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

Black plaque commemorating an Olympic silver medallist, Upper Cwmbran

The plaque is on the outside wall of The Queen Inn. Link Tom Richards won a silver medal for Great Britain in the Marathon at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. © Copyright Jaggery and licensed...

The plaque is on the outside wall of The Queen Inn. Link Tom Richards won a silver medal for Great Britain in the Marathon at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. © Copyright Jaggery and licensed...

  • people
  • events
  • geograph
  • black plaque

Abbey Mill (3) - plaque, Mill Street, Tewkesbury

An informative plaque by Tewkesbury Civic Society, on the front of the building. Other photos etc:- SO8832 : Abbey Mill (1), Mill Street, Tewkesbury. © Copyright P L Chadwick and licensed for...

An informative plaque by Tewkesbury Civic Society, on the front of the building. Other photos etc:- SO8832 : Abbey Mill (1), Mill Street, Tewkesbury. © Copyright P L Chadwick and licensed for...

  • housing
  • dwellings
  • geograph
  • watermill (c...
  • city
  • town centre
  • historic sit...

Tonbridge Houses, Tonbridge St, Kings Cross

Housing for the working classes, put up on 1904 by the East End Dwellings Company Limited. © Copyright Christopher Hilton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Housing for the working classes, put up on 1904 by the East End Dwellings Company Limited. © Copyright Christopher Hilton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • housing
  • dwellings
  • foundation plaque
  • tenement block
  • geograph
  • wall plaque
  • city
  • town centre
  • tenements
  • block of flats
  • blocks of flats

The Beacon of Hope (plaque)

Plaque attached to SJ8497 : The Beacon of Hope. THE BEACON OF HOPE The 'BEACON OF HOPE' and 'TREE OF LIFE' is dedicated to all those who have lost their lives to HIV/AIDS and those living with it...

Plaque attached to SJ8497 : The Beacon of Hope. THE BEACON OF HOPE The 'BEACON OF HOPE' and 'TREE OF LIFE' is dedicated to all those who have lost their lives to HIV/AIDS and those living with...

  • people
  • events
  • memorial
  • city
  • town centre
  • geograph

Plaque on Bank House, Peebles

A plaque on the W side of Bank House noting the alterations made when the nearby Cuddy Bridge was widened - see NT2540 : Bank House, Peebles for a general view of the house. © Copyright Jim Barton...

A plaque on the W side of Bank House noting the alterations made when the nearby Cuddy Bridge was widened - see NT2540 : Bank House, Peebles for a general view of the house. © Copyright Jim...

  • historic sit...
  • housing
  • dwellings
  • geograph

Whitefriars gatehouse plaque

The plaque recording the details of the building in TF0307 : Whitefriars gatehouse © Copyright Bob Harvey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

The plaque recording the details of the building in TF0307 : Whitefriars gatehouse © Copyright Bob Harvey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • historic sit...
  • geograph

Name plaque, Brookeborough Hall

Pictured here H3840 : Brookeborough Hall, Brookeborough © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Pictured here H3840 : Brookeborough Hall, Brookeborough © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • religious sites
  • geograph

Ardens Sed Virens Plaque

The motto of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is "Ardens sed Virens" - "burning but flourishing". It is usually seen alongside the Burning Bush, the church's symbol. A burning bush was included...

The motto of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is "Ardens sed Virens" - "burning but flourishing". It is usually seen alongside the Burning Bush, the church's symbol. A burning bush was included...

  • religious sites
  • geograph

Plaque, Wesleyan Methodist Centenary Chapel

Pictured here H3841 : Wesleyan Chapel, Brookeborough © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Pictured here H3841 : Wesleyan Chapel, Brookeborough © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • religious sites
  • geograph

Plaque, Brookeborough Hall

The following text is included, "The Memorial Hall. Erected in loving memory of the XXXX Lady Brooke 1891" Pictured here H3841 : The Lady Brooke Memorial Hall, Brookeborough © Copyright Kenneth...

The following text is included, "The Memorial Hall. Erected in loving memory of the XXXX Lady Brooke 1891" Pictured here H3841 : The Lady Brooke Memorial Hall, Brookeborough © Copyright...

  • people
  • events
  • historic sit...
  • geograph

Bridge Plaque, Cambrian Street

Set in the wall of SJ8698 : Cambrian Street Bridge. MANCHESTER CORPORATION _________________ Goldschmitd Mayor _________________ THIS STONE WAS LAID BY ALDERMAN ABEL HEYWOOD 29TH JULY 1886 ©...

Set in the wall of SJ8698 : Cambrian Street Bridge. MANCHESTER CORPORATION _________________ Goldschmitd Mayor _________________ THIS STONE WAS LAID BY ALDERMAN ABEL HEYWOOD 29TH JULY 1886...

  • geograph
  • closeup
  • suburb
  • urban fringe
  • 1886
  • roads
  • road transport

Plaque on the suspension footbridge, Pitlochry

The plaque reads: Erected in memory of Lt. Colonel George Glas Sandeman of Fonar opened by The Marchioness of Tulliebardine on Empire Day 1913 © Copyright Jim Barton and licensed for reuse under...

The plaque reads: Erected in memory of Lt. Colonel George Glas Sandeman of Fonar opened by The Marchioness of Tulliebardine on Empire Day 1913 © Copyright Jim Barton and licensed for reuse...

  • suspension f...
  • rivers
  • streams
  • drainage
  • geograph

Jack Judge (plaque)

The plaque on SJ9698 : Jack Judge Statue. JACK JUDGE accompanied by a WW1 soldier Inspired to compose the famous marching song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" He was the first to sing it publicly...

The plaque on SJ9698 : Jack Judge Statue. JACK JUDGE accompanied by a WW1 soldier Inspired to compose the famous marching song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" He was the first to sing it...

  • memorial
  • people
  • events
  • geograph
  • music hall
  • city
  • town centre
  • historic sit...
  • statue
  • entertainer

London Victoria station: memorial to the Unknown Warrior

The body of the Unknown Warrior rested at Victoria Station the night before it was interred in Westminster Abbey in 1920. This plaque, between platforms 8 and 9, marks the location of the train....

The body of the Unknown Warrior rested at Victoria Station the night before it was interred in Westminster Abbey in 1920. This plaque, between platforms 8 and 9, marks the location of the train....

  • commemorative plaque
  • remembrance poppies
  • railways
  • geograph
  • memorial plaque
  • city
  • town centre
  • historic sit...
  • remembrance

Cairn and plaque, Loch Gowan

Commemorating the building of a double track road down towards Achnashellach. © Copyright Richard Webb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Commemorating the building of a double track road down towards Achnashellach. © Copyright Richard Webb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • roads
  • road transport
  • geograph

Miss Emma Saunders, The Railwaymen's Friend, Bristol Temple Meads

The plaque is on the wall at the station entrance. Miss Emma Saunders was a charity worker who visited sick railwaymen in hospital and founded the Bristol and West of England Railwaymen's...

The plaque is on the wall at the station entrance. Miss Emma Saunders was a charity worker who visited sick railwaymen in hospital and founded the Bristol and West of England...

  • people
  • events
  • railways
  • geograph

Plaque on HMS Victory, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Hampshire

Plaque marking the place where Nelson fell at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. © Copyright Christine Matthews and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Plaque marking the place where Nelson fell at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. © Copyright Christine Matthews and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • defence
  • military
  • geograph
  • business
  • retail
  • services
  • docks
  • harbours

Croydon University Hospital: foundation plaque

Croydon University Hospital (previously the Mayday Hospital) was founded as Croydon Union Infirmary, a Poor Law institution. This foundation plaque is on the ground floor corridor of the original...

Croydon University Hospital (previously the Mayday Hospital) was founded as Croydon Union Infirmary, a Poor Law institution. This foundation plaque is on the ground floor corridor of the...

  • commemorative plaque
  • memorial plaque
  • foundation plaque
  • hospital memorial
  • hospital
  • commemorativ...
  • geograph
  • health and s...
  • croydon
  • city
  • town centre

Croydon University Hospital: foundation plaque

Croydon University Hospital (previously the Mayday Hospital) was founded as Croydon Union Infirmary, a Poor Law institution. This foundation plaque is on the ground floor corridor of the original...

Croydon University Hospital (previously the Mayday Hospital) was founded as Croydon Union Infirmary, a Poor Law institution. This foundation plaque is on the ground floor corridor of the...

  • commemorative plaque
  • memorial plaque
  • foundation plaque
  • hospital memorial
  • hospital
  • commemorativ...
  • geograph
  • health and s...
  • croydon
  • city
  • town centre

Plaque, Dervaghroy School

Pictured here H5065 : Dervaghroy Public Elementary School © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Pictured here H5065 : Dervaghroy Public Elementary School © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • educational sites
  • geograph