Search & Discover Blue Plaques in London

Start hunting down London's hidden heritage and history one blue plaque at a time with our guide to London's blue plaques.

Whether you are retracing the footsteps of your heroes or enjoying a trip to London and wish to incorporate some history in to your London visit our Blue Plaque Guide can expand your view of London.

Globe Theatre The third theatre to bear the title of its Bankside namesake was originally known as the "Hick's Theatre" and was built in 1906 by...

W. G. R. Sprague Black Plaque

53 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6LB

W. G. R. Sprague, John Gielgud, And Queen's Theatre Black Plaque - Queen's Theatre Built by W. G. R. Sprague, the Queen's Theatre opened in 1908 with a comedy The Sugar Bowl. While the Edwardian interior has largely survived, the theatre suffered bomb damage during the last war, re-opening in 1959 with the present exterior and John Gielgud in The Ages of Man

Queen's Theatre Built by W. G. R. Sprague, the Queen's Theatre opened in 1908 with a comedy The Sugar Bowl. While the Edwardian interior has...

W. G. R. Sprague, John Gielgud, And Queen's Theatre Black Plaque

51 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6BA

W. H. Hudson Blue Plaque - W. H. Hudson writer & naturalist 1841-1922 In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his birth Mario Campora Ambassador Argentine Embassy Charles A Muller Chairman Anglo-Argentine Society

W. H. Hudson writer & naturalist 1841-1922 In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his birth Mario Campora Ambassador Argentine Embassy...

W. H. Hudson Blue Plaque

40 Saint Luke's Road, London, W11 1DH

W. H. Hudson Bronze Plaque - "The house where I was born in the South American pampas... W. H. Hudson." Hudson's Friends Society Of Quilmes, near Buenos Aires, where the great writer was born on August 4th 1841, and where he spent his youth, has placed this bronze tablet at 40 Saint Luke's Road, London, the house in which Hudson lived his last years, and dies on August 18, 1922

"The house where I was born in the South American pampas... W. H. Hudson." Hudson's Friends Society Of Quilmes, near Buenos Aires, where the great...

W. H. Hudson Bronze Plaque

18a Saint Luke's Road, London, W11 1DB

W. Heath Robinson Blue Plaque - W. Heath Robinson 1872-1944 illustrator and comic artist lived here 1913-1918

W. Heath Robinson 1872-1944 illustrator and comic artist lived here 1913-1918

W. Heath Robinson Blue Plaque

70 Moss Lane, Pinner, HA5 3AU

William Heath Robinson 1872-1944 illustrator and comic artist lived here 1913-1918

W. Heath Robinson Green Plaque

29A Southwood Avenue, London, N6 5SA

W. S. Gilbert Black Plaque - W. S. Gilbert playwright & poet. His foe was folly & his weapon wit.

W. S. Gilbert playwright & poet. His foe was folly & his weapon wit.

W. S. Gilbert Black Plaque

Victoria Embankment, London, WC2N 6NU

W. S. Gilbert Grey Plaque - Sir W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911) dramatist lived here

Sir W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911) dramatist lived here

W. S. Gilbert Grey Plaque

37 Harrington Gardens, London, SW7 4JX

W. Somerset Maugham Blue Plaque - William Somerset Maugham 1874-1965 novelist and playwright lived here 1911-1919

William Somerset Maugham 1874-1965 novelist and playwright lived here 1911-1919

W. Somerset Maugham Blue Plaque

Shaw House, 6 Chesterfield Street, London, W1J 5JQ

W. T. Stead Green Plaque - W. T. Stead 1849-1912 journalist and reformer of great renown lived here 1904-1912

W. T. Stead 1849-1912 journalist and reformer of great renown lived here 1904-1912

W. T. Stead Green Plaque

5 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HS

Wallace Bligh Cheesman 1865-1947 founder of the Fawcett Association lived here 1926-1927

Wallace Bligh Cheesman Green Plaque

10 Highbury Grange, London, N5 2PX

Wallace Waite, Arthur Rose, And David Taylor Brown Plaque - Messrs Waite, Rose and Taylor opened the first Waitrose shop here in 1904

Messrs Waite, Rose and Taylor opened the first Waitrose shop here in 1904

Wallace Waite, Arthur Rose, And David Taylor Brown Plaque

259 High Street, London, W3 9BY

Walter Bagehot Blue Plaque - Walter Bagehot 1826-1877 writer, banker and economist lived here

Walter Bagehot 1826-1877 writer, banker and economist lived here

Walter Bagehot Blue Plaque

8 Eccleston Mews, London, SW1X 8AG

Walter Besant Blue Plaque - Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901), novelist and antiquary, lived and died here.

Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901), novelist and antiquary, lived and died here.

Walter Besant Blue Plaque

18A Frognal Gardens, London, NW3 6XA

Walter Besant Blue Plaque - Sir Walter Besant 1836 - 1901 Novelist and Antiquarian

Sir Walter Besant 1836 - 1901 Novelist and Antiquarian

Walter Besant Blue Plaque

Frognal Mansions, 97 Frognal, London, NW3 6XT

Walter Clopton Wingfield Blue Plaque - Major Walter Clopton Wingfield 1833-1912 father of lawn tennis lived here

Major Walter Clopton Wingfield 1833-1912 father of lawn tennis lived here

Walter Clopton Wingfield Blue Plaque

31 St.George's Square, London, SW1V 2HX

Walter Crane Blue Plaque - Walter Crane 1845-1915 Artist lived here

Walter Crane 1845-1915 Artist lived here

Walter Crane Blue Plaque

11 Holland Street, London, W8 4NA

Walter De La Mare Blue Plaque - Walter De La Mare 1873-1956 poet lived here 1940-1956

Walter De La Mare 1873-1956 poet lived here 1940-1956

Walter De La Mare Blue Plaque

193 Richmond Road, Twickenham, TW1 2NJ

Walter Greaves Blue Plaque - Walter Greaves 1846-1930 artist lived here 1855-1897

Walter Greaves 1846-1930 artist lived here 1855-1897

Walter Greaves Blue Plaque

Houseboat Toad Hall, Cheyne Walk, London, SW10 0DG

Professor Walter Hayman mathematician, fled Germany and has worked at Imperial College London since 1956

Walter Hayman Blue Plaque

180 Queen's Gate, London, SW7 2AZ

Here lived Walter Hines Page Ambassador of the United States of America to the court of St James' 1913-1918.

Walter Hines Page Stone Plaque

Grosvenor Square, London, W1K 4AG

Walter James MacQueen-Pope (1888-1960)

Walter James MacQueen-Pope Green Plaque

29 Etheldene Avenue, London, N10 3QG

Walter Pater Blue Plaque - Walter Pater 1839-1894 aesthete and writer lived and worked here 1885-1893

Walter Pater 1839-1894 aesthete and writer lived and worked here 1885-1893

Walter Pater Blue Plaque

13 Earls Terrace, London, W8 6LP

Eagle House. A fine Queen Anne house built in the dutch style, in 1706, probably for Ferando Mendez, a Royal Physician. The land was originally...

Walter Raleigh Blue Plaque

Mitcham, CR4 3HB

Walter Scott And Thomas Blackwell Terracotta Plaque - The Cedars. Gateway of The Cedars, home of Thomas Blackwell (died 1907) giver of Harrow Weald Recreation Ground and benefactor of All Saints Harrow Weald and St Anselms Hatch End Churches. House visited in 1806 by Novelist Sir Walter Scott.

The Cedars. Gateway of The Cedars, home of Thomas Blackwell (died 1907) giver of Harrow Weald Recreation Ground and benefactor of All Saints Harrow...

Walter Scott And Thomas Blackwell Terracotta Plaque

205 Courtenay Avenue, Harrow, HA3 6PT

Walter Sickert Blue Plaque - Walter Sickert 1860-1942 painter and etcher lived and worked here

Walter Sickert 1860-1942 painter and etcher lived and worked here

Walter Sickert Blue Plaque

5B Mornington Crescent, London, NW1 7RH

Walter Sickert Green Plaque - W. R. Sickert 1860-1942 had his school of painting & engraving here 1927-34

W. R. Sickert 1860-1942 had his school of painting & engraving here 1927-34

Walter Sickert Green Plaque

1 Highbury Place, London, N5 1QZ

Walter Stair, Robert Boothby-Heathcote, And 23 Princes Street Blue Plaque - Chingford Infants school. Locally Listed building. Designed by Walter Stair and erected in 1856 by Robert Boothby-Heathcote (1805-1865), Rector of the parish and Lord of the Manor. The original schoolroom, sandwiched between later 19th century crosswing additions, could house 49 mixed infants

Chingford Infants school. Locally Listed building. Designed by Walter Stair and erected in 1856 by Robert Boothby-Heathcote (1805-1865), Rector of...

Walter Stair, Robert Boothby-Heathcote, And 23 Princes Street Blue Plaque

20 Kings Road, London, E4 7JE

Walter Tull 1888-1918 pioneering footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and pioneering British Army Officer lived in a house on this site 1909-1910

Walter Tull Blue Plaque

81 Northumberland Park, London, N17 0TH

Walter Tull born 28th April 1888 died 25th March 1918 began his career here at Clapton FC season of 1908-09

Walter Tull Plaque

Clapton FC, Forest Gate

Walter Williams And Mary Beauclerc Brown Plaque - Pinner House. Possibly 17th Century with facade completed 1721. The home, 1788-1811, of the Rev. Walter Williams, Vicar of Pinner, and his wife, Mary Beauclerc, Great Grand Daughter of Charles II and Nell Gwynn.

Pinner House. Possibly 17th Century with facade completed 1721. The home, 1788-1811, of the Rev. Walter Williams, Vicar of Pinner, and his wife,...

Walter Williams And Mary Beauclerc Brown Plaque

8 Ingle Close, Pinner, HA5 3BJ

Washington Irving Blue Plaque - Washington Irving 1783-1859 American writer lived here

Washington Irving 1783-1859 American writer lived here

Washington Irving Blue Plaque

8 Argyll Street, London, W1F 7LA

Wat Tyler Brass Plaque - This memorial commemorating The Great Rising of 1381 was commissioned by Matthew Bell, carved by Emily Hoffnung, and unveiled by Ken Loach on 15th July 2015. "If the barons merited a monument to be erected at Runnymede, Tyler merited one at Smithfield" Thomas Paine 1791

This memorial commemorating The Great Rising of 1381 was commissioned by Matthew Bell, carved by Emily Hoffnung, and unveiled by Ken Loach on 15th...

Wat Tyler Brass Plaque

57A West Smithfield, London, EC1A 9DS

Wat Tyler Grey Plaque - On the 13th June 1381, the Palace of the Savoy was burned and destroyed by rebels under the leadership of Wat Tyler. The building of the first section of the new modern Palace of the Savoy was begun in 1889

On the 13th June 1381, the Palace of the Savoy was burned and destroyed by rebels under the leadership of Wat Tyler. The building of the first...

Wat Tyler Grey Plaque

2 Savoy Court, London, WC2R 0EZ

Wells Coates Blue Plaque - Wells Coates 1895-1958 architect and designer lived here 1936-1956

Wells Coates 1895-1958 architect and designer lived here 1936-1956

Wells Coates Blue Plaque

18 Yeoman's Row, London, SW3 2AH

Wendy Richard Blue Plaque - Wendy Richard M.B.E. 1943-2009 English actress lived here 1948-1953

Wendy Richard M.B.E. 1943-2009 English actress lived here 1948-1953

Wendy Richard Blue Plaque

28 Shepherd Street, London, W1J 7JH

West Ham Union Workhouse Blue Plaque - Langthorne Hospital. Grade II Listed building. Erected in 1840 as the West Ham Union Workhouse on land originally owned by Stratford-Langthorne Abbey. Renamed in 1948

Langthorne Hospital. Grade II Listed building. Erected in 1840 as the West Ham Union Workhouse on land originally owned by Stratford-Langthorne...

West Ham Union Workhouse Blue Plaque

17 Union Close, London, E11 4JZ

White Plaque № 10094 - These premises were totally destroyed by a zeppelin raid during the World War on September 8th 1915 rebuilt 1917

These premises were totally destroyed by a zeppelin raid during the World War on September 8th 1915 rebuilt 1917

White Plaque № 10094

London, EC1M 3JB

White Plaque № 10278 - 1914-1919 This plaque was placed here on Sunday 4 June 2000 by members of the Anglo-German Family History Society to remember over 17,000 German and other civilian prisoners of war interned at Alexandra Palace between 1914 and 1919, in particular those who died during that period

1914-1919 This plaque was placed here on Sunday 4 June 2000 by members of the Anglo-German Family History Society to remember over 17,000 German...

White Plaque № 10278

Alexandra Palace Way, London, N22 7AY

London and Greenwich Railway 1836

White Plaque № 10364

136a Deptford High Street, London, SE8 3PQ

White Plaque № 11180 - West Ham Parish Boundary Stone. 31 W.H.P. WHP 1775 1864 1850. The dates on this stone show the years in which the boundary was confirmed. It was numbered 31 in 1864, but no longer marks any boundary. Parish boundary markers were beaten in an annual ceremony called The Beating of the Bounds. Parish boundaries were significant because welfare payments, burials and medical treatment for poor people used to be provided by the parish in which they were born.

West Ham Parish Boundary Stone. 31 W.H.P. WHP 1775 1864 1850. The dates on this stone show the years in which the boundary was confirmed. It was...

White Plaque № 11180

Leytonstone Road, London, E15 1JA

Sir Christopher Wren lived here 1706 - 1723 (fairly sure this is a duplicate of plaque 143)

White Plaque № 11386

Swan House, Hampton Court Road, East Molesey, KT8 9DD

White Plaque № 12137 - Hill Garden Shelter. This shelter was built by Lord Leverhulme as part of the Hill Garden and Pergola development (1905 - 25). It was used in conjunction with a tennis court which was located where the pond, built by the London County Council in 1963, now stands.

Hill Garden Shelter. This shelter was built by Lord Leverhulme as part of the Hill Garden and Pergola development (1905 - 25). It was used in...

White Plaque № 12137

Inverforth Close, London, NW3 7EX

In fond memory of Maggie Richardson 1901-1974 who sold flowers here for 60 years

White Plaque № 31031

1 Hampstead High Street, London, NW3 1RG

In memory of thirteen members of the London Auxiliary Fire Service, killed by enemy action while on duty on this site, then in use as Sub-Fire...

White Plaque № 32887

22 Hydethorpe Road, London, SW12 0HY

White Plaque № 39058 - Dedicated to the memory of the firemen and their families killed and injured in the Silvertown Explosion 19th January 1917

Dedicated to the memory of the firemen and their families killed and injured in the Silvertown Explosion 19th January 1917

White Plaque № 39058

3 Fort Street, London, E16 2BD

Clarion House stands on an historic site in St Anne's Court which passed from the crown to the Duke of Portland in the 17th century. For two...

White Plaque № 40776

16 Saint Anne's Court, London, W1F 0BF

White Plaque № 41744 - St M I. James Wagstaff, John Savage, John Shadgett churchwardens 1855

St M I. James Wagstaff, John Savage, John Shadgett churchwardens 1855

White Plaque № 41744

1 Liverpool Road, London, N1 0RP

White Plaque № 5388 - In memory of Twelve London Firemen who lost their lives protecting the district of Chelsea in peacetime and war.

In memory of Twelve London Firemen who lost their lives protecting the district of Chelsea in peacetime and war.

White Plaque № 5388

King's Road, London, SW3 5UF

In memory of eleven London Auxiliary Firemen, a Sub Officer of the London Fire Brigade and five Mitcham Auxiliary Firemen, killed by enemy action...

White Plaque № 5390

1 Saint George's Circus, London, SE1 0AP

In memory of thirty Beckenham Auxiliary Firemen who died as a result of enemy action in 1941

White Plaque № 5400

Ashley Court, 17 Hayne Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HZ

Post Office Railway Opened 5 December 1927 The first automatic electric railway and the only postal railway in the world, providing a unique...

White Plaque № 8260

London, EC3N 4HA

In memory of Don Cook & the Rent Battles of 1959-1964

White Plaque № 9384

Kennistoun House, Leighton Road, London, NW5 2UT

Whitecross Market Blue Plaque - Whitecross Market one of London's oldest markets started trading in the 17th century and was known locally as "Squalors Market"

Whitecross Market one of London's oldest markets started trading in the 17th century and was known locally as "Squalors Market"

Whitecross Market Blue Plaque

1 Fortune Street, London, EC1Y 0RA

Wilfred Brambell

Wilfred Brambell Blue Plaque

Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, W12

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt Blue Plaque - Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840-1922 diplomat, poet and traveller, founder of Crabbet Park Arabian Stud lived here

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840-1922 diplomat, poet and traveller, founder of Crabbet Park Arabian Stud lived here

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt Blue Plaque

13 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6WG

Wilhelmina Blue Plaque - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands had Her Secretariat in this house 1940-1945

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands had Her Secretariat in this house 1940-1945

Wilhelmina Blue Plaque

76 Chester Square, London, SW1W 9DU

Wilhelmina White Plaque - Oranjehaven this building served as a club endowed in 1942 by Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands for dutchmen having escaped from their occupied country to join the Allied Forces

Oranjehaven this building served as a club endowed in 1942 by Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands for dutchmen having escaped from...

Wilhelmina White Plaque

23A Hyde Park Place, London, W2 2LP

Will Hay Blue Plaque - Will Hay 1888-1949 comic actor and astronomer lived here 1927-1934

Will Hay 1888-1949 comic actor and astronomer lived here 1927-1934

Will Hay Blue Plaque

47 The Chase, London, SW16 3AE

Will Thorne Blue Plaque - Will Thorne 1857-1946 Trade Union Leader and Labour M.P. lived here

Will Thorne 1857-1946 Trade Union Leader and Labour M.P. lived here

Will Thorne Blue Plaque

58 Claude Road, London, E13 0QG

William Barber Brown Plaque - This building, designed by Ernest George & Peto, was built for Judge William Barber of Barrow Point House as a temperance tavern in 1878. Its tea - garden attracted visitors from London. It flourished until the late 1920s as Ye Cocoa Tree, then became the local Conservative club until the 1960s.

This building, designed by Ernest George & Peto, was built for Judge William Barber of Barrow Point House as a temperance tavern in 1878. Its tea -...

William Barber Brown Plaque

64 High Street, Pinner, HA5 5QA

William Barlow And The Barlow Room, London Black Plaque - The Barlow Room St. Pancras station was designed by William Barlow in 1868 with construction commencing in 1866. The famous Barlow train shed arch spans 240ft and is over 100ft high. On it's completion in 1868 it became the largest enclosed space in the world. St. Pancras remains one of the greatest Victorian buildings in London with it's spectacular Victorian gothic architecture. Following redevelopment in 2007 St. Pancras is not only the key destiantion for Eurostar but also a tru

The Barlow Room St. Pancras station was designed by William Barlow in 1868 with construction commencing in 1866. The famous Barlow train shed...

William Barlow And The Barlow Room, London Black Plaque

A501, London, WC1X 8QY

William Barlow 1845-1934 crystallographer mineralogist lived here

William Barlow Green Plaque

1 Hillfield Park, London, N10 3QT

William Bernhardt Tegetmeier 1816-1912

William Bernhardt Tegetmeier Green Plaque

105 Saint James's Lane, London, N10 3RJ

William Blake Blue Plaque - William Blake poet & painter lived here born 1757 died 1827

William Blake poet & painter lived here born 1757 died 1827

William Blake Blue Plaque

21 South Molton Street, London, W1K 5QZ

William Blake Blue Plaque - William Blake poet & painter lived in a house formerly on this site 1793

William Blake poet & painter lived in a house formerly on this site 1793

William Blake Blue Plaque

Hercules House, 6 Hercules Road, London, SE1 7DP

William Blake White Plaque - William Blake was born on 28 November 1757 in a house which stood on this site.

William Blake was born on 28 November 1757 in a house which stood on this site.

William Blake White Plaque

Marshall Street, London, W1F 7EZ

William Bligh 1754-1817 who transplanted breadfruit from Tahiti to the West Indies lived in a house on this site 1785-90

William Bligh Blue Plaque

2 Chandler Street, London, E1W 2QT

William Bligh Blue Plaque - William Bligh 1754-1817 Commander of the "Bounty" lived here

William Bligh 1754-1817 Commander of the "Bounty" lived here

William Bligh Blue Plaque

London, SE1 7PT

William Booth (1829 – 1912) Founder of the S.A. lived here from 1903 until his death

William Booth Plaque

The Homestead, 19 Crescent East, Barnet, EN4 0EY

William Butler Yeats Blue Plaque - William Butler Yeats Irish poet and dramatist lived in this house then known as 18 Woburn Buildings from 1895 to 1919.

William Butler Yeats Irish poet and dramatist lived in this house then known as 18 Woburn Buildings from 1895 to 1919.

William Butler Yeats Blue Plaque

7 Woburn Walk, London, WC1H 0JL

William Butler Yeats Blue Plaque - William Butler Yeats 1865-1939 Irish poet and dramatist lived here

William Butler Yeats 1865-1939 Irish poet and dramatist lived here

William Butler Yeats Blue Plaque

40 Chalcot Road, London, NW1 8LS

William Butterfield Blue Plaque - William Butterfield 1814-1900 architect lived here

William Butterfield 1814-1900 architect lived here

William Butterfield Blue Plaque

41 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3HX

William Cattley Blue Plaque - William Cattley botanist 1788-1835 lived in this house

William Cattley botanist 1788-1835 lived in this house

William Cattley Blue Plaque

Barnet, EN5 4SN

William Compton Black Plaque - This tablet was erected in loving memory of William Compton fifth Marquess of Northampton K.G. by his London tenants and friends.

This tablet was erected in loving memory of William Compton fifth Marquess of Northampton K.G. by his London tenants and friends.

William Compton Black Plaque

College Building, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB

William Crookes Blue Plaque - Sir William Crookes 1832-1919 scientist lived here from 1880 until his death

Sir William Crookes 1832-1919 scientist lived here from 1880 until his death

William Crookes Blue Plaque

4 Kensington Park Gardens, London, W11 3HB

William Curtis Blue Plaque - In a house on this site lived William Curtis botanist B. 1746-D.1799

In a house on this site lived William Curtis botanist B. 1746-D.1799

William Curtis Blue Plaque

149 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0EJ

William Daniell Blue Plaque - William Daniell 1769-1837 artist and engraver of Indian scenes lived and died here

William Daniell 1769-1837 artist and engraver of Indian scenes lived and died here

William Daniell Blue Plaque

133A Saint Pancras Way, London, NW1 0SY

William De Morgan And Evelyn De Morgan Blue Plaque - William De Morgan ceramic artist and novelist (1839-1917) and his wife Evelyn De Morgan artist (1855-1919) lived and died here

William De Morgan ceramic artist and novelist (1839-1917) and his wife Evelyn De Morgan artist (1855-1919) lived and died here

William De Morgan And Evelyn De Morgan Blue Plaque

125a Old Church Street, London, SW3 6EA

William Dockwra Blue Plaque - Near this place William Dockwra founded the London Penny Post in 1680

Near this place William Dockwra founded the London Penny Post in 1680

William Dockwra Blue Plaque

Lloyd's building, 1 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7HA

William Edward Hartpole Lecky Blue Plaque - W. E. H. Lecky (1838-1903), historian and essayist, lived and died here.

W. E. H. Lecky (1838-1903), historian and essayist, lived and died here.

William Edward Hartpole Lecky Blue Plaque

8 Selwood Terrace, London, SW7 3QN

William Empson Blue Plaque - Sir William Empson 1906-1984 poet and critic lived here 1929-1931 and at 71 Marchmont Street 1934-1936

Sir William Empson 1906-1984 poet and critic lived here 1929-1931 and at 71 Marchmont Street 1934-1936

William Empson Blue Plaque

51 Marchmont Street, London, WC1N 1AP

William Ewart Blue Plaque - William Ewart 1798-1869 reformer lived here

William Ewart 1798-1869 reformer lived here

William Ewart Blue Plaque

16 Eaton Place, London, SW1X 8AE

William Ewart Gladstone And Charles Lyell Blue Plaque - In a house on this site lived from 1854-1875 Sir Charles Lyell 1797-1875 geologist,and from 1876-1882 William Ewart Gladstone 1809-1898 statesman

In a house on this site lived from 1854-1875 Sir Charles Lyell 1797-1875 geologist,and from 1876-1882 William Ewart Gladstone 1809-1898 statesman

William Ewart Gladstone And Charles Lyell Blue Plaque

73 Harley Street, London, W1G 8QJ

William Ewart Gladstone Green Plaque - William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) statesman lived here

William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) statesman lived here

William Ewart Gladstone Green Plaque

10 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH

On this site the Rt Hon W. E. Gladstone delivered his last speech to his Greenwich constituents November 30th 1878

William Ewart Gladstone White Plaque

21 Eglinton Road, London, SE18 4DU

William Felton And The London Steam Carriage White Plaque - William Felton's carriage works was close to this spot. In 1803 he built a carriage powered by a steam engine designed and supplied by Richard Trevithick, the great Cornish engineer. The carriage made several trips from here with up to about 8 passengers. In July of that year, one trip was made via Grey's Inn Lane, Dorset Square and Tottenham Court Road to Paddington, returning the same day via Islington . This was the first self-powered vehicle to run in the streets of London and the world's fi

William Felton's carriage works was close to this spot. In 1803 he built a carriage powered by a steam engine designed and supplied by Richard...

William Felton And The London Steam Carriage White Plaque

54 Leather Lane, London, EC1N 7TP

William Frederick Yeames Blue Plaque - W. F. Yeames RA 1835-1918 artist lived here 1894-1912

W. F. Yeames RA 1835-1918 artist lived here 1894-1912

William Frederick Yeames Blue Plaque

3 Campbell Road, London, W7 3EA

William Hartnell 1908-1975 Doctor Who 1963-1966

William Hartnell Blue Plaque

Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, W12

Doctor Who William Hartnell 1908-1975

William Hartnell Brushed Metal Plaque

W12 7SB

William Hazlitt Blue Plaque - In a house on this site lived William Hazlitt 1829

In a house on this site lived William Hazlitt 1829

William Hazlitt Blue Plaque

8 Bouverie Street, London, EC4Y

William Hazlitt Blue Plaque - William Hazlitt 1778-1830 essayist died here

William Hazlitt 1778-1830 essayist died here

William Hazlitt Blue Plaque

6 Frith Street, London, W1D 3JA

William Henry Barlow Blue Plaque - William Henry Barlow 1812-1902 engineer lived and died here

William Henry Barlow 1812-1902 engineer lived and died here

William Henry Barlow Blue Plaque

London, SE7 7EZ

William Henry Hunt Blue Plaque - William Henry (Bird's Nest) Hunt

William Henry (Bird's Nest) Hunt

William Henry Hunt Blue Plaque

39 Marchmont Street, London, WC1N 1AP

William Henry Perkin Blue Plaque - Sir William Henry Perkin FRS discovered the first aniline dyestuff, March 1856, while working in his home laboratory on this site and went on to found science-based industry. 1838-1907

Sir William Henry Perkin FRS discovered the first aniline dyestuff, March 1856, while working in his home laboratory on this site and went on to...

William Henry Perkin Blue Plaque

290 Cable Street, London, E1 0AE

William Henry Perkin Blue Plaque - Sir William H. Perkin (1838-1907) discovered mauveine, the world’s first synthetic dyestuff, in 1856. He and his brother Thomas produced mauveine from a factory on this site in 1857, and later alizarin, thus laying the foundations of the organic chemicals industry. This replaces a centenary plaque unveiled by Sir R Robinson in 1957.

Sir William H. Perkin (1838-1907) discovered mauveine, the world’s first synthetic dyestuff, in 1856. He and his brother Thomas produced mauveine...

William Henry Perkin Blue Plaque

401-403 Oldfield Lane North, Greenford, UB6 8QE

Sir William Henry Perkin established on this site in 1857 the first synthetic dye factory in the world. Respice prospice. 1838-1907.

William Henry Perkin Blue Plaque

401-403 Oldfield Lane North, Greenford, UB6 8QE

William Henry Smith Blue Plaque - W. H. Smith 1825-1891 bookseller and statesman lived here

W. H. Smith 1825-1891 bookseller and statesman lived here

William Henry Smith Blue Plaque

12 Hyde Park Street, London, W2 2JN

In a house on this site lived William Hogarth Artist 1697 - 1764 (plaque not yet erected)

William Hogarth Blue Plaque

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William Hogarth Brass Plaque - William Hogarth, 10 November 1697 - 26 October 1764, Satirical Artist and Illustrator. Trained as an engraver, he depicted the unseemly behaviour of contemporaries in works like the 'Beggar's Opera' (1728) and the 'A Rake's Progress' (1732). Much of his work was pirated and he was instrumental in the passing of the Copyright Act of 1735 which was known at the time as 'Hogarth's Act'. He lived in 'Leicester Fields' from 1726 until his death. He was buried in Chiswick Parish at St. Nicholas, Lon

William Hogarth, 10 November 1697 - 26 October 1764, Satirical Artist and Illustrator. Trained as an engraver, he depicted the unseemly behaviour...

William Hogarth Brass Plaque

Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LE

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