Subjects of historical plaques - B

Joan Baez
(1941-present) singer
Michael William Balfe
(1808-1870) composer
Eric Ball OBE
(1903-1989) Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Ballan Mechanics' Institute
(1861-present) Mechanics' Institute
Ronnie Barker
(1929-2005) comedian
Mark Barraud
(1848-1887) scenic designer
Baysgarth House. Barton-upon-Humber
house
22 & 23 Bayley Lane
(1500-present) cottage
Ernest Beal VC
(1883-1918) Victoria Cross recipient
Admiral Sir Rear Admiral Francis Beaufort RN KCB FRS FRGS FRAS MRIA
(1774-1857) Royal Navy Admiral
Beckneal
(d.1874) criminal
Dr Thomas Beddoes
(1760-1808) Doctor of Medicine
Belle Vue, Manchester
zoological gardens
Sir Julius Benedict
(1804-1885) composer
Berwick Mechanics' Institute & Free Library
(1878-present) Mechanics' Institute
Sir Henry Bessemer FRS
(1813-1898) Fellow of the Royal Society
Biggin Hill Royal Air Force station
(1917-1992) Royal Air Force station
Rev Thomas Leslie Birch
Reverend
George Bird
brick maker
The Black Horse, Northfield, Birmingham
(1929-present) public house
Birmingham Central Library
(1866-1879) library
Birmingham Library
(1779-present) library
Birmingham Repertory Company
(1913-present) theatre company
Ryfka Bittermann
Holocaust victim
Black Lion, Presteigne
inn
Gregory Blaxland
(1771-1852) pioneer
Boden club and Institute, Chard
club
Bonnie Doon Free Library
(1930-present) Mechanics' Institute
Squire Boone
Daniel Boone
(1734-1820) pioneer
Border Theater, Mission
(1942-present) cinema
Boris
(1986-1996) cat
Al Bowlly
(1899-1941) singer
Leo Brauner
Holocaust victim
Brebner's Court, Aberndeen
road
Bridgewater Canal
canal
Bristol Riots
(2011) riot
Cuthbert Brodrick
(1822-1905) architect
Anne Brontë
(1820-1849) writer
Sir Charles Vyner Brooke GCMG
(1874-1963) last Rajah of Sarawak
Sir Arthur Whitten Brown KBE
(1886-1948) Knight of the British Empire
Sir William Brown 1st Baronet
(1784-1864) Member of Parliament
Bryntirion Hospital
hospital
John Buckley VC
(1813-1876) Victoria Cross recipient
Dr Henry Graves Bull
(1818-1885) Doctor of Medicine
Bullard Cemetery, Bullard, TX
(1870-present) cemetery
Jane Burden
(1839-1914) Pre-Raphaelite model
George Burlison
architect
Maud Burrell
(1903-1940) employee
Butchers Shop Corner
(1928-1936) motor racing circuit corner