Search & Discover Blue Plaques in London

Sir Ernst Chain 1906-1979 biochemist and developer of penicillin lived here

Ernst Chain Blue Plaque

9 North View, London, SW19 4UJ

E. H. Gombrich 1909 - 2001 Art Historian lived here 1952 - 2001

Ernst Gombrich Blue Plaque

21 Briardale Gardens, London, NW3 7PN

Essex Street was laid out in the grounds of Essex House by Nicholas Barbon in 1675. Among many famous lawyers who lived here were Sir Orlando...

Essex Street, Nicholas Barbon, Orlando Bridgeman, Henry Fielding, And 2 Other

50 Essex Street, London, WC2R 3JF

Ethel Gordon Fenwick 1857-1947 nursing reformer lived here 1887-1924

Ethel Gordon Fenwick Blue Plaque

20 Upper Wimpole Street, London, W1G 6LZ

Eugen Sandow 1867-1925 body-builder and promoter of physical culture lived and died here

Eugen Sandow Blue Plaque

15 Holland Park Gardens, London, W14 8DZ

This was the home of the Goossens family of musicians 1912-1927

Eugène Goossens, Annie Cook, Eugene Aynsley Goossens, Marie Goossens, And 3 Other

70 Edith Road, London, W14 9AR

Evelyn Baring 1st Earl of Cromer 1841-1917 colonial administrator lived and died here

Evelyn Baring Blue Plaque

49 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 8SG

Evelyn Underhill 1875-1941 Christian philosopher and teacher lived here 1907-1939

Evelyn Underhill Blue Plaque

52A Campden Hill Square, London, W8 7JR

Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), writer, lived here.

Evelyn Waugh Blue Plaque

145 North End Road, London, NW11 7HT

Sir Eyre Massey Shaw 1830-1908 first Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade lived here 1878-1891

Eyre Massey Shaw Blue Plaque

London, SE1

Ezra Pound 1885-1972 poet lived here 1909-1914

Ezra Pound Blue Plaque

49 Gordon Place, London, W8 4JF

Wing Commander F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas GC 1902-1964 secret agent codename "The White Rabbit" lived here

F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas Blue Plaque

Guilford Street, WC1N 1ES

The site of 17 Osnaburgh Street where the Fabian Society was founded in 1884.

Fabian Society Blue Plaque

1 Osnaburgh Street, London, NW1

Sir Fabian Ware 1869-1949 Founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission lived here 1911-1919

Fabian Ware Blue Plaque

14 Wyndham Place, London, W1H 2PZ

Faithless first gigged here 5th March 1996 Jazz Cafe

Faithless, Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss, And Rollo Armstrong Black Plaque

Parkway, London, NW1 7AH

The Fan Makers' Company met in their common hall in Red Cross Street to adopt their constitution in 1710

Fan Makers' Company Blue Plaque

London, EC2Y 8BB

Fanny Craddock 1909 – 1994. On this site until 1930 stood a house called Apthorp, birthplace of the famous TV cookery expert Fanny Craddock; born...

Fanny Craddock And Apthorp, London Blue Plaque

24 Clarendon Road, London, E11 1DA

Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847 composer stayed here

Felix Mendelssohn Blue Plaque

1 Hobart Place, London, SW1W 0HU

Fenner Brockway (Lord Brockway) 1888 - lived here 1908-1910

Fenner Brockway Green Plaque

61 Myddelton Square, London, EC1R 1XX

The Ferryman's Seat, located on previous buildings at this site, was constructed for the convenience of Bankside watermen, who operated ferrying...

Ferryman's Seat Brushed Metal Plaque

London, SE1 4YG

In this hall the Lumière Cinématographe premiered to the press on 20th February 1896 and the next day gave the first cinema show to a paying...

Film Cell Plaque № 30467

Freddie Young OBE BSc winner of Oscars for Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and Ryan's Daughter

Film Cell Plaque № 40810

Odeon Leicester Square

The Duchess cinema organ

Film Cell Plaque № 40815

Odeon Leicester Square

J. H. Martin founded Quinton Avenue Studios here in 1913

Film Cell Plaque № 40817

Quinton Avenue, Merton

Ealing Studios established in 1902. Home of the Ealing Comedies 1938-1956

Film Cell Plaque № 40818

Ealing Studios

Dilys Powell CBE (1901-1995) film critic lived here from 1939

Film Cell Plaque № 40820

14 Albion Street, Hyde Park

Phoenix Cinema built 1910

Film Cell Plaque № 40821

54 High Road, London, N2 9PN

Eugene Lauste (1857-1935) first person to record synchronised sound on film 1906

Film Cell Plaque № 40822

Coldharbour Lane, London, SW9 8ER

Location for cult classic Blow Up by Michelangelo Antonioni in 1966

Film Cell Plaque № 40825

Maryon Park, Charlton

The forerunner of the cinema, the Edison Kinetoscope Parlour opened in 1894

Film Cell Plaque № 40826

70 Oxford Street

Walthamstow Fire Engine House. For most of the 19th century this small building housed the Walthamstow parish fire “engine”. Manually operated and...

Fire Engine House, Walthamstow Blue Plaque

Walthamstow, E17 9NH

The first anaesthetic given in England was administered in a house on this site 19 December 1846

First Anaesthetic Given In England Blue Plaque

47 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6HH

First bomb of World War One to fall from a zeppelin on London dropped in the garden of The Nevill Arms Public House 30 May 1915

First Bomb Of World War One To Fall From A Zeppelin On London Blue Plaque

31 Osterley Road, London, N16 8SP

Near this spot the General Letter Office stood in Post House Yard 1653-1666 Here were struck in 1661 the first postmarks in the world

First Postmarks In The World And General Letter Office Blue Plaque

27 Poultry, London, EC2R 8AJ

Site of St. Thomas' Hospital 1225-1865 The first printed bible in English was produced here 1537 A.-D.

First Printed Bible In English And St. Thomas' Hospital Grey Plaque

16 Borough High Street, London, SE1 9QG

The world's first regular high definition television service was inaugurated here by the BBC 2 November 1936

First Regular High Definition Television Service Blue Plaque

Alexandra Palace Way, London, N22 7AY

The site of the Great House erected by Sir Fischer Tench. Bart. Circa 1700. Thomas Oliver lived there 1750-1803.

Fisher Tench And Thomas Oliver Plaque

560 High Road Leyton, London, E10 6RL

The Great House erected by Sir Fisher Tench c. 1700 Thomas Oliver lived there

Fisher Tench Plaque

560 High Road Leyton, London, E10 6RL

Lord Raglan The Lord Raglan is one of the oldest tavern sites in the City. The house was originally known as The Bush. It then became "The...

FitzRoy Somerset Black Plaque

1 Saint Martin's Le Grand, London, EC1A 4NP

Lord Fitzroy Somerset Raglan, 1st Baron 1788-1855 Commander during the Crimean War lived here

FitzRoy Somerset Blue Plaque

45 Park Lane, London, W1K 1PN

This the former site of the... 1960s Flamingo Club where Georgie Fame recorded Night Train 1970s Whiskey -a-go-go where James Brown and Kool &...

Flamingo Club, Georgie Fame, James Brown, Kool & The Gang, And 2 Other

29 Wardour Street, London, W1D 6PS

Sir Flinders Petrie 1853-1942 Egyptologist lived here

Flinders Petrie Blue Plaque

2 Cannon Place, London, NW3 1EJ

Site of Endell Street Military Hospital 1915-1919. Established in former workhouse buildings during the First World War under the command of Dr...

Flora Murray, Louisa Garrett Anderson, And Endell Street Military Hospital, London Grey Plaque

69 Endell Street, London, WC2H 9AJ

In a house on this site Florence Nightingale 1820-1910 lived and died

Florence Nightingale Blue Plaque

14 South Street, London

Florence Nightingale left her hospital on this site for the Crimea October 21st 1854

Florence Nightingale Stone Plaque

90 Harley Street, London, W1G 7HS

SER Blackfriars Station This is the entrance to the former Blackfriars Station. Commenced by the Charing Cross Railway Co. on its line from...

Flying Bomb (V1/V2) Blue Plaque

202 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 0XH

The first flying bomb on London fell here 13 June 1944

Flying Bomb (V1/V2) Blue Plaque

77 Grove Road, London, E3 5BS

Remembering Woolworths. 168 people killed. Britain's worst V2 attack 25th November 1944

Flying Bomb (V1/V2) Brass Plaque

297 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6AS

This plaque commemorates the fifty-one people killed by a V1 flying bomb which landed on the market place in Lewisham High Street on the 28th June...

Flying Bomb (V1/V2) Brass Plaque

33A Molesworth Street, London, SE13 7HB

In memory of the 168 people who died and those injured in the V2 rocket attack that landed here 25th November 1944

Flying Bomb (V1/V2) Maroon Plaque

275 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6AS

In memory of the 51 people who died and the many injured as a result of the V1 rocket that landed here 28th July 1944

Flying Bomb (V1/V2) Maroon Plaque

33A Molesworth Street, London, SE13 7HB

In memory of the 26 people who lost their lives, the 150 injured, and the many bereaved when a Vergeltungswaffe Eins V1 Flying Bomb destroyed...

Flying Bomb (V1/V2) Maroon Plaque

25 Compton Terrace, London, N1 2UN

In memory of the 74 American military personnel of the United States Army and three civilians who were killed on the 3rd July 1944 by a 'V1' flying...

Flying Bomb (V1/V2) White Plaque

Sloane Court East, London, SW3 4TD

Ford Madox Brown 1821-1893 painter lived here

Ford Madox Brown Blue Plaque

60 Fortess Road, London, NW5 2HG

Ford Madox Ford 1873-1939 novelist and critic lived here

Ford Madox Ford Blue Plaque

78 Campden Hill Road, London, W8 7AA

In memory of three members of the Corps of Canadian Fire Fighters Fireman J.S.Coull (Winnipeg) who died as a result of enemy action when a VI...

Fort Bliss WWII Confinement Site Grey Plaque

Telegraph Road, London, SW15 3TU

Good Master Edward Alleyn's Fortune Theatre stood on a site near here in 1600

Fortune Theatre And Edward Alleyn Blue Plaque

Fortune House, Fortune Street, London, EC1Y 0RY

This way was called Fountain Court until 1883 from the Fountain Tavern which stood on this site

Fountain Tavern, London Brown Plaque

London, WC2R 0LS

In this house 1840 - 1867 resided Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton and Edward North Buxton who took a prominent part in the preservation of Epping Forest...

Fowell Buxton And Edward Buxton Black Plaque

Gainsborough Road, London, E11 1HT

Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton 1786-1845 anti-slavery campaigner lived and worked here

Fowell Buxton Blue Plaque

91 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QR

Madame D’Arblay (Fanny Burney) authoress lived here. born 1752 died 1840

Frances Burney Brown Plaque

11 Bolton Street, London, W1J 8BB

Frances Mary Buss 1827-1894 pioneer of education for women was headmistress here 1879-1894

Frances Buss Blue Plaque

11 Sandall Road, London, NW5 2AN

Frances Hodgson Burnett 1849-1924 writer lived here

Frances Hodgson Burnett Blue Plaque

63 Portland Place, London, W1B 1QR

Francis Bacon 1909-1992 Painter lived and worked here 1961-1992

Francis Bacon Blue Plaque

7 Reece Mews, London, SW7 3HG

Sir Francis Baring Bart. M.P. 1740-1810 Merchant & Banker lived here 1797-1810

Francis Baring Maroon Plaque

34 Old Road, London, SE13 5SY

In 1899 Francis Barraud completed his famous picture of 'Nipper' that became known as His Masters Voice

Francis Barraud Blue Plaque

118 Piccadilly, London, W1J 7NW

Sir Francis Beaufort 1774-1857 Admiral and hydrographer lived here

Francis Beaufort Blue Plaque

53 Manchester Street, London, W1U 7LU

Francis Bret Harte 1836-1902 American writer lived and died here

Francis Bret Harte Blue Plaque

76 Lancaster Gate, London, W2 3NH

Pioneer aviator, sailor and author Sir Francis Chichester KBE 1901-1972 single-handed circumnavigator of the world 1966-67 lived here ...

Francis Chichester Green Plaque

10 Saint James's Place, London, SW1A 1NP

Francis Crick O.M. F.R.S. 1916-2004 Eminent Scientist Nobel Laureate Discoverer of the structure of DNA & the genetic code lived here ...

Francis Crick Green Plaque

56 St.George's Square, London, SW1V 3QT

Sir Francis Drake In 1581 Queen Elizabeth I commanded that Francis Drake's ship, The Golden Hinde, be drawn into a creek near here at Deptford ...

Francis Drake Bronze Plaque

18 Foreshore, London, SE8 3AG

Sir Francis Galton 1822-1911 explorer, statistician and founder of eugenics lived here for fifty years

Francis Galton Stone Plaque

42 Rutland Gate, London, SW7 1PD

Francis Owen Salisbury "Frank" 1874–1962 artist, mural and portrait painter. Recorder of scenes of magnificent pageantry and historic event....

Francis Owen Salisbury Black Plaque

17 West Heath Road, London, NW3 7UU

Sir Francis Pettit Smith 1808-1874 pioneer of the screw propeller lived here 1864-1870

Francis Pettit Smith Blue Plaque

15A Sydenham Hill, London, SE26 6SH

Francis Place (1771-1854), political reformer, lived here 1833-1851.

Francis Place Blue Plaque

22 Brompton Square, London, SW3 2AD

Sir Francis Ronalds 1788 - 1873 Meteorologist, inventor and pioneer of electric telegraphy Lived and worked here 1796-1813

Francis Ronalds Green Plaque

1 Highbury Terrace, London, N5 1UP

The first electric telegraph 8 miles long was constructed here in 1816 by Sir Francis Ronalds FRS

Francis Ronalds Plaque

22 Upper Mall, London, W6 9TA

Francis Turner Palgrave 1824-1897 compiler of 'The Golden Treasury' lived here 1862-1875

Francis Turner Palgrave Blue Plaque

12 York Gate, London, NW1 4QS

Francis William Topham 1808-1877 painter in water colours, illustrator and engraver lived here

Francis William Topham Black Plaque

3 Arkwright Road, London, NW3 6AA

The Nag's Head. Locally Listed building. Erected in 1857 by Francis Wragg as a replacement for the original village inn which stood on the corner...

Francis Wragg And Nag's Head, Walthamstowe Blue Plaque

9 Orford Road, London, E17 9LP

Francisco De Miranda 1750-1816 lived in this house between 1803 and 1810. Born in Caracas, Venezuale. He was the forerunner of the independence of...

Francisco De Miranda And Simón Bolívar Stone Plaque

43 Grafton Way, London, W1T 5DG

General Francisco De Miranda lived at 58 Grafton Way from 1802-1810

Francisco De Miranda Black Plaque

54 Grafton Way, London, W1T

Francisco De Miranda 1750-1816 Precursor of Latin American Independence lived here 1802-1810

Francisco De Miranda Blue Plaque

58 Grafton Way, London, W1T 5DN

François Guizot 1787-1874 French politician and historian lived here 1848-1849

François Guizot Blue Plaque

129 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6RT

In 1793 the author of "Memoires D'Outre-Tombe" Chateaubriand 1768–1848 lived as an emigre in a garret close to this site and began his...

François-René De Chateaubriand Brass Plaque

Paddington Street, London, W1U 5QE

Frank Bates 1889-1921 Vocalist and lead singer with pioneering jazz ensemble The Southern Syncopated Orchestra resided here 1918-1919

Frank Bates Blue Plaque

22 Hichisson Road, London, SE15 3AN

Sir Frank Brangwyn 1867-1956 artist lived here

Frank Brangwyn Blue Plaque

51 Queen Caroline Street, London, W6 9QL

Frank Bridge 1879-1941 composer and musician lived here

Frank Bridge Blue Plaque

1a Bedford Gardens, London, W8 7ED

Frank Dobson 1886-1963 sculptor lived here

Frank Dobson Blue Plaque

13 Harley Gardens, London, SW10 9SW

Sir Frank Dyson 1868-1939 Astronomer Royal lived here 1894-1906

Frank Dyson Blue Plaque

2A Vanbrugh Hill, London, SE3 7UF

Frank Matcham (1854-1920) theatre architect designed this theatre

Frank Matcham Black Plaque

London Coliseum Theatre

Frank Matcham (1854-1920) theatre architect designed this theatre

Frank Matcham Blue Plaque

Cranbourn Alley, London, WC2H 7AG

Frank Matcham (1854-1920) theatre architect designed this theatre

Frank Matcham Blue Plaque

2 Goldhawk Road, London, W12 8QD

Frank Matcham 1834-1920 theatre architect lived here 1895-1904

Frank Matcham Blue Plaque

Midhurst Court, Haslemere Road, London, N8 9QR

Frank Matcham (1854-1920) theatre architect designed this theatre

Frank Matcham Green Plaque

291 Mare Street, London, E8 1EJ

Frank Matcham (1854-1920) theatre architect designed this theatre

Frank Matcham Green Plaque

3 Allington Street, London, SW1E 5EB

Frank Pick 1878-1941 pioneer of good design for London Transport lived here

Frank Pick Blue Plaque

19 Wildwood Road, London, NW11 6UL

Sir Frank Short 1857-1945 engraver and painter lived here

Frank Short Blue Plaque

56 Brook Green, London, W6 7BJ

Frankie Howerd OBE 1917-1992 lived here 1966-1992

Frankie Howerd Blue Plaque

26 Edwardes Square, London, W8 6HH

Frankie Vaughan CBE DL 1928-1999 entertainer

Frankie Vaughan Blue Plaque

8 Argyll Street, London, W1F 7LA