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Norwich, United Kingdom
Norwich has a long history. It has been a city since 1094. From the Middle Ages until the Industrial Revolution, Norwich was the largest city in England after London and one of the most important. This is refelected in its plaques.
Most-viewed plaques
In the last 11 years, between 20 May 2009 to 6 Jan 2021, Open Plaques had 4,530,517 page views from 1,234,480 users. Some were triggered by internet memes such as Steve Ullathorne's 2012 image of a George Orwell plaque with a CCTV camera next to it. Others, such as those for Alan Turing, were probably triggered by an anniversary and campaign for recognition.
- George Orwell 1903-1950 novelist & political essayist lived here (19526 page views)
- Jacob von Hogflume 1864-1909 Inventor of time travel. lived here in 2189 (15077 page views)
- George Orwell 1903-1950 novelist and political essayist lived here (6390 page views)
- Jimi Hendrix 1942-1970 guitarist and songwriter lived here 1968-1969 (5714 page views)
- Alan Turing 1912-1954 founder of computer science and cryptographer, whose work was key to breaking the wartime Enigma codes, lived and died here. (4085 page views)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1859-1930 creator of Sherlock Holmes lived here 1891-1894 (3846 page views)
- Alan Turing 1912-1954 code breaker lived here from 1945-1947 (3679 page views)
- This building housed the offices of Charles Dickens' magazine 'All The Year Round' and his private apartments 1859-1870 (3339 page views)
- Dame Agatha Christie 1890-1976 detective novelist and playwright lived here 1934-1941 (3027 page views)
- The Peterloo Massacre. On 16th August 1819, a peaceful rally of 60,000 pro-democracy reformers, men, women and children was attacked by armed cavalry resulting in 15 deaths and over 600 injuries. (3006 page views)
recently photographed plaques
17th Century, refronted in 18th Mishearing a suggestion by Earl Bathurst, in the 1920s, that the house should be named after the Gunstool Brook, which flows at the rear, his tenant called it Dunstall House which has endured.
Park Street, Cirencester, United Kingdom
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In diesem Hause wohnte von Mai 1931 bis März 1933 als Präsident des Preußischen Staatsrates Konrad Adenauer 5.1.1876 - 19.4.1967 Ehrenburger von Berlin
English translation: In this house lived from May 1931 until March 1933 as a president of the Prussian Council of State Konrad Adenauer 5.1.1876 - 19.4.1967 Ehrenburger of Berlin
Wilhelmstraße 54, Berlin, Germany
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Sir William Sterndale Bennett 1816-1875 composer lived here
38 Queensborough Terrace, Bayswater, Westminster, W2, London, United Kingdom
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Sir Flinders Petrie 1853-1942 Egyptologist lived here
5 Cannon Place, Camden, NW3, London, United Kingdom
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C. 15th century Faversham's principal inn, and main centre of its coaching trade. Preacher John Wesley stayed here in 1743.
Market Place, Faversham, United Kingdom
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O Mary Conceived Without Sin. Pray for us who have recourse to thee. This statue was erected the Marian year 1954 by the workers of the Alexandra Road and their friends. In honour of our Blessed Lady.
Alexandra Road, Dublin, Ireland
Dame Marie Rambert 1888-1982 founder of Ballet Rambert lived here
19 Campden Hill Gardens, Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, W8, London, United Kingdom
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У овој згради живео је командант Београда ЈВуО пуковник Александар Саша Михајловић убијен на Новом Београду 1. маjа 1945.
Николаја Краснова 11, Belgrade, Serbia
Patrick Brontë father of Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne. Was born here on 17th March 1777.
Bronte cottage, Bronte Rd, Ballyskeagh, United Kingdom
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Havant Heritage Trail #10
Gloyne's Brewery. This was a small independent brewery worked for nearly eighty years by the Gloyne family of maltsters and brewers until its closure in 1898. The brewery consisting of the brewhouse and malthouse largely remain intact.
South Street, Havant, United Kingdom
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В этом доме жил легендарный пограничник, задержавший в период с 1943 по 1950 год 197 нарушителей государственной границы - Пятаев Тимофей Тимофеевич.
ул. Пионерская, 16, Ulyanovsk, Russia
B. M. Croker Victorian novelist 1847-1920 lived here 1897-1908.
10, Radnor Cliff, Sandgate, United Kingdom