Archive Blue Plaques News

23/01/2013 English Heritage Blue Plaque for Richard Dimbleby The broadcaster Richard Dimbleby (1913-1965) has been commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque at Cedar Court, Sheen Lane, East Sheen; the flat he lived in when he was delivering some of his earliest radio reports, including that on Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's return from Munich. Read full story

08/01/2013 Blue Plaques Scheme Position Statement There has been a great deal of interest in the Blue Plaques Scheme and despite inaccurate reports, English Heritage remains committed to the Scheme and it will continue. However, our focus over the next two years will be to reduce a backlog of plaques that have already been agreed and to lay the foundations for a long-term future for the scheme that reduces the cost to the tax payer. For this reason, the scheme is being temporarily closed to new applications while we catch up with the backlog. Read full story

29/11/2012 AJP Taylor Blue Plaque Influential historian who made history accessible and entertaining through his writing, television and radio broadcasts Read full story

05/10/2012 Blue Plaque for Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson One of the great cabaret stars of the twentieth century to be honoured at his London home Read full story

05/09/2012 Blue plaque for Dame Ida Mann First female professor at Oxford and pioneering ophthalmologist to be honoured Read full story

11/07/2012 Blue plaque for Sam Mussabini The revolutionary athletics coach, immortalised in Chariots of Fire Read full story

15/06/2012 Fred Perry blue plaque Legendary tennis champion honoured Read full story

21/05/2012 Blue plaque for J. Arthur Rank Commemoration for the saviour of the British film industry Read full story

19/03/2012 English Heritage Blue Plaque for Architectural Historian, Sir John Summerson Leading architectural historian and director of the Sir John Soane Museum from 1945 to 1984, Sir John Summerson (1904 - 1992) has been commemorated today (19 March 2012) with an English Heritage blue plaque at 1 Eton Villas, Chalk Farm, NW3, which was his home for more than forty years. Read full story

06/03/2012 Jean Rhys and Elizabeth Bowen Two of the twentieth century’s greatest women writers honoured Read full story

27/02/2012 Elisabeth Welch Blue Plaque Blue plaque for Elisabeth Welch Read full story

09/02/2012 Constance Spry Blue Plaque English Heritage blue plaque for Constance Spry Read full story

09/12/2011 Gracie Fields blue plaque Blue plaque to Gracie Fields Read full story

11/11/2011 Blue Plaque for Richard Burton Actor Michael Sheen - currently playing Hamlet at the Young Vic theatre in London - has today (11 November 2011) joined English Heritage to celebrate the life and work of one of the greatest classical and Shakespearean actors, Richard Burton (1925 - 1984). Read full story

09/11/2011 Blue plaque for Capability Brown The celebrated English landscape architect honoured with a plaque Read full story

26/10/2011 Richard Titmuss blue plaque Blue plaque for the social scientist Richard Titmuss Read full story

16/09/2011 Blue Plaque to Edward Whymper English Heritage Blue plaque to Edward Whymper Read full story

24/06/2011 English Heritage blue plaque for Arctic explorer John Rae English Heritage blue plaque for Arctic explorer John Rae Read full story

01/04/2011 Blue Plaque for Graham Greene Blue Plaque for Graham Greene Read full story

23/03/2011 Blue Plaque For Architect Sir Basil Spence Sir Basil Spence, one of the Most Influential Practitioners of Modernist Architecture Commemorated Read full story

15/03/2011 Blue Plaque for David Gestetner Blue Plaque for David Gestetner Read full story

04/03/2011 Celebrating International Women's Day: 1911-2011 Looking back on the ways in which women's lives have changed in the 100 years since the first International Women's Day in 1911. Read full story

17/02/2011 Blue Plaque for Patrick Hamilton English Heritage blue plaque for Patrick Hamilton Read full story

09/02/2011 Blue Plaque for Sir William Ramsay Blue Plaque for Sir William Ramsay Read full story

13/01/2011 Blue Plaque for Herbert Howells The composer and teacher Herbert Howells (1892-1983) is to be commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque at 3 Beverley Close, Barnes, SW13, his home from 1946 until a few weeks before his death. The plaque will be unveiled at 2pm on the 14th January 2011 by Canon Richard Ames-Lewis, former Rector of St Mary’s Church, Barnes. Read full story

14/12/2010 Blue Plaque to Richard D’Oyly Carte Blue plaque to opera impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte Read full story

29/11/2010 English Heritage Blue Plaque for Sir Malcolm and Donald Campbell An English Heritage blue plaque is to be erected to Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948) and Donald Campbell (1921-1967), the father and son who between them set ten land speed records and eleven on water. The plaque will be unveiled at Canbury School, Kingston-upon-Thames at 10.30am on 29th November 2010 by Don Wales, grandson of Sir Malcolm and nephew of Donald Campbell. Read full story

26/11/2010 Blue Plaque for Bill Brandt Blue Plaque for photographer Bill Brandt Read full story

23/10/2010 English Heritage Blue Plaque for John Lennon John Lennon will be commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque on Saturday 23 October, in celebration of his life and contribution to music. Read full story

03/09/2010 Commemorative Plaques Guidance Announced by English Heritage Commemorative plaques, which can be found on buildings of all styles and dates, are one of the most effective – and visible – means of celebrating history and the historic environment. Read full story

29/07/2010 Blue Plaque for Marie Stopes Marie Stopes, promoter of sex education and birth control, will today (Thursday 29 July at 12 noon) be commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at her childhood residence, 28 Cintra Park, Upper Norwood, London SE19 2LH Read full story

27/07/2010 Princess Alexandra Unveils Blue Plaque for Former Directors of Kew Gardens Sir William and Sir Joseph Hooker, the father and son who transformed Kew Gardens in the nineteenth century, to be commemorated for their work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their contribution to botanical study. Read full story

20/05/2010 Blue Plaque for Roger Fry The artist and art critic Roger Fry is to be commemorated today (Thursday 20 May 2010 at 11.30am) with an English Heritage blue plaque. Read full story

31/03/2010 Blue Plaque For Wing Commander F.F.E Yeo-Thomas Forest Frederic Edward Yeo-Thomas is to be commemorated today with an English Heritage blue plaque Read full story

22/03/2010 Blue Plaque for Charles Rolls Pioneer of British Aviation and Motoring Co-founder of Rolls-Royce commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at his place of work. Read full story

16/11/2009 English Heritage to host national conference on commemorative plaques, February 2010 This two-day conference aims to consider and celebrate the large number of plaques across the country, to share experiences, and to consider future developments. Read full story

21/09/2009 English Heritage Blue Plaque for father of modern ventriloquism, Fred Russell Fred Russell, who ‘revolutionised the presentation of ventriloquism’, was commemorated on Sunday 20 September 2009 with an English Heritage blue plaque at 71 Kenilworth Court, Lower Richmond Road, Putney. Read full story

03/07/2009 Blue Plaque for "Fastest Man on Earth", Sir Henry Segrave Sir Henry Segrave has been commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at 6 St Andrew’s Mansions, Dorset Street, W1, where he lived for three years (1917-1920). Read full story

01/06/2009 Blue Plaque for Sir Douglas Bader Sir Richard Branson unveils English Heritage Blue Plaque commemorating Battle of Britian hero and Disability Awareness campaigner, Sir Douglas Bader Read full story

16/04/2009 English Heritage Blue Plaque for Tesco Founder Entrepreneur and Retail Innovator, Sir Jack Cohen Commemorated Read full story