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Plaque Of The Day
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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
Здесь в районе станции Калуга в декабре 1941 года велись упорные бои Советских войск за освобождение г. Калуги от немецко-фашистских захватчиков. Слава бессмертным героям Великой Отечественной войны.
Vokzalnya ploshad, 3, Kaluga, Russia
Nathaniel Hawthorne a founding father of American literature lived here 1857
10 Lansdowne Circus, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
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Kentucky Historical Marker #2172
Senator Richard P. Ernst (1858-1934) / Ernst Mansion. Born in Covington, Ernst was a lawyer, banker, philanthropist, & women’s-rights proponent. Leader of the Covington YMCA for 42 years, he was a member of the Kenton Co. Bar Assoc. & Industrial Club. U.S. Senator, 1921-1927. Camp Ernst founder. Died in Baltimore 1934, interred Highland Cem., Fort Mitchell, Ky. (Reverse) Built for the John Matson family c. 1890, the mansion was the residence of Sen. Richard Pretlow Ernst, 1906-1934. A brick version of Richard Shaw’s Queen Anne with High Victorian Gothic or Neo-Grec elements. Home served as the Flannery Hotel, 1937-1975. Placed on National Register of Historic Places 1975; renovated 1982.
405 Garrard Street, Covington, ,
Council Street. This road was renamed Council Street in 1895 to commemorate the Act of Parliament that instituted Parish Councils. Previously it was a footpath known as Jet Way which was widened into a street in 1893 at a cost of £28 16s.
Council Street, Wollaston, United Kingdom
This plaque was unveiled on 29th May 1954 to commemorate the centenary of Paddington Station designed and built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel engineer of the Great Western Railway
Paddington Station, London, United Kingdom
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Birthplace of Elvis Presley. Elvis Aaron Presley was born Jan. 8 1935 in this house, built by his father. Presley's career as a singer and entertainer redefined American popular music. He died Aug. 16 1977 at Memphis, Tennessee.
306 Elvis Presley Drive, MS 38801, Tupelo, MS, United States
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Action for Birds 100 years This plaque is to celebrate the Centenary of The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds The unveiling was performed by the Society's President Magnus Magnusson on 17th February 1989 at the Croft where the Society was founded one hundred years ago The occasion marked one hundred years (1889-1989) of achievements in the conservation of wild birds and the environment.
Fletcher Moss, Didsbury, United Kingdom
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To the west of the Cathedral lie buried the remains of the bathhouse of the Roman Second Augustan Legion built c. AD60, replaced c. AD 80 by the basilica and forum of the new town Isca Dumnoniorum, which remained until the 5th century. An Anglo-Saxon minster stood here from the 7th century, elevated to cathedral status in 1050.
near cathedral, Exeter, United Kingdom
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The inaugural meeting of the Conference of the Society of St Vincent de Paul in Ireland Conference of St Michan was held on this site on 16 December 1844. SVP.
Charles Street West, Dublin, Ireland
Pack up your troubles. Ganwyd brodyr George a Felix Powell cyfansoddwyr y gân "Pack up your troubles" yn 1915 yn y tŷ yma. The brothers George and Felix Powell who composed the song "Pack up your troubles" in 1915 were born in this house.
High Street, St Asaph, United Kingdom
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Texas Historical Marker #01136
Curtis Airfield. Named for Harry Lamar Curtis, mayor of Brady who instigated offer of this field to the United States government during World War II. Born 1903 in Dallas, H.L. Curtis was educated at the University of Dallas, Southern Methodist University, and Texas A&M. He married (1929) Marjorie McCall of Brady and moved here after business successes in Dallas. Served on City Council 1936 to 1940 and as Mayor 1940 to 1944. In 1940 Mayor Curtis obtained designation of Brady Airfield as a national defense airport, with funding for enlargement and hard-surfacing. Small old field was relinquished and this larger tract provided. City paid about $40,000; federal grant was $141,631. Brady's clear skies, dry climate, and freedom from commercial air traffic made it a favored site. A contract school moved here from Love Field, Dallas, on March 16, 1941, and became Brady Aviation School, Ltd. Mayor Curtis led the city to grant free use of the field for ten years, with one dollar a year charged for utilities. Over 10,000 cadets trained here before the school closed in Aug. 1944. This was final duty for a few: 21 cadets, six instructors, a personnel officer lost their lives in accidents. This was one of 17 Texas civilian fields training military pilots during World War II. (1972) #1136
?, Brady vicinity, TX, United States