Subjects of historical plaques - B
Back Wynd
(1594-present) street
(1594-present) street
Sir Michael Balcon
(1896-1977) film producer
(1896-1977) film producer
Enid Flora Balint-Edmonds
(1903-1994) psychoanalyst
(1903-1994) psychoanalyst
British Ballet Organisation
(1930-present) organisation
(1930-present) organisation
Birmingham Municipal Savings Bank
(1931-present) first municipal savings bank in Great Britain
(1931-present) first municipal savings bank in Great Britain

Sir Joseph Banks GCB PRS 1st Baronet
(1743-1820) botanist
(1743-1820) botanist
Baptist Chapel, Yeovil
chapel
chapel
William Barnes
(1801-1886) poet
(1801-1886) poet

James Barry
(1741-1806) painter
(1741-1806) painter
Louis Barthélémy
(1912-1945)
(1912-1945)
H. E. Bates
(1905-1974) author
(1905-1974) author

Alan Bates
(1934-2003) actor
(1934-2003) actor
Bull Inn, Battle
inn
inn
Battle of Minisink
battle
battle
Gilbert Bayes
(1872-1953) sculptor
(1872-1953) sculptor

Aubrey Beardsley
(1872-1898) artist
(1872-1898) artist
The Old Bell

Robert Benchley
(1889-1945) wit
(1889-1945) wit
Walter Benjamin
(1892-1940) literary critic
(1892-1940) literary critic

Arnold Bennett
(1867-1931) novelist
(1867-1931) novelist
Charles Bennion JP
(1857-1929) Justice of the Peace
(1857-1929) Justice of the Peace

George Bentham
(1800-1884) botanist
(1800-1884) botanist
Jack (Kid) Berg
(1909-1991) Whitechapel Windmill
(1909-1991) Whitechapel Windmill
Alfred Bestall
(1892-1986) illustrator of Rupert Bear
(1892-1986) illustrator of Rupert Bear

Ernest Bevin
(1881-1951) trade union leader
(1881-1951) trade union leader

Laurence Binyon CH
(1869-1943) poet
(1869-1943) poet
Dr Samuel Black
pioneer cardiologist
pioneer cardiologist
Black Death
(1348-1350) pandemic
(1348-1350) pandemic

Francis Preston Blair
(1791-1876) newspaper founder
(1791-1876) newspaper founder

Sir Arthur Bliss CH KCVO
(1891-1975) Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
(1891-1975) Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Alan Blumlein
(1903-1942) electronics engineer
(1903-1942) electronics engineer

Colin Blunstone
(1945-present) band member
(1945-present) band member

Simón Bolívar
(1783-1830) liberator of Latin America
(1783-1830) liberator of Latin America
Robert Boothby-Heathcote
(1805-1865) Rector
(1805-1865) Rector
William Borrer FRS FLS
(1781-1862) Fellow of the Royal Society
(1781-1862) Fellow of the Royal Society
Rutland Boughton
(1878-1960) composer
(1878-1960) composer
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Ray Bradbury
(1920-2012) author
(1920-2012) author
James Braidwood
(1800-1861) superintendent of the London Fire Brigade
(1800-1861) superintendent of the London Fire Brigade
Braintree Cage
drunk tank
drunk tank
Sir Thomas Brandon KG
(d.1510) Knight of the Order of the Garter
(d.1510) Knight of the Order of the Garter
earliest commercial telephone in Britain
telephone
telephone
British Red Cross Society
(1870-present) society
(1870-present) society
John Brough
farmer
farmer
Spence Broughton
(1746-1792) highwayman
(1746-1792) highwayman
PC Laurence Brown
(d.1990) Police Constable
(d.1990) Police Constable

Beau Brummell
(1778-1840) leader of fashion
(1778-1840) leader of fashion

Isambard Kingdom Brunel
(1806-1859) civil engineer
(1806-1859) civil engineer
Sir James Brunlees FRSE MICE
(1816-1892) civil engineer
(1816-1892) civil engineer

John Burns
(1858-1943) statesman
(1858-1943) statesman

Edward Bury FRS
(1794-1858) locomotive engineer
(1794-1858) locomotive engineer