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English Heritage

Categories: Architecture, History, Property

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts, and country houses.

What is now generally known as the blue plaque scheme was initiated in 1866 by the Society of Arts.  In 1901 it was taken over by the LCC and then in 1965 by its successor body, the GLC. When that was abolished in 1986 English Heritage took on the scheme. 

Over the years hundreds of plaques have been erected and sadly some of these have been lost, often when their host buildings have been demolished.  Steve Roffey has given himself the task of identifying these lost plaques and listing them on Wikipedia.  Documenting existing plaques is a big enough task but finding the lost ones - that's far more difficult - for obvious reasons. Chapeau.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
English Heritage

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Approved extension

A misunderstanding? A joke? Do the owners now claim they have an English Heri...

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Croydon Palace

Croydon Palace A former residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury (The Great...

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Isokon Building

The plaque is in the foyer of the flats. It was unveiled by John Pritchard, g...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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Abram Games

Abram Games, 1914 - 1996, poster artist and designer, lived and worked here, ...

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Ada Lovelace

English Heritage Ada Countess of Lovelace, 1815 - 1852, pioneer of computing...

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Agatha Christie - W8

Dame Agatha Christie, 1850 - 1976, detective novelist and playwright, lived h...

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Agnes Arber

Agnes Arber, neé Robertson, 1879 - 1960, botanist, lived here 1890 - 1909. En...

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Air Chief Marshal Dowding - SW19 - original plaque

This plaque was removed when the house on which it was erected was demolished...

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Other Subjects

Alexander

Alexander

First name unknown. Architect active in 1891.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Sir Charles James Freake

Sir Charles James Freake

Architect, builder and patron of the arts.

Person, Architecture, Benefactor, Property

1 memorial
Penton Estate

Penton Estate

Built by Henry Penton in the late 1700s, possibly London's first planned suburb. The estate was completed around 1820. A few of the original houses survive in Chapel Market. The 'Penton Estate: 750...

Place, Architecture, Property

1 memorial
James Morgan

James Morgan

Probably born in Carmarthen, south Wales. Architect and engineer. Employed by John Nash. Worked on the layout of Regent's Park and on the construction of the Regent's Canal as Chief Engineer of the...

Person, Architecture, Engineering, Wales

3 memorials
Studio Weave

Studio Weave

A London-based idiosyncratic architecture practice.  The picture we have used is from their page about the Aldgate project.

Group, Architecture, Art

1 memorial

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Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council

The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster Distric...

Group, Politics & Administration

183 memorials
Westminster Bank

Westminster Bank

Founded as the London and Westminster Bank, it was the first firm founded under the Bank Charter Act of 1833. It wasn't until 1923 that it became known solely as the Westminster Bank. Its merger wi...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Beth Holim / Spanish and Portuguese Jewish hospital

Beth Holim / Spanish and Portuguese Jewish hospital

This institution, Beth Holim, originated in Leman Street in 1748, moving to Mile End, the site of what is now Albert Stern House, in 1790.  The site was already in use as a Jewish women’s hospital ...

Group, Medicine

3 memorials
Elizabeth Finn

Elizabeth Finn

Born to missionary parents in Warsaw. Aged 72 she and her daughter Constance founded the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association. Died at home in Brook Green.

Person, Social Welfare, Poland

1 memorial
Hospital for Tropical Diseases

Hospital for Tropical Diseases

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases was founded on an ex-naval ship in 1821, before moving to the Royal Greenwich Hospital, and thence to the Endsleigh Gardens site in 1920. Several further moves la...

Group, Medicine

1 memorial