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Cardiff Castle

Cardiff Castle's history began with the first Roman fortress built in the 1st C. The Norman Conquest in the 11th C. brought impressive fortifications. In the 19th C. the apartments were extended...

Cardiff Castle's history began with the first Roman fortress built in the 1st C. The Norman Conquest in the 11th C. brought impressive fortifications. In the 19th C. the apartments were extended...

  • wales
  • castle

Pedestrianisation plaque, St Mary Street, Cardiiff

Fixed to a wall nearly opposite the entrance Link to Cardiff Market, the plaque records the completion in November 2011 of a "pedestrian friendly environment" in High Street and St Mary Street,...

Fixed to a wall nearly opposite the entrance Link to Cardiff Market, the plaque records the completion in November 2011 of a "pedestrian friendly environment" in High Street and St Mary Street,...

  • city
  • town centre
  • geograph

Gwilym Williams plaque, Cardiff

Located here. Link © Copyright Jaggery and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Located here. Link © Copyright Jaggery and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • city
  • town centre
  • public build...
  • historic sit...
  • geograph

To Commemorate the Destruction of Newtown, Cardif

This plaque contains part of a poem written by a former resident of the Newtown district of central Cardiff, reflecting on its demolition.  A working class neighbourhood close to the docks and...

This plaque contains part of a poem written by a former resident of the Newtown district of central Cardiff, reflecting on its demolition.  A working class neighbourhood close to the docks and...

  • urban renewal
  • homogenising...

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

Ianto Jones Shrine

Two plaques at the side of the fans' tribute ST1974 : Torchwood Shrine, Mermaid Quay. Ianto Jones is (was) a fictional character in the BBC television series “Torchwood” (part of the Doctor Who...

Two plaques at the side of the fans' tribute ST1974 : Torchwood Shrine, Mermaid Quay. Ianto Jones is (was) a fictional character in the BBC television series “Torchwood” (part of the Doctor Who...

  • city
  • town centre
  • 1983
  • torchwood
  • fans memorial
  • people
  • events
  • bbc
  • geograph
  • science fiction
  • bbc wales
  • shrine
  • tv series
  • 2009
  • dedication
  • 2010
  • sci-fi

Penarth: commemorating a swim

Erected in 2007 on the rear of the Pavilion building on Penarth pier, this plaque commemorates the 80th anniversary of the first swim across the Bristol Channel - from Penarth to Weston-super-Mare...

Erected in 2007 on the rear of the Pavilion building on Penarth pier, this plaque commemorates the 80th anniversary of the first swim across the Bristol Channel - from Penarth to...

  • geograph
  • sport
  • leisure
  • city
  • town centre
  • coastal
  • pier
  • swimming

Marconi's First Radio Transmissions Across Water

1897 1947 NEAR THIS SPOT THE FIRST RADIO MESSAGES WERE EXCHANGED ACROSS WATER BY GUGLIELMO MARCONI AND GEORGE KEMP BETWEEN LAVERNOCK AND FLAT HOLM 11th MAY, LAVERNOCK AND BREAN DOWN 18th MAY 1897...

1897 1947 NEAR THIS SPOT THE FIRST RADIO MESSAGES WERE EXCHANGED ACROSS WATER BY GUGLIELMO MARCONI AND GEORGE KEMP BETWEEN LAVERNOCK AND FLAT HOLM 11th MAY, LAVERNOCK AND BREAN DOWN 18th MAY 1897...

  • marconi
  • wireless
  • radio transmission

United States military personnel dedication, Barry Town Hall

Unveiled in June 2012, the plaque is here. Link © Copyright Jaggery and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Unveiled in June 2012, the plaque is here. Link © Copyright Jaggery and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • public build...
  • geograph

Malcolm Uphill plaque in Caerphilly

The plaque is on a wall between Station Terrace and the Malcolm Uphill pub in Cardiff Road. Link Local man Malcolm Uphill was the first rider to average over 100 mph for a lap of the Isle of Man...

The plaque is on a wall between Station Terrace and the Malcolm Uphill pub in Cardiff Road. Link Local man Malcolm Uphill was the first rider to average over 100 mph for a lap of the Isle of...

  • city
  • town centre
  • geograph

Bedwas River Bridge plaque

The plaque records that the bridge Link was built circa 1915 and strengthened in 1996. © Copyright Jaggery and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

The plaque records that the bridge Link was built circa 1915 and strengthened in 1996. © Copyright Jaggery and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • bridge plaque
  • roads
  • road transport
  • geograph

Plaque recording the site of Nine Mile Point Colliery Workmen's Institute, Cwmfelinfach

The plaque is in the residential cul-de-sac Nine Mile Point Court. Link © Copyright Jaggery and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

The plaque is in the residential cul-de-sac Nine Mile Point Court. Link © Copyright Jaggery and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • village
  • rural settlement
  • geograph

This Bridge is Insufficient to Carry a Heavy Motorcar

  Submitted by ‏@bucksci.

  Submitted by ‏@bucksci.

  • wales
  • bridge
  • uk
  • heavy motorcar
  • insufficient

Blackvein Mining Disaster

Here lie the remains of 50 men and boys of the 142  who died working the Blackvein Risca This 1st day December 1860 A sudden change at God's command and they fell. They had no chance to bid their...

Here lie the remains of 50 men and boys of the 142  who died working the Blackvein Risca This 1st day December 1860 A sudden change at God's command and they fell. They had no chance to bid their...

  • mining
  • wales
  • blackvein

James Flewitt Mullock

CITY OF NEWPORT  JAMES FLEWITT MULLOCK  1818-1892 TO COMMEMORATE THE LIFE OF A VICTORIAN-NEWPORTONIAN-ARTIST-ART TEACHER-BIBLIOPHILE-EDUCATIONAL REFORMER-BON VIVANT-HORTICULTURALIST AND CLERK TO...

CITY OF NEWPORT  JAMES FLEWITT MULLOCK  1818-1892 TO COMMEMORATE THE LIFE OF A VICTORIAN- NEWPORTONIAN-ARTIST-ART TEACHER-BIBLIOPHILE- EDUCATIONAL REFORMER-BON VIVANT-HORTICULTURALIST AND CLERK TO...

  • cemetery
  • newport
  • renaissance-man
  • bon vivant

Treforest Primary School plaque, Pontypridd

The plaque is on a wall here. Link © Copyright Jaggery and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

The plaque is on a wall here. Link © Copyright Jaggery and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • educational sites
  • housing
  • dwellings
  • geograph

Plaque near St Woolos Cathedral

The location of this plaque can be seen here ST3087 : St Woolos Cathedral and boundary wall. © Copyright Robin Drayton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

The location of this plaque can be seen here ST3087 : St Woolos Cathedral and boundary wall. © Copyright Robin Drayton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • geograph

Friars Walk official opening plaque, Newport

High up on the wall at the edge of these steps, Link the plaque records the official opening of Friars Walk on Thursday November 12th 2015. The text is also in Welsh. © Copyright Jaggery and...

High up on the wall at the edge of these steps, Link the plaque records the official opening of Friars Walk on Thursday November 12th 2015. The text is also in Welsh. © Copyright Jaggery...

  • public build...
  • bilingual
  • geograph

Stone plaque, Pont Islwyn north of Ynysddu

The Mynyddislwyn Urban District Council plaque is embedded in masonry on the west side of Pont Islwyn Link across the River Sirhowy. It records the opening of the bridge in 1928. © Copyright...

The Mynyddislwyn Urban District Council plaque is embedded in masonry on the west side of Pont Islwyn Link across the River Sirhowy. It records the opening of the bridge in 1928. ©...

  • bridge
  • geograph
  • roads
  • road transport
  • stone plaque