List of blue plaques

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 within the building.[1]

## London/English Heritage plaques

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Main article: 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.[1] The entries in the lists in are based on information from the English Heritage website. The erection of plaques was suspended from 1915 to 1919 and 1940 to 1947 due to the two world wars.[2] It was announced in 2013 that the scheme would be indefinitely suspended until 2014 due to a 34% cut in English Heritage's budget,[2] but it was able to continue thanks to private donations.[2][3]

## Other similar plaques

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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.

### People

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Person  | Notability  | Address  | Year erected  | Erected by  | Photo

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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[4] |
John Addenbrooke
(1680–1719)  | English medical doctor who founded Addenbrooke's Hospital | Main entrance, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5][6] |
Damon Albarn
(born 1968)  | Musician  | 21 Fillebrook Rd, Leytonstone  | 2014  | Waltham Forest Heritage[7] |
Agnes Arber
(1879–1960)  | Botanist, historian, philosopher  | 52 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge  | 2024  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Richard Arkwright junior
(1755–1843)  | Inventor of machinery for large scale cotton spinning  | Lumford House
Bakewell, Derbyshire  | 2011  | Derbyshire County Council[8] |
Francis William Aston
(1877–1945)  | Scientist, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry 1922  | Tennal House
Tennal Road, Birmingham  | 2007  | Birmingham Civic Society[9] |
Wilbert Awdry
(1911–1997)  | Creator of Thomas the Tank Engine books  | Old Rectory, Church Lane, Elsworth | 2020  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Charles Babbage
(1791–1871)  | Mathematician, astronomer and computer pioneer  | 1a Dorset Street, W1  |  | Westminster City Council[10] |
Charles Babbage
(1791–1871)  | Mathematician, astronomer and computer pioneer  | Corner of Larcom Street and Walworth Road, SE17  |  | Southwark Council[11] |
Olave Baden-Powell
(1889–1977)  | Chief Guide of the Girl Guides | Shentall Memorial Gardens
Chesterfield, Derbyshire  | 2011  | Derbyshire County Council[12] |
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 |
William Barron
(1805–1891)  | Designer of Elvaston Castle Gardens  |  | 2012  | Derbyshire County Council[13] |
John Logie Baird
(1888–1946)  |  | 132-5 Long Acre, WC2  |  | The Royal Television Society  |
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[14] |
Harry Beck
(1903–1974)  | Creator of the schematic Tube map | Finchley Central tube station, N3  |  | London Regional Transport (grey)  |
Elizabeth Bell
(1862–1934)  | Physician, Suffragist  | Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry, Northern Ireland  | 2016  | Ulster Historical Society (blue)  |
A. C. Benson
(1862–1925)  | Author of Land of Hope & Glory | Godolphin House, Common Lane, Eton College |  | Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead |
Jack Kid Berg
(1909–1991)  | Boxer  | Noble Court, Cable Street, E1  |  | Stepney Historical Society  |
Hannah Billig
(1901–1987)  | Physician  | 198 Cable Street, E1  |  | London Borough of Tower Hamlets[15] |
William Bragg
(1862–1942)  | Scientist, Joint Nobel Prize Winner, 1915, with his son, Sir Lawrence, for Physics  | Parkinson Building, University of Leeds  |  |  |
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  |  |  |
Archie Scott Brown
(1927–1958)  | British racing driver  | 163 Hills Road, Cambridge |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Enid Blyton
(1897–1968)  | Writer  | 83 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, BR2  |  | London Borough of Bromley (blue)[16] |
Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby
(1900–1986)  | Private secretary to Winston Churchill | 1 Eaton Square, SW1  |  | Private[17] |
Harold Bride
(1890–1956)  | Wireless operator aboard the RMS Titanic | 58 Ravensbourne Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley |  | London Borough of Bromley (blue)[18] |
Anne Brontë
(1820–1849)  | Writer  | Grand Hotel, Scarborough, North Yorkshire  |  | Scarborough and District Civic Society  |
Thomas Boulton and Fredrick Park
(1847–1904) and (1846–1881)  | Cross-dressers  | 13 Wakefield Street, Kings Cross, London  |  | Marchmont Association  |
Frances Bush
(1845–1909)  | Lace Manufacturer  | 99 Nottingham Rd, Long Eaton,
Derbyshire  | 2013  | Derbyshire County Council[19] |
Jedediah Buxton
(1707–1772)  | Mental calculator | Elmton, Derbyshire  | 2011  | Derbyshire County Council[20] |
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)[21] |
Richard Carr-Gomm
(1922–2008)  | Humanitarian, founder of the Abbeyfield and Carr-Gomm Societies  | 36 Gomm Road, Bermondsey  |  | Southwark Council[22] |
Charlie Chaplin
(1889–1977)  | Actor, film maker  | 39 Methley Street, Kennington, London
287 Kennington Road, London, SE 11  |  | The Dead Comics Society (blue)[23] |
J. A. Chatwin
(1830–1907)  | Architect  | Lloyds Bank, Queen Square, Wolverhampton |  | Wolverhampton Civic Society/Lloyds Bank[24] |
Clementine Churchill
(1885–1977)  | Wife of Winston Churchill  | 107 High Street, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire  |  | Berkhamsted Town Council, 1979[25] |
Alvin Langdon Coburn
(1882–1966)  | Pioneering photographer  | Ffordd Isaf, Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales  |  | Royal Photographic Society/Olympus Corporation (blue/octagonal)  |
Henry Cooper OBE KSG
(1934–2011)  | Professional Boxer. British, Commonwealth & European Heavyweight Champion.  | 4 Ealing Road Wembley HA0 4TL  | 2018  | The Heritage Foundation |
Arthur C. Clarke
(1917–2008)  | Writer  | Blenheim Road, Minehead, Somerset | 2001  | Minehead Town Council (blue)  |
William Sands Cox
(1802–1875)  | 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)[26] |
Richmal Crompton
(1890–1969)  | Author  | 'The Glebe', Oakley Road, Bromley Common, BR2  |  | London Borough of Bromley (green)[27] |
Oliver Cromwell
(1599–1658)  | English military and political leader  | Market Passage, Cambridge |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Dr.James Deeny
(1906–1994)  | Public Health Pioneer  | 21, Church Place, Lurgan  | 2012  | Ulster History Circle |
Sebastian de Ferranti
(1864–1930)  | Electrical Engineer  | Havelock Building, 130 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4JA (birthplace)  | 2016  | Liverpool Council  |
Walter de la Mare
(1873–1956)  | Writer  | 14 Thornsett Road, Anerley, SE20  |  | London Borough of Bromley[28] |
Bernard Delfont (as Baron Delfont)
(1909–1994)  | Impresario  | Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street, SW1  |  | Comic Heritage[29] |
Grantly Dick-Read
(1890–1959)  | Obstetrician  | 25 Harley Street, W1  |  | Westminster City Council/National Childbirth Trust (green)[30] |
Robert William Dale
(1829–1895)  | Nonconformist church leader  | Carrs Lane Church, Birmingham  |  | Birmingham Civic Society[9] |
Ann Docwra
(1624–1710)  | Quaker minister  | 12 Jesus Lane, Cambridge  |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
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[31] |
Diana Dors
(1931-1984)  | Actress and singer  | 61 & 62 Kent Road, Swindon, SN1  | 2016  | Swindon Heritage  |
Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859–1930)  | Writer  | 2 Upper Wimpole Street, W1  |  | Westminster City Council/The Arthur Conan Doyle Society (green)[32] |
Jim Ede
(1895–1990)  | British art collector  | Kettle’s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
George Elkington
(1801–1865)  | Promoter of electro-plating  | Museum of Science and Industry, Newhall Street, Birmingham B3[33] |  |  |
Arthur English
(1919–1995)  | Actor and comedian  | 22 Lysons Road
Aldershot, Hampshire  | 2017  | Aldershot Civic Society[34][35] |
Geraint Evans
(1922–1992)  | Opera singer  | 34 Birchwood Road, Petts Wood, BR5  |  | London Borough of Bromley[36] |
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[37] |
Henry Fawcett
(1833–1884)  | British academic, statesman and economist  | 19 Brookside, Cambridge |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Millicent Garrett Fawcett
(1847–1929)  | English politician, writer, and activist  | 19 Brookside, Cambridge | 2018  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
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[38] |
Sampson Gamgee
(1828–1886)  | Surgeon  | Repertory Theatre, Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham |  | Birmingham Civic Society[9] |
Robert Graves
(1895–1985)  | English Poet  | Vale House, Manor Vale Road, Galmpton, Brixham |  | Torbay Civic Society[9] |
Graham Greene
(1904–1991)  | Writer  | St John's Boarding House, Chesham Road, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire  |  | Berkhamsted Town Council[25] |
Nigel Gresley
(1876–1941)  | Railway engineer  | Old Rectory, Ashby Road,
Netherseal | 2013  | Derbyshire County Council[39] |
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[40] |
Tony Hancock
(1924–1968)  | Actor and comedian  | 10 Grey Close, NW11  |  | The Dead Comics Society[41] |
James Harrington
(1611–1677)  | Author of The Commonwealth of Oceana | Manor House, Rectory Lane, Milton Malsor
Northamptonshire, NN7 3AQ  |  | Milton Malsor Historical Society  |
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
(1807–1889)  | Sculptor and artist  | 'Fossil Villa', 22 Belvedere Road, Anerley |  | London Borough of Bromley (black)[42] |
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[43][44][45] |
Mary Frances Heaton
(1801–1878)  | Music teacher, unjustly incarcerated as mentally ill[46] |  | 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[5] |
Edward Heron-Allen
(1861–1943)  | Lawyer, Writer, Scholar, Scientist  | 122 High Street Selsey
West Sussex, PO20 0QE  |  | West Sussex County Council[31] |
Allen Hill
(1937–2021)  | Chemist  | Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford OX1 3QR  | 2012  | Royal Society of Chemistry (Blue hexagon)[47] |
Gerard Manley Hopkins
(1844–1889)  | Poet  | Manresa House, Roehampton |  | Greater London Council[48] |
Jack Hobbs
(1882–1963)  | English cricketer  | Hobbs Pavilion, Parker’s Piece, Cambridge  |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Thomas Hobson
(1544–1631)  | English carrier  | 52–54 St Andrew's Street, Cambridge |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Frank Hornby
(1863–1836)  | Toy manufacturer (Meccano Ltd) and MP.  | The Hollies, Station road, Maghull, Liverpool L31 3DB  |  | English Heritage |
Fred Hoyle
(1915–2001)  | English astronomer  | Ivy Lodge, 7 Linton Road, Great Abington | 2022  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
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[5] |
William Hutton
(1723–1815)  | Historian  | Waterstones, High Street, Birmingham  |  | Birmingham Civic Society[9] |
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  |
Derek Jarman
(1942–1994)  | Film-maker, artist and gay rights activist  | Butler's Wharf Building, 36 Shad Thames, SE1 2YE  | 2019  | [49] |
Eglantyne Jebb
(1876–1928)  | British social reformer, founder of Save the Children  | 82 Regent Street, Cambridge |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Griffith John
(1831–1912)  | Christian missionary and translator  | Ebenezer Chapel, Ebenezer Street, Swansea, SA1 5BJ  | 2013  | City and County of Swansea[50] |
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)[51] |
Charles Keeping
(1924–1988)  | Illustrator  | 16 Church Road, Shortlands, BR2  |  | London Borough of Bromley[52] |
Marie Kendall
(1873–1964)  | Music Hall Artiste  | Okeover Manor
Clapham Common Northside, London  | 2011  |  |
John F. Kennedy
(1917–1963)  | Politician and US President  | 14 Princes Gate, London SW7  |  | Unknown[53] |
Albert Ketèlbey
(1875–1959)  | Composer and musician  | Birmingham and Midland Institute, Cornwall Street, Birmingham  | 2002  | Birmingham Civic Society[9] |
John Maynard Keynes
(1883–1946)  | British economist  | 6 St Edward’s Passage, Cambridge  |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
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)[54] |
George Herbert Lawrence
(1888–1940)  | Industrialist  | Main Street, Hathersage,
Derbyshire  | 2013  | Derbyshire County Council[55] |
Leah Manning
(1886–1977)  | British educationalist, social reformer and Labour Member of Parliament  | Young Street, Cambridge  | 2020[56] | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Jessie Matthews
(1907–1981)  | Actress, dancer and singer  | Blue Posts Pub, 22 Berwick Street, W1  |  | Westminster City Council[57] |
John Le Mesurier
(1912–1983)  | Actor  | Baron's Court, London  |  | The Dead Comics Society[58] |
Edward Lear
(1812–1888)  | Painter, poet and humorist  | 30 Seymour Street, Westminster, W1  |  | Westminster City Council[59] Plaque removed in 2012.  |
Edward Lear
(1812–1888)  | Painter, poet and humorist  | 15 Stratford Place, Westminster, W1  |  | Westminster City Council (green)[60] |
Edward Lear
(1812–1888)  | Painter, poet and humorist  | Bowman's Mews, N7  |  | London Borough of Islington[61] |
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[5] |
Lloyds Bank (Sampson Lloyd)
(1699–1779)  | Origin of bank  | Dale End, Birmingham  |  | City of Birmingham[9] |
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[62] |
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
(1834–1913)  | Banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist  | High Elms Estate, Shire Lane, Farnborough, BR6  |  | London Borough of Bromley[63] |
Ewan MacColl
(1915–1989)  | Singer, songwriter and political activist  | 35 Stanley Avenue, Beckenham, BR3  |  | London Borough of Bromley[64] |
James Joseph Magennis
(1919–1986)  | Submariner and Victoria Cross recipient  | Royal Naval Association building, Great Victoria Street, Belfast  |  | Ulster History Circle[65] |
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[5] |
(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)  |
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  |
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)[66] |
John Everett Millais
(1829–1896)  | Painter  | The Octagon
Budleigh Salterton, Devon  |  | Unknown  |
Spike Milligan
(1918–2002)  | Comedian  | Camden Palace, Camden High Street, NW1  |  | Comic Heritage[67] |
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[37] |
Henry Morris
(1889–1961)  | Founder of Village Colleges  | 4 Silver Street, Cambridge |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Richarda Morrow-Tait
(1923–1982)  | Pilot and adventurer  | St Regis Flats, Clare College, Chesterton Road, Cambridge | 2024 [68] | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
John Mortlock
(1755–1816)  | British banker  | 10 Peas Hill, Cambridge  |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
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[69] |
James Murray
(1837–1915)  | Lexicographer  | 78 Banbury Road, Oxford  |  | Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board/Oxford Civic Society[70] |
Heddle Nash
(1895–1961)  | Opera singer  | 49 Towncourt Crescent, Petts Wood, Bromley  |  | London Borough of Bromley (black)[71] |
Edith New
(1877–1951)  | Suffragette  | Kent Road, Swindon SN1  | 2016  | Swindon Heritage[72] |
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[73] |
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)  |
Alexander Parkes
(1813–1890)  | Metallurgist and inventor  | Museum of Science and Industry, Birmingham |  | Birmingham Civic Society[9] |
Joseph Paxton
(1803–1865)  | Gardener, architect of The Crystal Palace, MP  | Chatsworth Estate, Derbyshire  | 2011  | Derbyshire County Council[74] |
William Perkin
(1838–1907)  | Chemist  | Cable Street, E1  |  | Stepney Historical Trust  |
Stephen Perse
(1548–1615)  | Educator  | Free School Lane, Cambridge  |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
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  |
Enid Porter
(1909 – 1984)  | Curator of the Cambridge & County Folk museum  | 1 Northampton Street, Cambridge |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Anthony Powell | English novelist best known for his 12-volume work, A Dance to the Music of Time. | 1 Chester Gate London NW1  | 16 September 2023[75] | Anthony Powell Society |
Anthony E. Pratt
(1903 – 1994)  | Inventor of Cluedo | 9 Stanley Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham  | 2013[76] |
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[9] |
Clara Rackham
(1875-1966)  | English feminist and politician  |  |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Gwen Raverat
(1885–1957)  | Artist  | Darwin College, Silver Street, Cambridge |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Elizabeth Jesser Reid
(1789–1866)  | Slavery abolitionist and founder of Bedford College for Women  | 48 Bedford Square, WC1  |  | Unknown (green)[77] |
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 |
Joan Robinson
(1903–1983)  | Economist  | Kensington Park Gardens, London  | 2024  | English Heritage[78] |
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[13] |
Willie Rushton
(1937–1996)  | Satirist  | Mornington Crescent tube station, NW1  |  | Comic Heritage[79] |
Rex C. Russell
(1951–2014)  | Historian, author and lecturer  | Priestgate, Barton-upon-Humber | 2015  | Barton Civic Society  |
Bertha Ryland
(1882–1977)  | Suffragette  | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | 2018  | Birmingham Civic Society |
Terry Scott
(1927–1994)  | Actor and comedian  | 32 Tucker Street, Watford |  | Comic Heritage[80][81] |
Peter Sellers
(1925-1980)  | Actor and comedian  | 10 Muswell Hill Road, N6  |  | The Dead Comics Society[82] |
Eileen Sheridan
(1923–2023)  | Cyclist  | Butts Park Arena, Coventry  | 2024  | Coventry Cycling Club

The Coventry Society

Samuel Slater
(1768–1835)  | Father of the American Industrial Revolution  | Sunnymount Cottage,
Chevin Road, Belper | 2012  | Derbyshire County Council[13] |
Small Faces and Don Arden
(1926–2007)  | 1960s mod group and manager  | 52–55 Carnaby Street, London  |  | Westminster City Council (green)[83] |
John Smedley
(1803–1874)  | Father of the American Industrial Revolution  | County Hall,
Smedley Street, Matlock, Derbyshire  | 2012  | Derbyshire County Council[13] |
Charles Villiers Stanford
(1852–1924))  | Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor  | 10 Harvey Road, Cambridge  |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
William Thomas Stead
(1849–1912)  | Journalist  | 5 Smith Square, London  |  | Westminster City Council[84] |
George Stephenson
(1781–1848)  | Civil engineer  | Chesterfield railway station, Derbyshire  | 2011  | Derbyshire County Council[85] |
George Herbert Strutt
(1854–1928)  | Mill owner, Philanthropist  | Makeney Hall, Belper,
Derbyshire  | 2013  | Derbyshire County Council[86] |
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[87] |
William Terriss
(1847–1897)  | Actor  | Beside the stage door of the Adelphi Theatre in London  | 1971  | Westminster City Council (green)  |
Dylan Thomas
(1914–1953)  | Writer  | 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Uplands, Swansea, SA2 0RA  |  |  |
Bertram Thomas
(1892–1950)  | Diplomat and explorer  | Avon Villa, Springfield Road, Pill, Somerset, BS20 0DP  | 1986  | Crockerne Pill and District History Society [88] |
Harry Relph – "Little Tich"
(1867–1928)  | Music hall comedian  | The Blacksmith Arms, Cudham, Bromley  |  | London Borough of Bromley[89] |
J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)
| Writer  | Sarehole Mill
Hall Green, Birmingham |  | Birmingham Civic Society and The Tolkien Society[90] |
J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)
| Writer  | 1 Duchess Place
Edgbaston, Birmingham |  | Birmingham Civic Society[91] |
J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)
| Writer  | 4 Highfield Road
Edgbaston, Birmingham |  | Birmingham Civic Society and The Tolkien Society[92]

J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)
| Writer  | Plough and Harrow, Hagley Road
Edgbaston, Birmingham |  | The Tolkien Society[93] |
J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)
| Writer  | 20 Northmoor Road
Oxford |  | Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board[94] |
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[5] |
Edward Turner
(1901–1973)  | Motorcycle designer  | 8, Philip Walk, Peckham SE15  |  | Southwark Council |
William Turner
(1789–1862)  | Artist  | 16 St John Street, Oxford |  | Oxford Civic Society[95] |
Alison Uttley
(1884–1976)  | Author  | Castle Top Farm,
Cromford, Derbyshire  | 2012  | Derbyshire County Council[13] |
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[96] |
Baron Dickinson Webster
(1818–1860)  | Wire manufacturer  | Penns Hall, Birmingham
52°32′11″N 1°48′29″W﻿ / ﻿52.536484°N 1.808112°W﻿ / 52.536484; -1.808112 |  | Sutton Coldfield Civic Society  |
H. G. Wells
(1866–1946)  | Writer  | Chiltern Court, Baker Street, NW1  |  | The H. G. Wells Society (scarlet)  |
H. G. Wells
(1866–1946)  | Writer  | Primark Store, Market Place, Bromley, BR1
|  | Unknown[97][98] |
Elsie Widdowson
(1906–2000)  | British nutritionist  | 55 High Street, Barrington | 2021  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
William Wilkins
(1778–1839)  | English architect and archaeologist  | 44 Lensfield Road, Cambridge  |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
William Willett
(1856–1915)  | Campaigner for daylight saving time | The Cedars, Camden Park Road, Chislehurst |  | London Borough of Bromley[99] |
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[100] |
Ted Willis, Baron Willis
(1918–1992)  | Playwright  | 5 Shepherds Green, Chislehurst, BR7  |  | London Borough of Bromley[101] |
Ludwig Wittgenstein
(1889–1951)  | Austrian philosopher and logician  | 76 Storey's Way, Cambridge  |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Frank Whittle
(1907–1996)  | British Royal Air Force engineer and air officer  | Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington St, Cambridge  |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] |
Joseph Whitworth
(1803–1887)  | Engineer, Inventor  | Amber Mill,
Oakerthorpe, Derbyshire  | 2012  | Derbyshire County Council[13] |
James Wolfe
(1727–1759)  | Victor of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec 1759  | 5 Trim Street, Bath  |  | unknown - bronze rectangle  |
Ken Wood
(1916–1997)  | Entrepreneur and businessman, inventor of the eponymous Kenwood Chef food mixer.  | Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey  | 2017  | Woking Borough Council[102] |
Thomas Telford
(1757–1834)  | Civil Engineer  | Towyn Lodge, Ravenspoint Road, Trearddur Bay, Anglesey  | 2016  | BAe Systems  |

### Places, organisations, or other

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Organisation, place, or event  | Description  | Location  | Year
erected  | Erected by  | Colour  | Image

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|
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Cambridge Philosophical Society | Scientific society, founded in 1819  | 2, All Saint's Passage, Cambridge  |  | Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire[5] | Blue  |
The Clink | Notorious prison in Southwark | Clink Street, London SE1  |  | London Borough of Southwark | Blue  |
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  |
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  |
Live at Leeds | Site of legendary live recording by The Who | The University of Leeds Refectory, Leeds, West Yorkshire | 2006  | Leeds Civic Trust[103] | Blue  |
Royal Air Force | Site of first headquarters  | 80 Strand, London WC2  | 2008  | Westminster City Council[104] | Green  |
Ziggy Stardust | The location where the cover of David Bowie's album was photographed  | 23 Heddon Street, London  | 2012  | Gary Kemp[105] | Black  |

## See also

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* List of blue plaques erected by the Royal Society of Chemistry
* List of hoax commemorative plaques

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## External links

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* Media related to Blue plaques at Wikimedia Commons