co.uk/galleries/features/blueplaque/tolkien.html |date=May 24, 2007 }}

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J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)

| Writer

| 20 Northmoor Road
Oxford

|

| Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board{{cite web |url=http://64.6.241.183/blue/jtolkien.html |title=Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board |accessdate=2007-03-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307134347/http://64.6.241.183/blue/jtolkien.html |archivedate=2005-03-07 }}

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P. L. Travers
(1899–1996)

| Author of Mary Poppins

| 50 Smith Street, London SW3

|

Alan Turing
(1912–1954)

| English computer scientist

| 58 Trumpington Street, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

| 120px

Edward Turner
(1901–1973)

| Motorcycle designer

| 8, Philip Walk, Peckham SE15

|

| Southwark Council

| 120px

William Turner
(1789–1862)

| Artist

| 16 St John Street, Oxford

|

| Oxford Civic Society{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordcivicsoc.org.uk/blueplaques/index.htm |accessdate=March 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |title=The Oxfordshire Blue Plaque scheme |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205225930/http://www.oxfordcivicsoc.org.uk/blueplaques/index.htm |archivedate=February 5, 2007 }}

| 120px

Alison Uttley
(1884–1976)

| Author

| Castle Top Farm,
Cromford, Derbyshire

| 2012

| Derbyshire County Council

|

Barnes Wallis
(1887–1979)

| Pioneer of aircraft design and inventor of the Bouncing Bomb

| 241 New Cross Road, New Cross, London, SE14

|

| Lewisham Council (scarlet)

|

Sam Wanamaker
(1919–1993)

| Visionary who recreated Shakespeare's Globe

| Bankside, SE1

|

| Southwark Council{{Cite web|url=http://www.blueplaque.com/detail.php?plaque_id=930|title=BluePlaque.com: About This Plaque}}

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Baron Dickinson Webster
(1818–1860)

| Wire manufacturer

| Penns Hall, Birmingham
{{Coord|52.536484

1.808112|region:GB-BIR}}

|

| Sutton Coldfield Civic Society

|

H. G. Wells
(1866–1946)

| Writer

| Chiltern Court, Baker Street, NW1

|

| The H. G. Wells Society (scarlet)

| 120px

H. G. Wells
(1866–1946)

| Writer

| Primark Store, Market Place, Bromley, BR1

|

| Unknown{{cite web|url=http://www.thebattens.me.uk/bromley1.html |title=Bromley London |publisher=Thebattens.me.uk |date=1986-04-01 |accessdate=2012-10-03}}{{cite web|url=http://colemanzone.com/Time_Machine_Project/bromley.htm|title=The Time Machine Project-Bromley, Kent|work=colemanzone.com}}

|

Elsie Widdowson
(1906–2000)

| British nutritionist

| 55 High Street, Barrington

| 2021

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

| 120px

William Wilkins
(1778–1839)

| English architect and archaeologist

| 44 Lensfield Road, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

| 120px

William Willett
(1856–1915)

| Campaigner for daylight saving time

| The Cedars, Camden Park Road, Chislehurst

|

|London Borough of Bromley{{Cite web |url=http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/william_willett_%281856-1915%29.htm |title=London Borough of Bromley {{!}} William Willett (1856–1915) |access-date=2007-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317140219/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/william_willett_%281856-1915%29.htm |archive-date=2007-03-17 |url-status=dead }}

|

Kenneth Williams
(1926–1988)

| Comedy actor

| 57 Marchmont Street, WC1

|

| The Heritage Foundation

|

Henry Williamson
(1895–1977)

| Author

| Crowberry Cottage, Georgeham, Devon, and Skirr Cottage in Georgeham

|

| The Henry Williamson Society{{Cite web|url=https://www.henrywilliamson.co.uk/aboutus-57|title=About the Society|website=www.henrywilliamson.co.uk}}

| 120px

Ted Willis, Baron Willis
(1918–1992)

| Playwright

| 5 Shepherds Green, Chislehurst, BR7

|

| London Borough of Bromley{{Cite web |url= http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/lord_ted_willis_%281918-1992%29.htm |title=London Borough of Bromley {{!}} Lord Ted Willis (1918–1992) |access-date= 2007-03-10 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070311082115/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/environment/conservation/blueplaques/lord_ted_willis_(1918-1992).htm |archive-date=2007-03-11 |url-status=dead }}

|

Ludwig Wittgenstein
(1889–1951)

| Austrian philosopher and logician

| 76 Storey's Way, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

| 120px

Frank Whittle
(1907–1996)

| British Royal Air Force engineer and air officer

| Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington St, Cambridge

|

| Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire

|

Joseph Whitworth
(1803–1887)

| Engineer, Inventor

| Amber Mill,
Oakerthorpe, Derbyshire

| 2012

| Derbyshire County Council

|

James Wolfe
(1727–1759)

| Victor of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec 1759

| 5 Trim Street, Bath

|

| unknown - bronze rectangle

| 120px

Ken Wood
(1916–1997)

| Entrepreneur and businessman, inventor of the eponymous Kenwood Chef food mixer.

| Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey

| 2017

| Woking Borough Council{{cite web | url = http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/woking-honours-kenwood-founder-blue-13590070 | title=Woking honours Kenwood founder with blue plaque | accessdate=18 September 2017 | work=Surrey Advertiser | date=8 September 2017}}

|

Thomas Telford
(1757–1834)

|Civil Engineer

|Towyn Lodge, Ravenspoint Road, Trearddur Bay, Anglesey

|2016

|BAe Systems

| 120px

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! Organisation, place, or event

! Description

! Location

! Year
erected

! Erected by

!Colour

! Image

The Clink

| Notorious prison in Southwark

| Clink Street, London SE1

|

| London Borough of Southwark

Blue

| 120px

The Gramophone Company

|Europe's first disc recording studio.
Established by Fred Gaisberg and The Gramophone Company in 1898

|31 Maiden Lane, London WC2

|2019

|Westminster City Council

Green

|File:The Maiden Lane Plaque in situ.jpg

North Sea flood of 1953

|Marking the level of flood water

|Leigh Heritage Centre, 13A High St, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9

|

|The Leigh Society

Blue

|File:1953 Flood Blue Plaque.jpg

Live at Leeds

| Site of legendary live recording by The Who

| The University of Leeds Refectory, Leeds, West Yorkshire

| 2006

| Leeds Civic Trust{{cite web|url=http://www.leeds.ac.uk/thewholiveatleeds/blue_plaque.htm|title=The Who Live at Leeds – University of Leeds|work=leeds.ac.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415234207/http://www.leeds.ac.uk/thewholiveatleeds/blue_plaque.htm|archive-date=April 15, 2016}}

| Blue

| 120px

Royal Air Force

| Site of first headquarters

| 80 Strand, London WC2

| 2008

| Westminster City Council{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7321305.stm|title = Plaque marks RAF's 90th birthday|date = 30 March 2008}}

|Green

|120px

Ziggy Stardust

| The location where the cover of David Bowie's album was photographed

| 23 Heddon Street, London

| 2012

| Gary Kemp{{cite web |url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/27/david-bowie-ziggy-stardust-blue-plaque |title = David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust album marked with blue plaque |work = The Guardian |date = 27 March 2012 |accessdate = 22 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107115805/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7321305.stm|archive-date= November 7, 2017}}

|Black

| 120px

See also

References

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