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Coey plaque, Merville, Newtownabbey

Self-explanatory plaque, commemorating Sir Edward Coey Link on Merville House the grounds of which became Merville Garden Village. © Copyright Albert Bridge and licensed for reuse under this...

Self-explanatory plaque, commemorating Sir Edward Coey Link on Merville House the grounds of which became Merville Garden Village. © Copyright Albert Bridge and licensed for reuse under this...

  • geograph
  • merville gar...
  • newtownabbey
  • blue plaque
  • ulster histo...

Plaque on the wall of Waterloo House, Deben Court

Off Chapel Lane © Copyright Adrian Cable and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Off Chapel Lane © Copyright Adrian Cable and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • anna elizabe...
  • edward oxborrow
  • waterloo house
  • people
  • events
  • geograph
  • william oxborrow
  • closeup
  • deben court
  • rosetta oxborrow
  • chapel lane
  • the wall of ...
  • wickham market

Plaque, Britannia Inn

This plaque tells of the use of the building when it was first built. For a wider view of the inn ST6316 : The Britannia Inn, Sherborne © Copyright Maigheach-gheal and licensed for reuse under...

This plaque tells of the use of the building when it was first built. For a wider view of the inn ST6316 : The Britannia Inn, Sherborne © Copyright Maigheach-gheal and licensed for reuse under...

  • city
  • town centre
  • sherborne
  • geograph
  • public house
  • business
  • retail
  • services

Information Tablet

Northern side of Cambridge market. © Copyright Scriniary and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Northern side of Cambridge market. © Copyright Scriniary and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • tablet
  • historic sit...
  • geograph

Plaque on the wall of Flick & Son's premises

© Copyright Adrian Cable and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Adrian Cable and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • flick & sons
  • people
  • events
  • geograph
  • the wall of ...
  • closeup
  • the thoroughfare
  • halesworth

Plaque to Charles Parsons

The irregularly shaped stone plaque is on the south side of the London House - for context see TQ3082 : The Dickens House Museum. It reads "This library is dedicated to Sir Charles Parsons...

The irregularly shaped stone plaque is on the south side of the London House - for context see TQ3082 : The Dickens House Museum. It reads "This library is dedicated to Sir Charles...

  • charles parsons
  • city
  • town centre
  • geograph

Plaque on Memorial Hall, Bishop's Itchington

Plaque on the front of the hall in Fisher Road. See SP3957 : The Memorial Hall, Bishop's Itchington. © Copyright David P Howard and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence ....

Plaque on the front of the hall in Fisher Road. See SP3957 : The Memorial Hall, Bishop's Itchington. © Copyright David P Howard and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence ....

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  • geograph

Hebble Trail near Phoebe Lane

This gives the context to the memorial plaque SE0923 : The Eric Brearley Memorial, Hebble Valley Trail, Halifax that appears in the foreground. © Copyright Stephen Craven and licensed for reuse...

This gives the context to the memorial plaque SE0923 : The Eric Brearley Memorial, Hebble Valley Trail, Halifax that appears in the foreground. © Copyright Stephen Craven and licensed for...

  • canal
  • paths
  • geograph
  • cycleway

Brett Asphalt: commemorative pillar

The inscription on the concrete pillar is already fading in the sea air, but reads: "Brett Asphalt - 50 years in Whitstable Harbour - July 97". There is also a logo of CVH France. See TR1067 :...

The inscription on the concrete pillar is already fading in the sea air, but reads: "Brett Asphalt - 50 years in Whitstable Harbour - July 97". There is also a logo of CVH France. See TR1067 :...

  • business
  • retail
  • services
  • geograph

Blue plaque on the former Camberwell Library

The blue plaque on the grade 2 listed building is one erected by Southwark Council and reads "Sir George Livesey 1834-1908 Chairman of the South Metropolitan Gas Company and one of Southwark's...

The blue plaque on the grade 2 listed building is one erected by Southwark Council and reads "Sir George Livesey 1834-1908 Chairman of the South Metropolitan Gas Company and one of...

  • city
  • town centre
  • southwark
  • george livesey
  • geograph

Plaque to Oscar Wilde in Suffolk Street

The plaque on the rear of the Theatre Royal records that Wilde's plays "a woman of no importance" and "an ideal husband" were first performed here. For context see TQ2980 : Suffolk Street,...

The plaque on the rear of the Theatre Royal records that Wilde's plays "a woman of no importance" and "an ideal husband" were first performed here. For context see TQ2980 : Suffolk Street,...

  • humphrey gilbert
  • city
  • town centre
  • oscar wilde
  • geograph

Plaque on the Causeway Bridge

This commemorative plaque, typical of those on late Victorian engineering works, reads: "This bridge was erected & the works in connection herewith carried out in the year 1888. Mount, Mayor....

This commemorative plaque, typical of those on late Victorian engineering works, reads: "This bridge was erected & the works in connection herewith carried out in the year 1888. Mount, Mayor....

  • road bridge
  • w j jennings
  • geograph
  • 1888
  • roads
  • road transport

Camelot School: date stone

The date stone on what is now Camelot School reads "LSB Bird-in-Bush Road Schools 1893". LSB was the London School Board - see Link for a history. © Copyright Stephen Craven and licensed for reuse...

The date stone on what is now Camelot School reads "LSB Bird-in-Bush Road Schools 1893". LSB was the London School Board - see Link for a history. © Copyright Stephen Craven and licensed for...

  • educational sites
  • date stone
  • building detail
  • geograph
  • sbl
  • 1893

Inscription in Angel Place (2)

One of five plaques along the alleyway. This one, presumably a quotation from Dickens' novel Little Dorrit set in the prison that stood here, reads "there was not one straight floor from the...

One of five plaques along the alleyway. This one, presumably a quotation from Dickens' novel Little Dorrit set in the prison that stood here, reads "there was not one straight floor from...

  • charles dickens
  • southwark
  • historic sit...
  • geograph

Plaque on the Surrey Dock Offices

For context see TQ3579 : Surrey Docks offices. The blue plaque is one of a series by Southwark Council to mark historic events in the Borough, and are not connected with the national "blue...

For context see TQ3579 : Surrey Docks offices. The blue plaque is one of a series by Southwark Council to mark historic events in the Borough, and are not connected with the national...

  • 1940
  • historic sit...
  • geograph

Cheadle War Memorial, Manchester Road: 2

© Copyright Robin Stott and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Robin Stott and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • commemorative
  • geograph

Plaque on the Ogilvie Homes Building

On the B1122 Aldeburgh Road © Copyright Adrian Cable and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

On the B1122 Aldeburgh Road © Copyright Adrian Cable and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • aldeburgh road
  • the b1122 al...
  • housing
  • dwellings
  • ogilvie home...
  • aldringham
  • geograph
  • ogilvie homes
  • closeup
  • b road (clas...
  • b1122 aldeburgh road
  • b1122

Mill Street Bridge Plaque

Plaque on Mill Street bridge over the River Medlock. Mill Street was obliterated in the mid 1990s by Alan Turing Way SJ8699 : Alan Turing Way. © Copyright Gerald England and licensed for reuse...

Plaque on Mill Street bridge over the River Medlock. Mill Street was obliterated in the mid 1990s by Alan Turing Way SJ8699 : Alan Turing Way. © Copyright Gerald England and licensed for...

  • commemorative plaque
  • rivers
  • streams
  • drainage
  • geograph

Memorial Plaque

St. Mary the Less in Trumpington Street. This small church dates back to the 12th century. It is also known as Little St. Mary and was originally called St. Peter-without-Trumpington-Gate. ©...

St. Mary the Less in Trumpington Street. This small church dates back to the 12th century. It is also known as Little St. Mary and was originally called St. Peter-without-Trumpington-Gate....

  • memorial plaque
  • historic sit...
  • geograph

Golden Jubilee plaque, village green, Old Milverton

Commemorative plaque for the Golden Jubilee of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, 2002. For overall view see SP3067 : Village green, Old Milverton, Leamington Spa © Copyright David P Howard and licensed for...

Commemorative plaque for the Golden Jubilee of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, 2002. For overall view see SP3067 : Village green, Old Milverton, Leamington Spa © Copyright David P Howard and licensed for...

  • historic sit...
  • geograph