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Plaque relating to Market Cross, Market Square, Eynsham

This plaque concerning the replacement Market Cross is behind the cross, on the wall of the Bartholomew Room. SP4309 : The Market Cross (replica), Market Square, Eynsham. SP4309 : Information...

This plaque concerning the replacement Market Cross is behind the cross, on the wall of the Bartholomew Room. SP4309 : The Market Cross (replica), Market Square, Eynsham. SP4309 : Information...

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

Plague Cottage, Eyam

The plaque marks the home where the first death, that of George Viccars, took place on September 7th in 1665. Four further people died in the cottage including two children, with one survivor,...

The plaque marks the home where the first death, that of George Viccars, took place on September 7th in 1665. Four further people died in the cottage including two children, with one...

  • eyam
  • housing
  • dwellings
  • house
  • geograph
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  • cottage

Glatton airbase plaque

Plaque near the Glatton USAAF memorial Link near Conington © Copyright Richard Croft and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Plaque near the Glatton USAAF memorial Link near Conington © Copyright Richard Croft and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • defence
  • military
  • memorial
  • usaaf
  • geograph
  • historic sit...

Plaque, Exmouth Market

59-61 Exmouth Market, once the home of a branch of David Greig, the grocery chain © Copyright Julian Osley and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

59-61 Exmouth Market, once the home of a branch of David Greig, the grocery chain © Copyright Julian Osley and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • islington
  • london
  • business
  • retail
  • services
  • geograph

Plaque, Ardess National School

Pictured here H2063 : Ardess National School © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Pictured here H2063 : Ardess National School © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • educational sites
  • geograph

Plaque, Lack National School

Pictured here H2766 : Lack, County Fermanagh © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Pictured here H2766 : Lack, County Fermanagh © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • educational sites
  • geograph

Bassetts Pole

Plaque on back of Bassetts Pole memorial reads 'Erected to the memory of Captain J.H.W. Wilkinson and his comrades of the Staffordshire Regiments who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918' Capt....

Plaque on back of Bassetts Pole memorial reads 'Erected to the memory of Captain J.H.W. Wilkinson and his comrades of the Staffordshire Regiments who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918'...

  • the great war
  • memorial
  • geograph
  • historic sit...
  • staffordshir...

Baptist Academy 1807 plaque, Abergavenny

The plaque is on the wall of this Pen-y-pound house. Link It records: TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN THIS HOUSE IN 1807 REV MICAH THOMAS ESTABLISHED AN ACADEMY FOR TRAINING BAPTIST MINISTERS NOW THE SOUTH...

The plaque is on the wall of this Pen-y-pound house. Link It records: TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN THIS HOUSE IN 1807 REV MICAH THOMAS ESTABLISHED AN ACADEMY FOR TRAINING BAPTIST MINISTERS NOW THE SOUTH...

  • historic sit...
  • geograph

Best kept large town plaque 2006, Enniskillen

Pictured here H2344 : The Diamond, Enniskillen © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Pictured here H2344 : The Diamond, Enniskillen © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • roads
  • road transport
  • geograph

Commemorative plaque on Conwy Bridge

To commemorate its opening in 1958 by the Rt Hon Henry Brook MP, Minister for Welsh Affairs. © Copyright Eirian Evans and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

To commemorate its opening in 1958 by the Rt Hon Henry Brook MP, Minister for Welsh Affairs. © Copyright Eirian Evans and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • commemorative plaque
  • bridge
  • roads
  • road transport
  • geograph

Plaque on Howlgate Farmhouse

Built in Memory of Joshua Croft Blansby Park 1866.The Malton Messenger newspaper dated 10th February 1866 states he died "very suddenly" at the Parks on the 2nd of February. © Copyright Martin...

Built in Memory of Joshua Croft Blansby Park 1866.The Malton Messenger newspaper dated 10th February 1866 states he died "very suddenly" at the Parks on the 2nd of February. © Copyright Martin...

  • village
  • rural settlement
  • farm
  • fishery
  • market gardening
  • geograph

Elaborate date plaque, Greenland Road, Camden Town

© Copyright Julian Osley and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Julian Osley and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • city
  • town centre
  • london
  • camden town
  • geograph

Chesham House plaque

Historical context for Chesham House, on the street front Link © Copyright Richard Croft and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Historical context for Chesham House, on the street front Link © Copyright Richard Croft and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • business
  • retail
  • services
  • geograph

Atherton Great War Memorial

Plaque on the side of SD6602 : The Atherton War Memorial. There are four of these vertical plaques containing the names of the fallen of the First World War, one on each side of the central...

Plaque on the side of SD6602 : The Atherton War Memorial. There are four of these vertical plaques containing the names of the fallen of the First World War, one on each side of the central...

  • world war i
  • the great war
  • inscription
  • people
  • events
  • geograph
  • city
  • town centre
  • historic sit...
  • first world war
  • war memorial
  • wwi

Relief of Derry Plaque, Derry / Londonderry

The text reads, "The relief of the 1688 - 1689 Siege of the city reinforced the inward migration of the Scottish and English settlers who established the merchant port in the centuries following"...

The text reads, "The relief of the 1688 - 1689 Siege of the city reinforced the inward migration of the Scottish and English settlers who established the merchant port in the centuries following"...

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

The Scotch Boat Plaque, Derry / Londonderry

The text reads, "Derry became the departure for thousands of seasonal migrant farm workers between the 1820s and the 1960s, many never returning to the north-west but settling permanently in...

The text reads, "Derry became the departure for thousands of seasonal migrant farm workers between the 1820s and the 1960s, many never returning to the north-west but settling permanently in...

  • historic sit...
  • geograph

"Burning Bush" plaque, Omagh

A Presbyterian symbol showing the bush that was enveloped by fire but never burnt. The date refers to the year the extension was added to the church hall H4472 : Church buildings, John Street,...

A Presbyterian symbol showing the bush that was enveloped by fire but never burnt. The date refers to the year the extension was added to the church hall H4472 : Church buildings, John Street,...

  • religious sites
  • geograph

Second World War Plaque, Derry / Londonderry

The text reads, "The City became the main convoy escort base during the Battle of the Atlantic, with many evacuees leaving for sanctuary in the United States through this port" - pictured here...

The text reads, "The City became the main convoy escort base during the Battle of the Atlantic, with many evacuees leaving for sanctuary in the United States through this port" - pictured...

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

The Great Famine Plaque, Derry / Londonderry

The inscription reads, "One of Ireland's major ports, thousands fled from here to the Americas between 1845-1849 to escape the ravages and hardships brought about by the potato blight of the...

The inscription reads, "One of Ireland's major ports, thousands fled from here to the Americas between 1845-1849 to escape the ravages and hardships brought about by the potato blight of the...

  • historic sit...
  • geograph

St Colmcille Plaque, Derry / Londonderry

The text reads, "Derry's first emigrant, Colmcille established a monastery in Iona, Scotland after leaving Ireland in 563 AD, creating one of the major Christian influences in Europe." It is...

The text reads, "Derry's first emigrant, Colmcille established a monastery in Iona, Scotland after leaving Ireland in 563 AD, creating one of the major Christian influences in Europe." It...

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  • geograph