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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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Jewish Orphanage - Norwood

{Beneath an image of the orphanage:} On this site, from 1866 - 1961, stood th...

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Sir Proby Cautley

Sir Proby Cautley

Civil engineer and palaeontologist. FRS.  Born Suffolk.  Proby was his mother's maiden name.  1819 went to India as a commissioned second lieutenant.  Apart from a few years his work there was main...

Person, Engineering, History, India

1 memorial
Roy Price, CB

Roy Price, CB

Resident of Queensberry House flats, who researched history for a plaque at the house. Seems likely that he is the "Dr Roy Price" listed in the heading of this 2000 letter from the European-Atlant...

Person, History

1 memorial
Theatre Courtyard Gallery, The

Theatre Courtyard Gallery, The

Their address is: New Inn Broadway London EC2A 3PR. From their website: "In 2008, a team  of archaeologists from MOLA discovered the remains of The Theatre, one of London’s earliest playhouses, bur...

Group, History, Theatre

1 memorial
Thomas Arnold

Thomas Arnold

Headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841.  Born Isle of Wight.  Father of Matthew Arnold, great grandfather of Aldous and Julian Huxley.  Died at Rugby.

Person, Education, History

1 memorial

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British Telecom

British Telecom

A number of privately owned telegraph companies operated in Britain from 1846 onwards. In 1868 these all came under the control of the newly formed GPO (General Post Office). With the invention of ...

Group, Commerce

3 memorials
Bulldog Trust

Bulldog Trust

Provides financial and advisory assistance to charities.

Group, Philanthropy

1 memorial
Corporation of the City of London

Corporation of the City of London

The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London'. In 2006 the name was changed from just 'Corporation of London' to disti...

Group, Commerce, Politics & Administration

186 memorials
Haroon Shamsher

Haroon Shamsher

Musician. Born in Bradford. His father was a Bangladeshi immigrant who ran a traditional tape shop in London’s East End. Haroon and his younger brother Farook, started the Joi Bangla Sound System i...

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial