A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

Plaque near Deighton House

Part of the inscription includes place names and dates as follows (the latter is difficult to make out) , "From Clan Tilew, Armagh, Loughgall, Charlemont, Portadown by xxx Wood, XXXX, Verner's...

Part of the inscription includes place names and dates as follows (the latter is difficult to make out) , "From Clan Tilew, Armagh, Loughgall, Charlemont, Portadown by xxx Wood, XXXX,...

  • historic sit...
  • geograph

Ivor Novello Statue (plaque)

Dedication on the side of ST1974 : Ivor Novello Statue, Cardiff Bay. IN THIS CITY WAS BORN A KING WHO GAVE HIS PEOPLE DREAMS AND SONGS TO SING AR AELWYD DINAS GLO CYNHEUWYD CÂN GYNHESSODD GENEDL...

Dedication on the side of ST1974 : Ivor Novello Statue, Cardiff Bay. IN THIS CITY WAS BORN A KING WHO GAVE HIS PEOPLE DREAMS AND SONGS TO SING AR AELWYD DINAS GLO CYNHEUWYD CÂN GYNHESSODD...

  • memorial
  • statue
  • people
  • events
  • geograph
  • ivor novello
  • film star
  • songwriter
  • city
  • town centre
  • composer
  • monument
  • sculpture

Plaque at Beachy Head

Beachy Head is a great beauty spot and popular with walkers but with it's towering chalk cliffs and a drop of between 500 and 600 feet at this point it is also sadly a very well known suicide...

Beachy Head is a great beauty spot and popular with walkers but with it's towering chalk cliffs and a drop of between 500 and 600 feet at this point it is also sadly a very well known...

  • religious sites
  • geograph
  • coastal
  • religious text
  • beachy head

Commemorative bench, Cartmel Lane, Lindale

The plaque is in excellent condition and reads 'In memory of Geoffrey and Norah Harrison of Bell Hill Park Lindale'. The wooden bench is showing signs of decay and may not last too many more...

The plaque is in excellent condition and reads 'In memory of Geoffrey and Norah Harrison of Bell Hill Park Lindale'. The wooden bench is showing signs of decay and may not last too many more...

  • lowlands
  • village
  • rural settlement
  • commemorative seat
  • memorial bench
  • geograph
  • grassland
  • roads
  • road transport

Plaque on Drake's Statue, The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon

This plaque was presented August 5, 1977, by the State of California Sir Francis Drake Commission in commemoration of the quadricentennial of Drake's voyage around the world. © Copyright Christine...

This plaque was presented August 5, 1977, by the State of California Sir Francis Drake Commission in commemoration of the quadricentennial of Drake's voyage around the world. © Copyright Christine...

  • public build...
  • coastal
  • geograph

The Helicopter Museum red plaque, Weston-super-Mare

Located at the entrance to the museum buildings. Link © Copyright Jaggery and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Located at the entrance to the museum buildings. Link © Copyright Jaggery and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • geograph
  • business
  • retail
  • services
  • red plaque

Plaque, Drumkeen Presbyterian Church

Pictured here H6122 : Drumkeen Presbyterian Church © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Pictured here H6122 : Drumkeen Presbyterian Church © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • religious sites
  • geograph

Plaque, Cappagh Hall

Difficult to make out, but I think "Altmore Loan Fund" A.D. 1852" is written on the plaque. This was a fore-runner of the present Credit Union offices, to be seen in most towns. In the year 1856,...

Difficult to make out, but I think "Altmore Loan Fund" A.D. 1852" is written on the plaque. This was a fore-runner of the present Credit Union offices, to be seen in most towns. In the year 1856,...

  • public build...
  • geograph

Plaque, Plymouth Harbour, Plymouth, Devon

From Plymouth Sound on June 14 1585 Sir Humphrey Gilbert, "the father of British Colonisation", set sail for Newfoundland and which he claimed for Queen Elizabeth I on 5th August. This plaque was...

From Plymouth Sound on June 14 1585 Sir Humphrey Gilbert, "the father of British Colonisation", set sail for Newfoundland and which he claimed for Queen Elizabeth I on 5th August. This plaque...

  • geograph
  • public build...
  • coastal
  • docks
  • harbours

Plaque, Plymouth Harbour, Devon

Plaque commemorating the departure in May 1839 of the Tory, the pioneer ship in the colonisation of New Zealand. © Copyright Christine Matthews and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons...

Plaque commemorating the departure in May 1839 of the Tory, the pioneer ship in the colonisation of New Zealand. © Copyright Christine Matthews and licensed for reuse under this Creative...

  • geograph
  • public build...
  • coastal
  • docks
  • harbours

Plaque, Galbally Parochial Hall

Pictured here H7265 : Parochial Hall, Galbally © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Pictured here H7265 : Parochial Hall, Galbally © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • public build...
  • geograph

Plaque, Galbally Church

Pictured here H7265 : Galbally RC Church © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Pictured here H7265 : Galbally RC Church © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • religious sites
  • geograph

Ruby Murray plaque, Belfast (3)

Recently erected plaque, near Utility Street, on the Donegall Road, commemorating Ruby Murray. © Copyright Albert Bridge and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Recently erected plaque, near Utility Street, on the Donegall Road, commemorating Ruby Murray. © Copyright Albert Bridge and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • people
  • events
  • belfast
  • suburb
  • urban fringe
  • geograph

Sam Ferris plaque, Dromore

A plaque, at the playing fields on the Banbridge Road, commemorating the marathon runner Sam Ferris who won a silver medal at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. See Link and Link. © Copyright...

A plaque, at the playing fields on the Banbridge Road, commemorating the marathon runner Sam Ferris who won a silver medal at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. See Link and Link. © Copyright...

  • olympic games
  • silver medal
  • people
  • events
  • athlete
  • geograph
  • dromore (co down)
  • sport
  • leisure
  • runner
  • playing fields
  • suburb
  • urban fringe
  • marathon

Plaque, Dunserverick Harbour N5514 W0625

The map reference on the plaque of the building would put you a few metres into the adjoining square C9944 where the harbour is C9944 : Dunseverick Harbour, but the museum building is still in...

The map reference on the plaque of the building would put you a few metres into the adjoining square C9944 where the harbour is C9944 : Dunseverick Harbour, but the museum building is still in...

  • geograph
  • docks
  • harbours

Plaque on Haverbrack Tank

The plaque is fixed to the side of this structure on top of Haverbrack Bank SD4880 : Half-buried building, Haverbrack Fell(visible in the alcove between the buttresses). Using a little internet...

The plaque is fixed to the side of this structure on top of Haverbrack Bank SD4880 : Half-buried building, Haverbrack Fell(visible in the alcove between the buttresses). Using a little...

  • water reserv...
  • geograph
  • water tank (disused)
  • water resources
  • derelict
  • disused

Plaque on Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee commemorative fountain, Horsham Road, Shalford

The plaque explains that the fountain commemorates the completion of the 60th year of the reign of Queen Victoria. This was in 1897. One hundred and fifteen years later, in 2012, Queen Elizabeth...

The plaque explains that the fountain commemorates the completion of the 60th year of the reign of Queen Victoria. This was in 1897. One hundred and fifteen years later, in 2012, Queen Elizabeth...

  • village
  • rural settlement
  • historic sit...
  • geograph

Nelson Street, King's Lynn

21 Nelson Street - The former home of Lynn Pharmacist: Horace Frost (1881 - 1956). A plaque to the right of the doorway shows the height to which the sea rose, on 31st January 1953. © Copyright...

21 Nelson Street - The former home of Lynn Pharmacist: Horace Frost (1881 - 1956). A plaque to the right of the doorway shows the height to which the sea rose, on 31st January 1953. © Copyright...

  • flood level
  • housing
  • dwellings
  • geograph
  • city
  • town centre
  • historic sit...

Plaque on the Jubilee (1887) Fountain

Water still flows from the fountain, which is next to a gate into the churchyard SY1391 : The Jubilee Fountain © Copyright David Smith and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence ....

Water still flows from the fountain, which is next to a gate into the churchyard SY1391 : The Jubilee Fountain © Copyright David Smith and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence...

  • village
  • rural settlement
  • water resources
  • historic sit...
  • geograph

Plaque on Silver Jubilee seat, Stourport War Memorial Garden, Stourport-on-Severn

Plaque recording the presentation of the seat by local WRVS groups. SO8171 : Silver Jubilee seat, Stourport War Memorial Garden, Stourport-on-Severn. © Copyright P L Chadwick and licensed for...

Plaque recording the presentation of the seat by local WRVS groups. SO8171 : Silver Jubilee seat, Stourport War Memorial Garden, Stourport-on- Severn. © Copyright P L Chadwick and licensed...

  • city
  • town centre
  • park and pub...
  • geograph