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

Pudding Plaque

This is the dedication plaque on the pudding stone see TQ5496 : Seat & Millennium Stone © Copyright Glyn Baker and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

This is the dedication plaque on the pudding stone see TQ5496 : Seat & Millennium Stone © Copyright Glyn Baker and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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

Pranket's Well, Stoke Sub Hamdon

Plaque on Pranket's Well. Until the early C20 there was no mains water supply in the village of Stoke Sub Hamdon. While some houses had wells the majority would have to queue to use Pranket's...

Plaque on Pranket's Well. Until the early C20 there was no mains water supply in the village of Stoke Sub Hamdon. While some houses had wells the majority would have to queue to use...

  • water resources
  • somerset
  • well
  • geograph

Burford: St John the Baptist Church; Ancient information board

© Copyright Michael Garlick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Michael Garlick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • people
  • events
  • religious sites
  • city
  • town centre
  • geograph

Dedicatory plaque

Plaque on SY9287 : Streche's Almshouses © Copyright Bob Harvey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Plaque on SY9287 : Streche's Almshouses © Copyright Bob Harvey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • lowlands
  • 15th century
  • geograph
  • city
  • town centre
  • historic sit...
  • almshouse

Croesnewydd Sheds

This photograph and plaque is situated within the Morrisons Supermarket which was built on the site of the old 84J Wrexham Locomotive sheds just off the Ruthin Road, in nWrexham. © Copyright Geoff...

This photograph and plaque is situated within the Morrisons Supermarket which was built on the site of the old 84J Wrexham Locomotive sheds just off the Ruthin Road, in nWrexham. © Copyright...

  • lowlands
  • construction
  • development
  • railways
  • geograph
  • city
  • town centre
  • business
  • retail
  • services

Plaque commemorating Dorothy Hodgkin

Dr Dorothy Hodgkin was a pioneer in the use of X-ray crystallography to reveal the structure of complex organic molecules. This memorial to her is on the south wall of Beccles Town Hall. ©...

Dr Dorothy Hodgkin was a pioneer in the use of X-ray crystallography to reveal the structure of complex organic molecules. This memorial to her is on the south wall of Beccles Town Hall....

  • city
  • town centre
  • geograph

Mandela Garden, Leeds: plaques

The plaques record (left) the opening of the original garden by Nelson Mandela himself in 1983, (right) the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994. and (centre) the rededication of the...

The plaques record (left) the opening of the original garden by Nelson Mandela himself in 1983, (right) the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994. and (centre) the rededication of the...

  • city
  • town centre
  • nelson mandela
  • geograph

Ely: Oliver Cromwell's House; Information Plaque

© Copyright Michael Garlick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Michael Garlick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • people
  • events
  • city
  • town centre
  • historic sit...
  • geograph

Old Trafford Bridge Plaque

Before the Manchester Ship Canal was built, the course of the River Irwell was approx. 50-100 yards further north of where the Ship Canal now passes under Trafford Road. This plaque is next to a...

Before the Manchester Ship Canal was built, the course of the River Irwell was approx. 50-100 yards further north of where the Ship Canal now passes under Trafford Road. This plaque is next to a...

  • bridge
  • nineteenth century
  • geograph
  • river irwell
  • 19th century
  • panasonic dmc-g3
  • victorian
  • rivers
  • streams
  • drainage
  • suburb
  • urban fringe
  • salford quays
  • 1878
  • historic sit...

Bridge builder's plaque

On the bridge carrying the unclassified road over the River Almond at the east end of Blackburn. It reads:- 1891 LINLITHGOW COUNTY COUNCIL CAPTN STEUART OF WESTWOOD CONVENER OF BUILDING COMMITTEE....

On the bridge carrying the unclassified road over the River Almond at the east end of Blackburn. It reads:- 1891 LINLITHGOW COUNTY COUNCIL CAPTN STEUART OF WESTWOOD CONVENER OF BUILDING COMMITTEE....

  • lowlands
  • bridge
  • blackburn
  • people
  • events
  • west lothian
  • geograph
  • 1891
  • almond(west lothian)
  • roads
  • road transport
  • rivers
  • streams
  • drainage

John Pearson Plaque

Bronze plaque erected at the front of the old Exchange Station in LIverpool. John Pearson, Born 1824 Died 1887 Chairman of The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Mayor of Liverpool 1871-2 High...

Bronze plaque erected at the front of the old Exchange Station in LIverpool. John Pearson, Born 1824 Died 1887 Chairman of The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Mayor of Liverpool 1871-2...

  • city
  • town centre
  • railways
  • geograph

Charles Darwin lived in a house

"Charles Darwin lived in a house on this site, 1828." The upper plaque on TL4558 : Darwin's former lodgings indicates the approximate level of his rooms over the tobacconist's shop, on the site...

"Charles Darwin lived in a house on this site, 1828." The upper plaque on TL4558 : Darwin's former lodgings indicates the approximate level of his rooms over the tobacconist's shop, on the...

  • people
  • events
  • geograph
  • city
  • town centre
  • historical
  • charles darwin

Plaque on Boots, Sidney Street

"Charles Darwin kept in lodgings on this site in 1828 while an undergraduate of Christ's College." This is the plaque at street level and there is another on the floor above indicating the...

"Charles Darwin kept in lodgings on this site in 1828 while an undergraduate of Christ's College." This is the plaque at street level and there is another on the floor above indicating the...

  • people
  • events
  • geograph
  • city
  • town centre
  • historical
  • charles darwin

Plaque, Old Rosslyn Inn

Listing distinguished visitors. © Copyright wfmillar and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Listing distinguished visitors. © Copyright wfmillar and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • historic sit...
  • geograph

Air Commodore Ronald Berry CBE DSO DFC & Bar

A plaque is unveiled in Hull's Guildhall by the Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull to Ronald (raspberry) Berry. A spitfire pilot and one of the few in World War II. This is the second plaque in a...

A plaque is unveiled in Hull's Guildhall by the Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull to Ronald (raspberry) Berry. A spitfire pilot and one of the few in World War II. This is the second plaque in a...

  • defence
  • military
  • people
  • events
  • lord mayors ...
  • geograph
  • city
  • town centre
  • historic sit...

Plaque on London Bridge

The bridge carries the A49 (London Road) over the Bridgewater Canal. © Copyright Bikeboy and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

The bridge carries the A49 (London Road) over the Bridgewater Canal. © Copyright Bikeboy and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • canal
  • bridge
  • warrington
  • geograph
  • city
  • town centre
  • bridgewater canal
  • canals

Plaque at Avington

The Pilgrims way plaque at the church in Avington © Copyright Bill Nicholls and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

The Pilgrims way plaque at the church in Avington © Copyright Bill Nicholls and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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

Plaque & Post

A Pilgrims' Way plaque and best kept village post by the church in Avington. © Copyright Bill Nicholls and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

A Pilgrims' Way plaque and best kept village post by the church in Avington. © Copyright Bill Nicholls and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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

Commemorative Stone

A plaque commemorating the men who were lost, saved or acted as rescuers on the night of the Severn and Wye Railway Bridge disaster, 25th October 1960. © Copyright Gill and licensed for reuse...

A plaque commemorating the men who were lost, saved or acted as rescuers on the night of the Severn and Wye Railway Bridge disaster, 25th October 1960. © Copyright Gill and licensed for reuse...

  • people
  • events
  • railways
  • geograph
  • docks
  • harbours
  • canals

Plaque Listing Past Mayors, Hornsey Town Hall, London N8

Hornsey Town Hall Creative Trust, is the independent buildings preservation trust set up in 2007 to promote the regeneration of the magnificent Grade II listed Hornsey Town Hall in the heart of...

Hornsey Town Hall Creative Trust, is the independent buildings preservation trust set up in 2007 to promote the regeneration of the magnificent Grade II listed Hornsey Town Hall in the heart of...

  • hornsey town hall
  • historic sit...
  • suburb
  • urban fringe
  • geograph