Subjects of historical plaques - D

Jeanne D'Albret
(1528-1572)

John Owston Dale
(d.1836) lifeboatman

George Nelson Dale

Luigi Dallapiccola
(1904-1975) composer

Duncan Dallas
(1940-2014)

Frank Dalton
(d.1951) lifeboatman

Fannie Baker Darden
(1829-1890) poet

Darlington and Stockton Times
(1847-present) newspaper

The Old Market, Dartmouth
(1828-present) market house

Jean Dausset
(1916-2009) immunologist

George Davie
(1912-2007) philosopher

Benjamin Davies
(d.1864) miner

Thomas Davies
inventor of the Stepney Spare Wheel

Steadman Davies MBE
(1925-2010) Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Walter Davies
inventor of the Stepney Spare Wheel

Tamberlaine Davies
(1620-1685) mercer

Major Charles Davis
British Army Major

John Davis
(1550-1605) discoverer of the Davis Strait

Samuel Davison
inventor

James Day
(d.1836) lifeboatman

Cecil Day Lewis
(1904-1972) Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom

Thomas De Quincey
(1785-1859) author

Deep Fried Mars Bar
(1992-present) Scottish delicacy

Dorothy Dene
(1859-1899) artist's model

Mary Denness
(1937-present) campaigner for fishing fleet safety

Sandy Denny
(1947-1978) folk singer

Delia Derbyshire
(1937-2001) BBC Radiophonic Workshop pioneer

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
(1885-1964) railway

Samuel Dill
(1844-1924) classical scholar

Dash The Station Dog
dog

Sir Richard Doll CH OBE FRS
(1912-2005) Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Douglas railway station
(1873-present) railway station

Margaret Drabble
(1939-present) novelist

Nick Drake
(1948-1974) singer

Sonia Dresdel
(1909-1976)

Druid Street Arch Bombing
(1940) bombing

Count Duckula
animated children's television series

Rev Dr Henry Dudley JP MA LLD 1st Baronet
(1745-1824) Reverend

Sir William Edward Dudley OBE
(1868-1938) Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Dufilho-Poitevent House
(1840-present) house

Andrea Dunbar
(1961-1990) playwright

Frank Dupree
publican

Durham Militia hospital
(1759-present) hospital

Durham Militia store house
(1759-present) store house

Émile Durkheim
(1858-1917)

Andrea Dykes
(1971-1999) bombing victim

Edmund Beckett MP
(1787-1874) Member of Parliament