blue plaques

Vive l’Empereur! London’s oldest blue plaque

14/12/2023 donbrown 0

One of the underappreciated glories of London is the Blue Plaque scheme, the commemoration with 19” (48cm) ceramic discs of the places associated with history’s […]

The Blue and Green Plaques of St James’s Place

24/07/2023 donbrown 0

St James’s Place, which cuts between St James’s Street and Green Park, has the modernist/brutalist Target House at one end, and the vast neo-classical pile […]

Whitehall Court – London on the Loire

11/05/2023 donbrown 0

Look towards the Eye from St James’s Park (or vice versa), or look upriver from the Golden Jubilee Bridge and there appears to be a […]

green plaque commemorating first site of GC+CS

GCHQ, Bletchley Park and the ‘Golf, Cheese and Chess Society’

26/01/2023 donbrown 0

On a refurbished Edwardian office block at 13-15 York Buildings – just down from Strand on the way to Embankment Gardens – is a green […]

The House Where Churchill Died

01/11/2021 donbrown 0

Hyde Park Gate is a cul de sac off the Kensington Road, a stone’s throw from the Albert Hall and Albert Memorial. It’s a mix […]

Ottobah Cugoano – an 18th century freed slave and abolitionist

29/07/2021 donbrown 0

Much of the narrative on the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire is framed by the actions of the white British campaigners […]

Richmond’s Blue Plaques

22/03/2020 donbrown 2

After last month’s stroll past some of the more prominent plaques in Putney, another piece, this time on the residents of Richmond upon Thames. This […]

The Blue Plaques and famous names of Putney, SW15

05/02/2020 donbrown 2

A short piece I did for Essential Surrey on Putney’s history, and some of the famous people associated with the area. Now a thriving, popular […]

Hilda Hewlett – Pioneer Aviator

26/04/2016 donbrown 0

Men outnumber women on London’s Blue Plaques by over seven to one, so it was good to stumble across this in Vardens Road, just off St […]

Edwin Evans and Battersea Rise

04/01/2014 donbrown 0

The closing of a small estate agent’s office in South West London is hardly big news (some might even raise a cheer), but the closure […]

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Vive l’Empereur! London’s oldest blue plaque

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The Blue and Green Plaques of St James’s Place

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Whitehall Court – London on the Loire

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GCHQ, Bletchley Park and the ‘Golf, Cheese and Chess Society’

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The House Where Churchill Died

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Ottobah Cugoano – an 18th century freed slave and abolitionist

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Richmond’s Blue Plaques

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The Blue Plaques and famous names of Putney, SW15

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Hilda Hewlett – Pioneer Aviator

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Edwin Evans and Battersea Rise

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