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British Plaque Trust

Categories: History

A charity with: "The key objective of the British Plaque Trust (BPT) is to resurrect this national scheme {of English Heritage} which commemorates the lives and successes of notable figures by recognising the buildings and places which they inhabited."

2025: The organisation have moved to a new website.

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British Plaque Trust

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David Bowie - Former Trident Studios

David Bowie, 1947 - 2016. His albums Hunky Dory and The Rise & Fall of Zi...

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Emile Ford

Emile Ford 1937 - 2016 Singer, producer & sound scientist. He made his pe...

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Francis Barraud & Nipper

In 1899 at 126 Piccadilly Francis Barraud completed his famous painting of 'N...

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Haroon Shamsher

Haroon Shamsher 1965 - 1999 founder of influential music collective Joi lived...

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Robert P. McCulloch

Robert P. McCulloch

American entrepreneur from Missouri, best known for McCulloch chainsaws and for purchasing London Bridge, which he moved to Lake Havasu City, Arizona - one of the cities he founded. He purchased it...

Person, History, USA

2 memorials
Christopher Wade

Christopher Wade

 Hampstead historian. Born in Bradford. Attended Trinity College, Cambridge, was a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF in WW2, joined the BBC and rose to become head of the television script unit. Married...

Person, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial
Black British Heritage

Black British Heritage

They have an address at 182 Hammersmith Road, but the only website we can find (Dec 2011) is in Japanese.  Something fishy going on.

Group, History, Race Issues

1 memorial
Plastics Historical Society

Plastics Historical Society

First to draw attention to the heritage of the plastics industry and to celebrate all things plastic.

Group, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial
Sir Walter Besant

Sir Walter Besant

Novelist and London historian.  Born Portsmouth. 1884 co-founded the Society of Authors. Secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Originator of the People's Palace.  First president of The Hamp...

Person, Community / Clubs, History, Literature

3 memorials

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Lewisham Borough Council

Lewisham Borough Council

The Borough of Lewisham was formed as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Deptford and Lewisham.

Group, Politics & Administration

27 memorials
University College London (UCL)

University College London (UCL)

The first English university established since Oxford and Cambridge and the first not to discriminate on race, class or religion, and the first to accept women on equal terms. Jeremy Bentham was no...

Group, Education

8 memorials