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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
Laid out c1207 High Street One of the original seven streets Formerly Joggler (Juggler) Street Site of weekly market & annual fairs Here its Southern end was marked by the high cross
1 Dale Street (High Street), Liverpool, United Kingdom
Rue Paul Laneyrie Maire de la Libération Mort en Déportation 1890 - 1945
English translation: Rue Paul Laneyrie Mayor of the Liberation Death in Deportation 1890 - 1945
Rue Paul Laneyrie, Beaune, France
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Near this site George Massey, proprietor, manufactured gas for the first time in Altrincham to illuminate the Unicorn Hotel 1844
Old Market Place, Altrincham, United Kingdom
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Sir Maurice Craig K.B.E. F.R.C.P. 1866-1935 Psychiatrist and pioneer in the treatment of mental illness. Lived here.
South Strand, East Preston, United Kingdom
Texas Historical Marker #04620
Scurry County Jail of 1912. In 1911 the commissioners court of Scurry County presented plans for a new jail, since the two previous jail houses (built in 1884 and 1886) had proven insufficient for the county's needs. Land at this site was purchased with bond money, and the brick building was completed, using local labor, in 1912. The first floor housed the jailer and his family, while the prisoners cells and a hospital occupied the second and third stories. A trapdoor was included for use as a hanging gallows. This jail served the citizens of Scurry County for over sixty years. (1982) #4620
College Ave at 27th, Snyder, TX, United States
Old Moray House. Built in 1625 by the Countess of Home, this building was inherited by her daughter, Margaret, Countess of Moray in 1643. Margaret's improvements to both house and garden made it the "Handsomest house in Edinburgh". The house has historical associations with Argyle, Montrose and Cromwell and the garden with the Signing of the Union. In 1848 the house was purchased from the North British Railway Company to become the Free Church Teacher Training College.
Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Ancien Ministère de la Guerre de Louis XV. Construit en 1759 par Jean Baptiste Berthier, Ingénieur géographe du Roi, sur l'emplacement du potager de Louis XIII.
English translation: Former Ministry of War of Louis XV. Built in 1759 by Jean Baptiste Berthier, King's Geographer Engineer, on the location of Louis XIII. [AWS Translate]
3 rue de l'Independance-Américaine, Versailles, France
Eglise Saint-Etienne du Mont: Ses origines se confondent avec celles de l'abbaye royale de Sainte-Geneviève: d'abord simple chapelle dans une crypte, cette église paroissiale accolée au mur nord de sa voisine, date de 1222. Devenue insuffisante pour la plus grosse paroisse de l'Université, son choeur et son clocher sont rebâtis à partir de 1492. La première pierre de la façade occidentale est posée par Marguerite de Valois en 1610, et la dédicace célébrée le 15 février 1626 par Jean-François de Gondi, 1er archevêque de Paris. Elle possède le seul jubé monumental (1545) et le plus ancien buffet d'orgues de Paris (1631), un fragment de la châsse de sainte Geneviève, patronne de la ville, et un remarquable ensemble de vitraux (fin XVIe-XVIIe siècle) dûs à la générosité de ses paroissiens. Consacrée en temple de la piété filiale sous la Révolution, restaurée sous le Second Empire par Baltard, elle est le théâtre, le 3 janvier 1857, de l'assassinat de l'archevêque de Paris, Monseigneur Sibour, par le prêtre interdit Jean Verger.
English translation: Church of Saint-Etienne du Mont: Its origins are confused with those of the royal abbey of Sainte-Geneviève: first a simple chapel in a crypt, this parish church accoladed to the north wall of its neighbor, dates from 1222. Having become insufficient for the largest parish of the University, his choir and bell tower were rebuilt from 1492. The first stone of the western façade was laid by Marguerite de Valois in 1610, and the dedication celebrated on 15 February 1626 by Jean-François de Gondi, 1st Archbishop of Paris. It has the only monumental jube (1545) and the oldest organ buffet in Paris (1631), a fragment of the châsse of Saint Geneviève, patron saint of the city, and a remarkable set of stained glass windows (late 17th-17th century) due to the generosity of its parishioners. Consecrated as a temple of subsidiary piety under the Revolution, restored under the Second Empire by Balards, it was the scene on 3 Jan. 1857 of the assassination of Archbishop Sibour of Paris by forbidden priest Jean Verger. [AWS Translate]
Place Sainte-Geneviève, Paris, France
Sir Henry Segrave 1896-1930 World Speed Record Holder lived here in flat No.6 1917-1920
6 St Andrew's Mansions, Dorset Street, London, United Kingdom
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This site was destroyed by enemy bombs on 18 October 1940 killing 5 people. These buildings were built by Peter Goddard & Co. in 2010
High Street, Odiham, United Kingdom
165 The Boundary Line / St.P.P. extends / 35ft 6 ins eastwards / xxx the face of this st xxx / 1853
York Way, London, United Kingdom
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Texas Historical Marker #06846
Reinhardt Elementary School. Reinhardt Elementary School traces its history to the 1880s, when a small frame schoolhouse was built on the farm of John Chenault to serve children of early settlers in this vicinity. After the Santa Fe Railroad built a line through the area and erected a depot about 1885, a town evolved and was named Reinhardt for Dallas merchant Isadore Reinhardt. Soon the town boasted two stores, a cotton gin, and a bank, and by 1900 a new frame school building was constructed near the rail line. Two teachers taught students in all grades. About 1910 a second frame building was erected on the opposite side of the railroad tracks, and in 1921 it was replaced by a two-story red brick school building. After the Casa Linda neighborhood was developed in the 1930s a larger Reinhardt Elementary School was built at this site in 1941. Reinhardt became a part of the Dallas School System in 1945 when the town of Reinhardt was annexed to the city of Dallas. Enlarged over the years to serve an ever-increasing enrollment, Reinhardt Elementary School continues to play an important role in Dallas education. It is considered the "Mother School" of Casa View Elementary and several other schools in the area. #6846
10122 Losa Dr., Dallas, TX, United States