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Edvard Benes blue plaque, 26 Gwendolen Avenue, Putney 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 ...
English Heritage blue plaque at 9 Upper Belgrave Street, Belgravia, London, commemorating Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson (erected 1994) [1] [2] A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom, and certain other countries and territories, to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a ...
The blue plaques are publicly visible, and are intended to give everyone an insight into chemistry's relevance to everyday lives. [1] CLS plaques for the first few years of the scheme (begun in 2001) were rectangular, black lettering on a steel background, but later plaques are hexagonal, white lettering on a blue background.
A blue plaque was erected by the London County Council at Cadby Hall, the offices of J. Lyons & Co. Ltd., in 1937 to commemorate the site of the former residence of Charles Samuel Keene following the demolition of 112 Hammersmith Road and the loss of the memorial placed on that building by the LCC seven years previously. [98]
In 2009 Monmouth Civic Society identified 24 historic and interesting buildings in the town, and organised the production and fixing of ceramic blue plaques to them. The plaques were made by Ned Heywood of Chepstow, with a stoneware body and raised text in both English and Welsh, set off by a blue glaze. The space for text was limited, and each ...
This category is for articles about commemorative blue plaques (which may not actually be blue - see Blue plaque) on buildings in the United Kingdom. Note: Please do not add articles on buildings or people to this category. Articles on buildings or people should rather be included in relevant lists.