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English Heritage

Categories: Architecture, History, Property

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts, and country houses.

What is now generally known as the blue plaque scheme was initiated in 1866 by the Society of Arts.  In 1901 it was taken over by the LCC and then in 1965 by its successor body, the GLC. When that was abolished in 1986 English Heritage took on the scheme. 

Over the years hundreds of plaques have been erected and sadly some of these have been lost, often when their host buildings have been demolished.  Steve Roffey has given himself the task of identifying these lost plaques and listing them on Wikipedia.  Documenting existing plaques is a big enough task but finding the lost ones - that's far more difficult - for obvious reasons. Chapeau.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
English Heritage

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Approved extension

A misunderstanding? A joke? Do the owners now claim they have an English Heri...

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Croydon Palace

Croydon Palace A former residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury (The Great...

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Isokon Building

The plaque is in the foyer of the flats. It was unveiled by John Pritchard, g...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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Abram Games

Abram Games, 1914 - 1996, poster artist and designer, lived and worked here, ...

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Ada Lovelace

English Heritage Ada Countess of Lovelace, 1815 - 1852, pioneer of computing...

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Agatha Christie - W8

Dame Agatha Christie, 1850 - 1976, detective novelist and playwright, lived h...

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Agnes Arber

Agnes Arber, neé Robertson, 1879 - 1960, botanist, lived here 1890 - 1909. En...

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Air Chief Marshal Dowding - SW19 - original plaque

This plaque was removed when the house on which it was erected was demolished...

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Other Subjects

Whitehall

Whitehall

Major road in London, running from Parliament Square to Trafalgar Square. The name is derived from the Whitehall Palace which stood here and was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1698. The Ban...

Place, Architecture

1 memorial
Adams, Holden and Pearson

Adams, Holden and Pearson

Architectural partnership. 1899 Charles Holden joined H. Percy Adams' practice and became a partner in 1907. In 1913 Lionel Pearson became a partner. Their designs include 55 Broadway, the headquar...

Group, Architecture

5 memorials
The Red House

The Red House

Located in Bexleyheath, it was co-designed by Philip Webb and William Morris, to serve as a family home for the latter. Morris's passions for medieval-inspired neo-gothic styles are reflected throu...

Place, Architecture

1 memorial
John Thomas Newman

John Thomas Newman

1878 architect of the Stratford Martyrs memorial.  For a time he worked with  William Jacques.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
R. Wynn Owen

R. Wynn Owen

Reginald Wynn Owen was born in Wales. Worked for the London and North Western Railway. Our photo comes from an excellent family history website. Visit there for more info on Owen.

Person, Architecture, Wales

1 memorial

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Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium

The first Wembley Stadium, originally known as the Empire Stadium, was opened 28 March 1923 by King George V, in time for the British Empire Exhibition of 1924. The architects were Sir John Simpson...

Building, Sport / Games

3 memorials
Edward Cooper, VC

Edward Cooper, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 16 August 1917, age 21, while serving in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. "Enemy machine gun fire from a blockhouse was holding up the battalion’s advance. With four ...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Prince Metternich

Prince Metternich

Politician and statesman. Born Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Fürst Von Metternich-Winneburg-Beilstein in Coblenz. At the age of 28 he was Austrian Minister at Dresden, then Berlin and Paris...

Person, Politics & Administration, Austria, France, Germany

1 memorial
USAAF - European HQ

USAAF - European HQ

The HQ of the United States Army Air Forces moved from London to Camp Griffiss in Bushy Park and then, following the success of D-Day, to France.

Group, Armed Forces, USA

13 memorials
Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust

Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust

Housing action trusts were non-departmental public bodies, set up to redevelop some of the poorest council housing estates in England's inner-city suburbs.

Group, Property, Social Welfare

1 memorial