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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

Frank Meisler

Frank Meisler

Architect and sculptor. Born Danzig. Arrived in England via the Kindertransport. Active in 2006. Art Forum obit. Born in what was then Danzig and is now Gdansk, Poland. Meisler was himself one of t...

Person, Architecture, Sculpture, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Poland

1 memorial
Jeremy Robert Feakes

Jeremy Robert Feakes

Designer, entrepreneur and founder of the Urban Golf Tournament.  Urban Golf seems to be exactly what you'd imagine it might be and has been played in the East End, Siena, Hong Kong, Canada and Ven...

Person, Architecture, Craft / Design, Sport / Games

1 memorial
William Curtis Green

William Curtis Green

Architect and designer, based in London for much of his career. London works include: the Dorchester Hotel, Wolseley House at 160 Piccadilly, New Scotland Yard. Around 20 of his designs are listed ...

Person, Architecture, Craft / Design

1 memorial
James Savage

James Savage

Born Hoxton. Had his office and home at 31 Essex Street at the time of the 1851 census. Died at home at North Place, Hampstead Road, St Pancras.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial