Blue Plaques in London

Ivor Novello 1893-1951 composer and actor-manager lived and died in a flat on the top floor of this building

Ivor Novello Blue Plaque

22 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4DD

Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett 1884-1969 novelist lived here 1934-1969

Ivy Compton-Burnett Blue Plaque

Basement Gloucester House, 96 Cornwall Gardens, London, SW7 4BQ

J. Arthur Rank 1888-1972 industrialist and film producer worked here

J. Arthur Rank Blue Plaque

38 South Street, London, W1K 1DJ

J. B. Priestley 1894-1984 novelist, playwright and essayist lived here

J. B. Priestley Brown Plaque

6 The Grove, London, N6 6JU

Peter Pan The boy who would not grow up Sculptor Sir George Frampton R.A. 1860-1928 This bronze, a gift of Sir James Barrie OM 1860-1937 the...

J. M. Barrie And Peter Pan Bronze Plaque

Budge's Walk, London, W2

Sir James Matthew Barrie Bart., O.M. 1860-1937 Novelist, Dramatist and creator of 'Peter Pan' lived in this house on this site 1885-1888

J. M. Barrie Blue Plaque

Downing Court, Grenville Street, London, WC1N 1LX

Sir James M. Barrie 1860-1937 novelist and dramatist lived here

J. M. Barrie Blue Plaque

100 Bayswater Road, London, W2 3HJ

J. R. Ackerley 1896-1967 writer and literary editor lived here 1941-1967

J. R. Ackerley Blue Plaque

Star & Garter Mansions, Lower Richmond Road, London, SW15 1JW

Wing Commander J. R. D. 'Bob' Braham 1920-1974 RAF Fighter Pilot lived here as a boy

J. R. D. Braham Blue Plaque

135 Hendon Way, London, NW2 2NA

Dr Jabez Bunting 1779-1858 leading Wesleyan Methodist lived here 1833-1858

Jabez Bunting Green Plaque

28-29 Myddelton Square, London, EC1R 1YE

Jack (Kid) Berg 1909-1991 the 'Whitechapel Windmill' was born in a house near this spot. World Junior Welterweight Cahmpion 1930. British...

Jack (Kid) Berg Blue Plaque

129 Shadwell Gardens, London, E1 2QL

Jack Beresford 1899-1977 Olympic rowing champion lived here 1903-1940

Jack Beresford Blue Plaque

16A Grove Park Gardens, London, W4 3RZ

Jack Buchanan actor-manager 1890-1950 lived here

Jack Buchanan Blue Plaque

Audley Mansions, 44 Mount Street, London, W1K 2RY

Sir Jack Cohen 1898-1979 Entrepreneur Founder of Tesco Stores lived here as a child

Jack Cohen Blue Plaque

42 New Road, London, E1 2AX

Sir Jack Hobbs 1882-1963 cricketer lived here

Jack Hobbs Blue Plaque

16 Englewood Road, London, SW12 9NZ

The house of Sir Jacob Epstein Sculptor lived and died here 1929-1959

Jacob Epstein Blue Plaque

Chancellor House, 17 Hyde Park Gate, London, SW7 5DQ

Studio, site of Sir Jacob Epstein sculptor 1929-1959

Jacob Epstein Blue Plaque

23 Queen's Gate Mews, London, SW7 5DQ

The Tottenham Outrage. On this site until the 1930's stood oak cottages, where in 1909 Jacob Lepidus, a Latvian "anarchist" was killed after a two...

Jacob Lepidus Blue Plaque

107 Oak Hill, Woodford Green, IG8 9PF

Jacob von Hogflume 1864-1909 Inventor of time travel. lived here in 2189

Jacob Von Hogflume Blue Plaque

The Presbytery, 24 Golden Square, London, W1F 9JR

Dame Margot Fonteyn prima ballerina assolluta and Jacqueline du Pré cellist lived here

Jacqueline Du Pré And Margot Fonteyn Blue Plaque

4 Rutland Gardens Mews, London, SW7 1BT

Jacqueline du Pré 1945-87 cellist lived here

Jacqueline Du Pré Black Plaque

7 Pilgrim's Lane, London, NW3 1SJ

1945-1987 Cellist Jacqueline du Pré lived here 1967-1971

Jacqueline Du Pré Blue Plaque

24 Upper Montagu Street, London, W1H 1LJ

Jacqueline du Pré 1945 – 1987

Jacqueline Du Pré Plaque

14 The Bridle Road, Purley, CR8 3JA

Rt Hon Jacqui Smith, Home Secretary lived here 2008-Present while claiming £116,00 of taxpayers money on her 'second' home in Redditch. Best known...

Jacqui Smith Blue Plaque

Jacqui Smith's house

James Abbott Mcneil Whistler painter and etcher (1834-1903) lived here

James Abbott Mcneil Whistler Blue Plaque

95 Cheyne Walk, London, SW10 0DQ

In memory of those who were killed in the bomb attack on a Piccadilly line train between King's Cross St Pancras and Russell Square stations on 7th...

James Adams, Philip Beer, Anna Brandt, Ciaran Cassidy, And 22 Other

Bernard Street, London, WC1N 1LJ

James Anthony Froude (1818-1894) historian and man of letters lived here

James Anthony Froude Blue Plaque

17 Onslow Gardens, London, SW7 3AW

Site of the last home of James Barry 1741–1806 Irish artist and creator of the murals at The Royal Society of Arts

James Barry Green Plaque

34-35 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8DW

James Boswell (1740-1795) biographer lived and died in a house on this site

James Boswell Blue Plaque

124 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 6PP

In Wanstead James Bradley Third Astronomer Royal 1693-1762 was the first to demonstrate that the earth moves round the sun

James Bradley Green Plaque

The Corner House, 2 Grove Park, London, E11 2DL

To the memory of James Braidwood, superintendent of the London Fire Brigade, who was killed near this spot in the execution of his duty at the...

James Braidwood Stone Plaque

Emblem House, 29 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2PR

James "Bronterre" O'Brien (1805-1864) democrat & chartist lived at 20 Hermes Street near this site 1863-1864

James Bronterre O'Brien Green Plaque

12940 Donegal Street, London, N1 9PX

James Brooks 1825-1901 Eminent Church Architect. Designed Church of St. Columba, Kingsland Road, 1868. Designed and built this house c.1862. Lived...

James Brooks Brown Plaque

42 Clissold Crescent, London, N16 9BE

St Lawrence Whitchurch rebuilt 1715 with baroque interior by James Brydges, later Duke of Chandos, who lived in nearby 'Cannons' and employed G. F....

James Brydges And George Frideric Handel Plaque

186A Whitchurch Lane, Edgware, HA8 6QJ

Site of Minchenden House Home of 3rd Duke of Chandos demolished 1853

James Brydges And Minchenden House Plaque

12A The Green, London, N14 7EH

'Canons' gate pillars Entrance gate piers to 'Canons' from Old Turnpike Road Built in 1712 for James Brydges 1673-1744, 1st Duke of Chandos....

James Brydges Brown Plaque

3 Edgware Court, Edgware, HA8 7NP

Sir James Clark Ross 1800-1862 polar explorer lived here

James Clark Ross Blue Plaque

3A Eliot Place, London, SE3 0QL

James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) physicist lived here

James Clerk Maxwell Blue Plaque

14A Palace Gardens Terrace, London, W8 4RP

James Clerk Maxwell FRS King's College London Professor of Natural Philosophy 1860-65

James Clerk Maxwell Blue Plaque

33-41 Surrey Street, London, WC2R 2ND

On this site stood a house occupied for some years by Captain James Cook RN FRS 1728-1779 circumnavigator and explorer

James Cook Black Plaque

419 Mile End Road, London, E3 4PB

Captain James Cook "The ablest and most renowned Navigator this or any country hath produced" lived in a house a few yards from this spot, 126,...

James Cook Blue Plaque

London, E1W 3HU

James Edmondson 1857-1931 Highbury Builder Developed the surrounding streets from these premises 1894-1897

James Edmondson Green Plaque

86A Highbury Park, London, N5 2XE

James Elroy Flecker 1884-1915 poet and dramatist was born here

James Elroy Flecker Blue Plaque

11 Gilmore Road, London, SE13 5ES

James Glaisher 1809-1903 astronomer, meteorologist and pioneer of weather forecasting lived here

James Glaisher Blue Plaque

18 Dartmouth Hill, London, SE10 8AJ

James Hanley 1897–1985 Novelist and Playwright lived here

James Hanley Brown Plaque

90 Lissenden Gardens, London, NW5 1NB

James Henry Greathead 1844–96 Railway and tunnelling engineer lived here 1885-1889

James Henry Greathead Blue Plaque

10 Queen's Ride, London, SW13 0HU

J. H. Greathead Chief Engineer City and South London Railway. Inventor of the Travelling Shield that made possible the cutting of the tunnels of...

James Henry Greathead Stone Plaque

14 Cornhill, London, EC3V 3NR

James Hilton 1900-1954 The noted author and scriptwriter lived here from 1906-1921, and as a boy attended Sir George Monoux Grammar School. His...

James Hilton Blue Plaque

14 College Road, London, E17 9DF

James Hilton 1900-1954 novelist and scriptwriter lived here

James Hilton Blue Plaque

41 Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green, IG8 9DY

James Hudson Taylor used these premises (1872-1895) for the work of the China Inland Mission which he founded in 1865

James Hudson Taylor Green Plaque

4 Pyrland Road, London, N5 2JD

World Formula 1 Champion James Hunt lived here 1980-1982

James Hunt Blue Plaque

Browning Court, Turneville Road, London, W14 9PU

Dr Jimmy Mallon 1874-1961 warden of Toynbee Hall, champion of social reform lived here

James Joseph Mallon Blue Plaque

38 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LP

James Joyce 1882-1941 author lived here in 1931

James Joyce Blue Plaque

27D Campden Grove, London, W8 4JQ

Sir James MacKenzie F.R.S. 1853-1925 Physician lived and worked here 1907-1911

James MacKenzie Blue Plaque

17 Bentinck Street, London, W1U 2ES

James McBey 1883-1959 Artist lived here

James McBey Grey Plaque

Gate Hill Court, 166 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3QT

James Mill 1773-1836 John Stuart Mill 1806-1873 philosophers lived here 1814-1831

James Mill And John Stuart Mill Blue Plaque

40 Queen Anne's Gate, London, SW1H 9AP

Site of the Anchor Brewery. List of brewers: The Monger Family 1616-1670 Josiah Child 1670-1693 Edmund Halsey MP 1693-1729 Ralph Thrale 1729-1758...

James Monger, James Monger Jr, Josiah Child, Edmund Halsey, And 6 Other

28 Park Street, London, SE1 9EQ

Here fell DC James Morrison 13th December 1991

James Morrison Grey Plaque

Montreal Place, London, WC2B 4RD

Sir James A. H. Murray schoolmaster, philologist and editor of the New English Dictionary lived here 1870-1885

James Murray Blue Plaque

London, NW7 4DY

James Parkinson 1755-1824 Physician and Geologist Lived here

James Parkinson Blue Plaque

Hoxton Square, London, N1 6NU

James Purdey the Younger 1828-1909 Gunmaker built these premises in 1880 to house his new showrooms and workshops

James Purdey The Younger Green Plaque

80 South Audley Street, London, W1K 1JH

James Ramsay MacDonald 1866-1937 Prime Minister. Donald Ogden Stewart 1894-1980 writer lived here

James Ramsay Macdonald And Donald Ogden Stewart Black Plaque

109 Frognal, London, NW3 6XR

Ramsay Macdonald 1866-1937 Prime Minister lived here 1916-1925

James Ramsay Macdonald Blue Plaque

5 Howitt Road, London, NW3 4LX

James Robinson 1813-1862 pioneer of anaesthesia and dentistry lived and worked here

James Robinson Blue Plaque

10 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6DP

James Sadler made a balloon ascent near here

James Sadler Plaque

East Molesey, KT8 9AZ

A.D. MMIX This building stands on the site of the former coach-house of Monmouth House, constructed in 1681/2 for James, Duke of Monmouth, eldest...

James Scott White Plaque

9-11 Bateman’s Buildings

In a house on this site James Smith author was born 1775 - 1839 (plaque not yet erected)

James Smith Blue Plaque

?

James Smithson 1764-1829 scientist, founder of the Smithsonian Institution lived here

James Smithson Blue Plaque

10 Bentinck Street, London, W1U 2EN

Observatory Gardens derives its names from the observatory that Sir James South the astronomer built here in 1831 and which contained for a time...

James South And Thomas Cawley Blue Plaque

11 Observatory Gardens, London, W8 7HY

James Richard Stanhope 7th Earl Stanhope K.G.,P.C., D.S.O., M.C. 1880 - 1967 First Chairman of Trustees of the National Maritime Museum 1927 -...

James Stanhope Bronze Plaque

Park Row, London, SE10 9NF

James Thomson 1700-1748 poet, author of Rule Britannia lived and died here

James Thomson Blue Plaque

37-39 Kew Foot Road, Richmond, TW9 2SS

James Upjohn clock maker 1765-1794

James Upjohn Plaque

31-34 Saint John's Lane, London

James D. Watson, DNA scientist. Lived here 1983-1992.

James Watson Blue Plaque

19 Vincent Square, London, SW1P 2NA

Old Bess Engine. Power for the Industrial Revolution. In recognition of James Watt's improvements to the steam engine. 'Old Bess' was built by...

James Watt Red And Black Plaque

Exhibition Rd, London, SW7 2DD

Site of Firs Hall where lived Sir James Winter Lake 1742 – 1807 Deputy Governor Of The Hudson's Bay Company Edmonton, Alberta, was named...

James Winter Lake Plaque

345 Firs Lane, London, N13 5QG

General James Wolfe 1727-1759 Victor of Quebec lived here

James Wolfe Blue Plaque

Chesterfield Walk, London, SE10

Dr James Yearsley, MD, MRCS, LRCP, 1805-1869 founded the Metropolitan Ear Institute here in 1838

James Yearsley Green Plaque

33 Sackville Street, London, W1S 3EB

Here fell Insp Stephen Dodd PS Noel Lane WPC Jane Arbuthnot 17th December 1983

Jane Arbuthnot, Stephen Dodd, Noel Lane, And The Harrods Bombing Marble Plaque

87-135 Brompton Road, London, SW1X 7XL

Jane Austen 1775-1817 Novelist stayed here 1813-1814

Jane Austen Green Plaque

11 Henrietta Street, London, WC2E 8PS

Lady Jane Francesca 'Speranza' Wilde 1821-1896 poet and essayist lived here 1887-1896

Jane Wilde Blue Plaque

87 Oakley Street, London, SW3 5NP

Janet Johnson (1858-1955) Pioneer Welfare Worker Lived at 39 Redcross Way. She became the first woman Guardian of the Poor in Southwark in 1888,...

Janet Johnson Brown Plaque

22 Redcross Way, London, SE1 1TA

Jawaharlal Nehru 1889-1964 first Prime Minister of India lived here in 1910 and 1912

Jawaharlal Nehru Blue Plaque

58 Elgin Crescent, London, W11 2JJ

Jean Rhys 1890-1979 writer lived here in Flat 22 1936-1938

Jean Rhys Blue Plaque

Paultons House, 289 King's Road, London, SW3 5EW

Jean Sibelius 1865-1957 composer lived here in 1909

Jean Sibelius Blue Plaque

15 Gloucester Walk, London, W8 4HZ

Sir Jeffry Wyatville 1766-1840 architect lived and died here

Jeffry Wyatville Blue Plaque

34 Brook Street, London, W1K 5DN

Jenny Lind (Madame Goldschmidt) 1820-1887 singer lived here

Jenny Lind Blue Plaque

Bladon Lodge, Boltons Place, London, SW5 0LQ

JEREMY BENTHAM Known for many years as the 'Lord Wellington' it is still frequently referred to as the 'Welly Bar' by many of the academics and...

Jeremy Bentham Black Plaque

31 University Street, London, WC1E 6JL

Jeremy Bentham philosopher and reformer 1748-1832 lived in a house on this site

Jeremy Bentham Green Plaque

9 Dartmouth Street, London, SW1H 9BL

Jeremy Feakes 1972-2007 Designer, entrepreneur and founder of The Urban Golf Tournament lived here

Jeremy Feakes Blue Plaque

Canalside Studios, Orsman Road, London, N1 5FB

Jerome K Jerome 1859-1927 Author of 'Three Men in a Boat' lived here 1884-1885

Jerome K. Jerome Blue Plaque

Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9RE

Jerome K. Jerome 1859-1927 Author Wrote 'Three Men in a Boat' while living here at flat 104

Jerome K. Jerome Blue Plaque

104 Chelsea Bridge Road, London, SW1W 8RQ

Jessica Tandy 1909-1994 Actress and star of Driving Miss Daisy was born here

Jessica Tandy Brown Plaque

58 Geldeston Road, London, E5 8SB

Jessie Matthews OBE 1907-1981 musical comedy star of stage and films was born in Berwick Street

Jessie Matthews Green Plaque

Broadwick Street, London, W1F 0QA

Jet Harris MBE 1939-2011 musician was born at the former Willesden Maternity Hospital which stood on this site

Jet Harris Blue Plaque

136 Honeypot Lane, London, NW9 9QA

Jim Connell 1852-1929 Irish, Socialist and Author of 'The Red Flag' lived here 1915-1929

Jim Connell Maroon Plaque

18 Stondon Park, London, SE23 1LA

Hanwell High Street. Jim Marshall OBE 1923-2012 founder of Marshall Amplification sold his first guitar amp here in 1962

Jim Marshall Blue Plaque

76 Uxbridge Road, Hanwell

In memory of Jim Veal (1931-2006) Chairman of the Tenants & Residents Association which campaigned for the redevelopment of the Market Estate and...

Jim Veal Plaque

10 Jim Veal Drive, London, N7 9FB

On the land behind stood Forest Gate Public Hall. Once known as the Upper Cut Club. Many famous musicians performed here, and, on Boxing Day...

Jimi Hendrix And Forest Gate Public Hall White Plaque

58 Woodgrange Road, London, E7 0EL

Jimi Hendrix 1942-1970 guitarist and songwriter lived here 1968-1969

Jimi Hendrix Blue Plaque

29 Brook Street, London, W1K 4HE

Jimi Hendrix first London home 24 September - 6 December 1966. 'Stone Free' written here 24 October

Jimi Hendrix Brushed Metal Plaque

Clifton Court Hotel, 23-25 Leinster Square, London, W2 4NE

Search & Discover Blue Plaques in London