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Plaque Of The Day
Jez says, "Made by Leander Architecture, this plaque is the first to include a QR code which when scanned by a mobile phone will take you to a Norman Wisdom web"
Place Of The Day
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
Thomas Turner 1729 - 1789 Diarist School master and general dealer lived here
High Street, East Hoathly, United Kingdom
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Hier wohnte Annie Bukofzer geb. Silberblatt jg. 1892 deportiert 12.3.1943 Ermordet April 1943 Auschwitz
English translation: Annie Bukofzer
Trautenaustr. 18, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany
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Alderman John Bowen J.P. (1844- 1926) Lived in Tindal Street Founder of John Bowen & Sons who built this school and the Victoria Law Courts.
Tindal Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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THE ASHTON MARKET TRADER 'Uncle John' the Pieman John Harrison was well-known throughout Ashton for his generosity to the poor during hard times in the late 1800's. Unveiled 23rd September 2005 by the Civic Mayor of Tameside, Councillor Jacqueline Lane.
Market Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, United Kingdom
Dame Sybil Thorndike, actress, Freeman of The City Of Rochester, and her brother, Russell Thorndike, author, lived in this house from 1884 until 1892 when their father, the Rev. A J.W. Thorndike was a minor Canon at the Cathedral
2 Minor Cannon Row, Rochester, United Kingdom
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Blue Star Memorial Highway. A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America sponsored by The Garden Club of New Jersey in cooperation with New Jersey Department of Transportation and Blue Star Memorial Highway Council
Route 295 South , Bordentown, NJ, United States
Ici est tombé héroïquement pour la Libération de Paris le 22 août 1944 Houbre Robert Jacques F.F.I. 23 ans. Croix de Guerre
English translation: Here fell heroically for the Liberation of Paris on August 22, 1944 Houbre Robert Jacques F.F.I. 23 years. War Cross [AWS Translate]
Lycée Saint Louis at the corner of rue Vaugirard & Blvd Saint Michel, Paris, France
Découverte du Patrimoine de Bayonne #25
La Maison Dagourette Cette maison de négociant est construite au début du 17 ͤs. sur l'emplacement d'un ancien chantier naval. Le vaste rez-de-chaussée est alors dédié à l'entrepôt des marchandises déchargées sur le quai. Devenu couvent puis hôpital aux siècles suivant, l'édifice conserve de ce passé un tour aménagé dans sa façade latérale pour l'abandon des enfants. Restauré dans sa physionomie originelle à la fin du 20 ͤs. il abrite désormais le Musée Basque et de l'Histoire de Bayonne.
English translation: Dagourette House This trading house was built at the beginning of the 17th century on the site of a former shipyard. The large ground floor is then dedicated to the warehouse of unloaded goods on the wharf. The building, which became a convent and a hospital for the next centuries, retains a tower built in its side façade for the abandonment of children. It was restored to its original appearance at the end of the 20th. It now houses the Basque Museum and the History of Bayonne. [AWS Translate]
37 Quai des Corsaires, Bayonne, France
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Hampton Cottage is a 17th century building occupied then by the widow of a falconer from nearby Thorncroft Manor. For several years in the mid 19th century, as well as being lived in, it was used as a Baptist Chapel on Sundays. The cottage became The Leatherhead Museum and Heritage Centre in 1980 and contains many items of local interest.
Church Street, Leatherhead, United Kingdom
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Ernest Raymond Novelist 1888-1974 Author of more than fifty books including We The Accused lived at 22 The Pryors 1941-1974
22 The Pryors, East Heath Road, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
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The Inner Wheel Founder Club of Manchester held its first official meeting on this site 10th January 1924
Barbirolli Square, Manchester, United Kingdom