United Kingdom / Birmingham subjects

368 out of 389 (94%) plaques have been curated

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Gender Diversity


Sir John Jaffray 1st Baronet
(1818-1901) founder of the Birmingham Post Newspaper
Rowe Bros & Co
(1921-present) lead works
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
(1920-present) orchestra
Sir Lord Herbert Austin KBE
(1866-1941) Knight of the British Empire
The Austin Village
(1917-present) village
David Cox
(1783-1859) landscape painter
Sir Granville Bantock
(1868-1946) composer
Sir Michael Balcon
(1896-1977) film producer
The War Stone
stone
William Lench
(d.1525) Tanner of Moor Street
Joseph Sturge
(1793-1859) Quaker
Gild Hall of the Holy Cross, Birmingham
(1392-present) hall
King Edward VI School, Birmingham
(1552-present) school
Birmingham General Hospital
(1779-1897) hospital
W. H. Auden
(1907-1973) poet
John Freeth
(1731-1808) Poet of Bell Street
Dr Robert William Dale LLD
(1829-1895) minister of Carrs Lane Church
Cardinal John Henry Newman
(1801-1890) founder of the English Oratory
Sir Josiah Mason
(1795-1881) penmaker
Francis William Aston
(1877-1945) Nobel Chemistry Laureate
Rotary Club, Birmingham
(1914-present) organisation
Constance Naden
(1858-1889) pioneer poet
Toll Office
toll house
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
(1783-present) canal
Thomas Telford
(1757-1834) civil engineer
Old Turn Junction
canal junction
James Brindley
(1716-1772) engineer
Saturday Bridge
bridge
CBSO Centre
(1997-present) rehearsal centre
Sir Simon Rattle OM CBE
(1955-present) Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
George Cadbury
(1839-1922) chocolate manufacturer
Bournville Carillon
(1902-present) carillon
Dame Elizabeth Cadbury DBE
(1858-1951) philanthropist
John Baskerville
(1706-1775) printer
Tony Hancock
(1924-1968) comedian
John Cadbury
(1801-1889) founder of Cadbury Brothers
Richard Cadbury
(1835-1899) chocolate manufacturer
Ray Lightwood
inventor of the variable rate pacemaker
Leon Abrams FRCS
(1923-2012) Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
Dame Dr Hilda Lloyd DBE
(1891-1982) surgeon
Dr Francis Brett Young
(1884-1954) novelist
Old Market Cross, Birmingham
market cross
Joseph Aloysius Hansom
(1803-1882) inventor of the hansom cab
John Welch
(1810-1855) architect
James Watt
(1736-1819) engineer
Sir Barry Jackson
(1879-1961) founder of Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Birmingham Repertory Company
(1913-present) theatre company
John Rogers
(1500-1555) martyr
Lunar Society
(1765-1813) society
The Natan Meteorite
(1516-present) meteorite
Edgbaston Archery & Lawn Tennis Society
(1860-present) lawn tennis club
Prince Rupert
(1619-1682) Prince
Ship Inn, Birmingham
(1560-1972) inn
Henrietta Maria
(1609-1669) Queen Consort of England, Scotland and Ireland
King's Norton Green
green
Saracen's Head, Kings Norton
(1492-present) public house
Thomas Hall BD
(1610-1665) schoolmaster
Dr John Humphreys PhD FSA FLS MA
(1850-1937) Doctor of Philosophy
Sir Whitworth Wallis FSA
(1855-1927) Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
Feeney Art Galleries
(1912-present) art gallery
Ida B. Wells
(1862-1931) journalist
Oscar Deutsch
(1893-1941) businessman
Odeon Cinema, Birmingham
cinema
William Tallis
first works foreman
69 & 70 Great Hampton Street
(1830-present) office
Major Harry Gem
(1819-1881) lawn tennis originator
Juan Bautista Luis Augurio Perera
(1822-1905) merchant
Lawn Tennis
(1865-present) game
Kathleen Dayus MA
(1903-2003) author
Joseph Lucas
(1834-1902) lamp dealer
Matthew Boulton
(1728-1809) engineer
George Richards Elkington
(1801-1865) promoter of electro-plating
Thomas Attwood
(1783-1856) political reformer
Will Thorne MP
(1857-1946) trade union leader
Frederick W. Lanchester
(1868-1946) designer of the first motor car in England
George Lanchester
(1874-1970) designer of the first motor car in England
The Most Rev. Edward White Benson
(1829-1896) Archbishop of Canterbury
Joseph Sampson Gamgee FRSE
(1828-1886) surgeon
Sid Field
(1904-1950) comedian
Birmingham Municipal Technical School
(1895-present) school
Aston University
(1966-present) University
International Convention Centre, Birmingham
(1991-present) convention centre
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
(1991-present) concert hall
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
(1991-present) indoor arena
Centenary Square, Birmingham
(1991-present) square
Ald. W. Byng Kenrick
(1872-1962) alderman
Children's Hospital
(1862-1962) hospital
George Holyoake
(1817-1906) social reformer
Lady Well
water well
Queen's Hospital, Birmingham
(1841-1941) hospital
Birmingham Accident Hospital
(1941-1993) hospital
Edward Taylor
(1838-1911) art teacher
William Taylor
(1876-1935) potter
Field-Marshal Viscount William Slim
(1891-1970) Field-Marshal
Joseph Southall
(1861-1944) artist
Neville Chamberlain FRS
(1869-1940) Fellow of the Royal Society
Sir John Benjamin Stone JP MP
(1838-1914) Member of Parliament
Alexander Parkes
(1813-1890) inventor of the first plastic
Theatre Royal, Birmingham
(1774-1956) theatre royal
Birmingham Dental Hospital
hospital
Frederick Rowland Emett OBE
(1906-1990) cartoonist
Mothers Club
(1968-1971) nightclub
Wesleyan Assurance Society
(1841-present) society
William Bloye
(1890-1975) civic sculptor
Sir Edward Burne-Jones ARA 1st Baronet
(1833-1898) painter
Acocks Green Recreation Ground
(1902-present) recreation ground
Professor Charles Lapworth
(1842-1920) Professor
John Henry Poynting
(1852-1914) discoverer of the Poynting vector
Francois Lafitte
pioneering social policy analyst
Sir William Ashley
(1860-1927) Knight Bachelor
Otto Robert Frisch
(1904-1979) nuclear physicist
Rudolf E Peierls
(1907-1995) nuclear physicist
Professor Frederick Shotton
(1906-1990) Professor
George Neville Watson
(1886-1965) mathematician
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
(1902-1983) architectural historian
John Sutton Nettlefold JP
(1866-1930) Chairman of City Housing Committee
John Curry OBE
(1949-1994) ice skater
Birmingham Municipal Savings Bank
(1931-present) first municipal savings bank in Great Britain
Rt Hon. Prince George PC
(1902-1942) Duke of Kent, Second creation
Moor Street railway station, Birmingham
(1909-present) railway station
Duke Prince Richard
(1944-present) Prince
Brewmaster's House, Birmingham
(1805-present) house
Richard Ketley
founder of the first known building society in the world
Worcester Bar
(1792-present) barrier
46 Gas St. B'ham
(1864-present) office
William Shakespeare
(1564-1616) playwright
horse fair, Birmingham
(1215-1911) horse fair
Ron Kirby
(1932-1999) park keeper
Pickering & Mayell Ltd
manufacturer
The Austin Longbridge Car Factory
(1905-2005) factory
Jewellery Business Centre
office
A B Row
(1764-present) street
Birmingham Gun-Barrel Proof House
(1813-present) house
The Trust School
(1260-1908) school
W. Sutherns
head teacher
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
(1814-present) learned society of artists
Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital
(1823-1996) hospital
Sir Rt Hon. Austen Chamberlain KG PC
(1863-1937) statesman
Ernest Henry Wilson
(1876-1930) gardener
Junction House
(1796-present) house
St Thomas's Church, Birmingham
(1829-1940) church
Victoria Square
square
Birmingham Library
(1779-present) library
David Lodge
(1935-present) author
Margery Fry
(1874-1958) prison reformer
Atlas Works, Birmingham
(1885-1958) metal bedstead manufacturer
William Daggatt-Powell
co-founder of the Atlas Works (Birmingham)
Jack Daggatt-Powell
Atlas Way, Birmingham
road
National Sealife Centre
(1986-present) aquarium
Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies
(1964-present) cultural centre
King Edward VI Grammar School Five Ways
(1883-present) school
Peter Hollingworth JP
(1925-present) Justice of the Peace
Rt Hon. John Boyd-Carpenter PC
(1908-1998) Member of Parliament
Digbeth and High Street Deritend
ancient highway
Samuel Malkin
bucklemaker
Conroy Maddox
(1912-2005) surrealist
Maddox House
house
J. R. R. Tolkien CBE FRSL
(1892-1973) author
Sarehole Mill
(1542-present) mill
Follett Osler FRS
(1808-1903) Fellow of the Royal Society
Big Brum
(1885-present) clock tower
KATYN 1940
(1940-present) Polish prisoners of war
St Paul's Club
(1859-present) club
St Paul's Square, Birmingham
square
Bull's Head, Birmingham
(1800-present) public house
Assay Office, Birmingham
(1773-present) assay office
roller coaster, Birmingham
roller coaster
William Sands Cox FRS
(1802-1875) Fellow of the Royal Society
Beorma
George Cadbury Junior
(1878-1954) chocolate manufacturer
John Sinclair
(1933-2007) founder of the COBUILD project
Louis MacNeice
(1907-1963) poet
Edward Cadbury
(1873-1948) industrialist
Henry Cadbury
(1882-1952) newspaper proprietor
Cemetery Lodge
(1849-present) lodge
Julia Varley OBE
(1871-1952) Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(1917-1963) President of the United States
The Recreation Grounds, Bournville
(1896-present) recreation ground
Bournville Cricket Club Pavilion
(1902-present) cricket pavilion
South Cocoa Block
chocolate block
Bourn Brook
stream
Canals in Wartime
(1918-1945) canal
King Charles I of England
(1600-1649) King of England
The Boar's Head, Great Barr
(1934-present) public house
Admiral Viscount Sir Horatio Nelson RN KB
(1758-1805) Royal Navy Admiral
George Dawson MA
(1821-1876) preacher
Anthony Pratt
(1903-1994) inventor of Cluedo
Cluedo
(1943-present) board game
Joy Fifer MBE
(1939-2003) environmentalist
Robert Martineau
(1798-1870) Mayor of Birmingham
Sir Thomas Martineau
(1828-1893) Mayor of Birmingham
Ernest Martineau
(1861-1952) Lord Mayor of Birmingham
Sir Wilfrid Martineau
(1889-1964) Lord Mayor of Birmingham
Denis Martineau
(1920-1999) Lord Mayor of Birmingham
Joseph Chamberlain MP
(1836-1914) statesman
Pte. James Cooper VC
(1840-1882) British Army Private
James Henry Cook
(1869-?) vegetarian
Marie Bethell Beauclerc
(1845-1897) Pioneer of shorthand and typewriting
Old Wharf
(1772-1931) canal basin
Rest House, Birmingham
(1913-present) house
Edwin Francis Reynolds
(1875-1949) architect
The Maggies, Hall Green, Birmingham
(1935-present) public house
The Baldwin, Hall Green, Birmingham
(1937-present) public house
Corporation Street
(1878-present) street
The Old Contemptibles, Birmingham
public house
William Nicholson MP
(1824-1909) distiller
The Black Horse, Northfield, Birmingham
(1929-present) public house
John Rogers Snr
lorimer
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
(1847-?) engineering society
David Cameron
(1966-present) Member of Parliament
Benjamin Zephaniah
(1958-2023) poet
William Gear RA FRSA RBSA
(1915-1997) artist
Stratford Road Bridge
(1914-present) bridge
Lister Muff
(d.1938) founder of the Sons of Rest movement
Austin Mini
(1959-2000) car
Alec Issigonis
(1906-1988) car designer
Bournville
(1895-present) housing development
Castle Vale Estate
(1964-present) housing development
Castle Bromwich Military Airfield
(1914-1958) air field
Ald. John Bowen JP
(1844-1926) alderman
Sir Rt Hon. Lord Harold Wilson OBE KG PC
(1916-1995) Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Birmingham Central Library
(1974-2013) library
Birmingham History Galleries
(2012-present) gallery
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
(1885-present) art gallery
Newman Brothers Coffin Works
(1894-1998) factory
George Dixon
(1820-1898) Councillor
Aston Villa Football Club
(1874-present) association football club
Louisa Anne Ryland
(1814-1889) philanthropist
Percy Lionel Shurmer
(1890-1959) politician
Pebble Mill Studios
(1971-2004) recording studio
Jane Loudon
(1807-1858) horticulturalist
Florence Barrow
(1876-1964) Quaker
Sir Rowland Hill KCB
(1795-1879) postal reformer
The Beatles
(1960-1970) band
Ritz Ballroom
(1960-1970) club
The Rolling Stones
(1962-present) band
The Moody Blues
(1964-present) rock band
Robert Plant
(1948-present) musician
The Kinks
(1964-1996) rock band
Pink Floyd
(1965-1995) band
Joe Regan
(1912-2004)
Mary Regan
(1914-2008)
Rev John Angell James
(1785-1859) Reverend
St Johns Church, Birmingham
(1331-1947) church
The Golden Lion, Edgbaston, Birmingham
inn
Birmingham Central Library
(1882-1974) library
Washington Irving
(1783-1859) writer
The Argent Centre
(1863-present) office
Wattilisk
(1988-present) sculpture
Snow Hill railway station, Birmingham
(1852-present) railway station
Sir Oliver Lodge
(1851-1940) scientist
Oliver W. F. Lodge
(1878-1955) poet
Dr William Withering FRS
(1741-1799) physician
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
(1882-present) cricket club
Samuel Pepys PRS
(1633-1703) diarist
Heathfield Hall
(1790-1927) house
The Lodge to Heathfield Hall
(1797-present) lodge
Arthur Stansfield Dixon
(1856-1929) founder of The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft
(1890-1950) guild
Taylors & Lloyds
(1765-present) retail bank
Sir Peter Medawar CH OM CBE FRS
(1915-1987) Fellow of the Royal Society
Joseph Gillott
(1799-1873) steel pen manufacturer
Major Dr John Hall-Edwards FRSE
(1858-1926) British Army Major
Rev Peter Stanford
(1860-1909) Reverend
Dr John Ash
(1723-1798) founder of Birmingham General Hospital
Samuel Lines
(1778-1863) artist
Canon Dr Bryan Green DD
(1901-1993) Canon
Lucas Abrams Pacemaker
(1960-present) medical device
Alfred Bird
(1811-1878) inventor of eggless custard powder
Sgt Arthur Vickers VC
(1882-1944) Victoria Cross recipient
Ian Hambridge
(d.1985)
John Hardman
(1811-1867) master metalworker
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
(1926-2022) Queen of the United Kingdom
City of Birmingham
(1889-?) city
Sir John Major CH KG
(1943-present) Member of Parliament
Tyseley Locomotive Works
(1908-present) locomotive works
Trade Street
street
Cadbury No 14
(1957-present) diesel locomotive
No. 1 Lodge
(1889-present) office
White's Chocolate House
(1693-present) chocolate house
The U.S. Women's Army Corps 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
(1945-1946) postal service
Royal School for the Deaf Children
(1812-1984) school
Sampson Lloyd
(1699-1779) founder of Lloyd’s Bank
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
(1806-1859) civil engineer
Dash The Station Dog
dog
Sir Samuel Morton Peto 1st Baronet
(1809-1889) entrepreneur
Edward Betts
(1815-1872) civil engineer
Sir Daniel Gooch JP 1st Baronet
(1816-1889) Justice of the Peace
Naughton Dunn
(1884-1939) orthopaedic specialist
Norton Motor Cycle Company
(1898-present) company
DC Michael Swindells
(d.2004) Detective Constable
The Electric Cinema, Birmingham
(1909-present) cinema
George Bodington
(1799-1882)
Mary Cottrell
(1868-1969) u City Councillor
Madeleine Carroll
(1906-1987) humanitarian
Harold Round
dentist
Arthur Parrott
dentist
Sir Norman Haworth FRS
(1883-1950) Fellow of the Royal Society
John Bright MP
(1811-1889) Member of Parliament
Birmingham Central Library
(1866-1879) library
John Feeney
(1839-1905) newspaper proprietor
Sir Richard Tangye
(1833-1906) manufacturer
George Tangye
(1835-1920) engineer
Helena Augusta Victoria
(1846-1923)
Philip Matsell
(d.1806) murderer
Thomas Bray
(1658-1730) abolitionist
Mason Science College
(1875-1900) college
University of Birmingham
(1900-present) University
Birmingham Pals
(1914-present) infantry battalion
Dr Hugh Morton
(1898-1979) general practitioner
Sgt Albert Gill VC
(1879-1916) British Army or Royal Marines Sergeant
Sgt Alfred Joseph Knight VC MBE
(1888-1960) Victoria Cross recipient
Highbury Hall
(1878-present) hall house
John Betts
(1774-1864)
Village Pound, Northfield
gaol
Patrick Rae
(1937-2007) steam enthusiast
The Great Stone
stone
George Edward Hunt
(1892-1960) jewellery designer and maker
Minnie May
teacher of dressmaking
John Henry Barlow
(1855-1924) Quaker
Sir Gilbert Barling CBE FRCS 1st Baronet
(1855-1940) Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Emmy Bridgwater
(1906-1999) artist
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
(1992-present) museum
Rev Thomas Swan
(1795-1857) Minister
St Nicolas Place, Kings Norton
(1492-present) inn
Kurt Johnathon Grigg
(1966-2017) JavaScript Coder
James Horsfall
(1813-1887) industrialist
St Cyprian's Church, Hay Mills
(1863-present) church
Webster & Horsfall
(1720-?) manufacturer
George & Dragon (Pig & Tail)
(1820-present) public house
Peaky Blinders
(1890-1910) criminal gang
William Hutton
(1723-1815) bookseller
Albert Ketèlbey
(1875-1959) composer
Bertha Ryland
(1882-1977) Suffragette
Women's Social and Political Union
(1903-1918)
William Whiteway (Alec) Alexander
(1852-1933) sports administrator
Lapworth Museum of Geology
(1920-present) museum
Birmingham Canal Company
(1768-present) canal company
Birmingham Law Society
(1818-present) law society
Tony de Vit
(1957-1998) disc jockey
Duran Duran
(1978-present) band
Rum Runner
(1964-1987) nightclub
Berrow family
managers of Duran Duran
Kip Freshwater
(2016-2021) cancer patient
John Powell
(1949-2020) gentleman
Samuel Timmins
(1826-1902) scholar
Dr Joseph Priestley FRS LLD
(1733-1804) scientist
Ludgate Hill, Birmingham
street
2 Cornwall Street
(1989-present) office
Farmer's Bridge Junction
(1783-present) canal basin
Bernard Thomas Hinchley BA
(1920-2007) teacher
Lawson Tait
(1845-1899) pioneer surgeon
Javelin Block
(1850-present) rifle manufacturer
Rifle Maker Building
(1850-present) rifle manufacturer
Ald. Egbert Sylvester Carless OBE
(1933-2003) Councillor
Blue Coat School, Birmingham
(1722-present) blue coat school
Erdington Enclosure
(1887-present) enclosure
Professor Li Siguang
(1889-1971) geologist
Tom Pitt
(1904-1998) gardener
Raddlebarn Junior and Infant School
(1905-present) school
William Haywood
(1876-1957) urban planner
Grand Hotel, Birmingham
(1879-present) hotel
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle KStJ DL
(1859-1930) creator
Kimberley Workshops
(1818-present) workshop
Old Rep Theatre
(1913-present) theatre
St Paul's Church, Balsall Heath
(1852-present) church
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
(2002-present) hospital
Jasper Carrott
(1945-present) comedian
Britain's Spitfires
(1939-1945) aeroplane
Jaguar Land Rover Castle Bromwich
(1977-present) car builder
Kate Bunce
(1856-1927) artist
Monica Pearce
(1915-1993) nurse
New Frankley
(2000-present) community
SIFA Fireside
(1980-present) charity
John Middlemore
(1844-1924) Liberal politician
Theresa Stewart
(1930-2020) feminist
Selly Park Property Owners' Association
(1911-present) association
Bertha Bracey
(1893-1989) Quaker
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
(1948-1997) musician
Emma Barton
(1872-1938) photographer
The Guild of Graduates and other Friends of the University
(1876-present) guild
Sir Dr Raymond E. Priestley MC DSC MA LLD
(1886-1974) Knight Bachelor
David Gwyn Justham
(1923-1991) business leader
Gas Street Basin
canal basin
UB40
(1978-present) band
The Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham
(1907-present) public house
Curzon Street railway station, Birmingham
(1838-1854) railway station
Sir John Randall
(1905-1984) Knight Bachelor
Harry Boot
(1917-1983)
Sir Professor Mark Oliphant KBE
(1901-2000) Professor
Sir Edward Elgar GCVO OM 1st Baronet
(1857-1934) composer
Mahatma Gandhi
(1869-1948) law student
Council House Clock
clock
Christian Kunzle
(1879-1954) philanthropist
Charles Dickens
(1812-1870) novelist