Subjects of historical plaques - W

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
Wool Market, Wakefield
market
Town Hall, Wakefield
town hall
Wakefield Bridge
(1342-present) bridge
Wakefield College
(1821-present) college
Wakefield Museum
(1821-present) museum
The Wakefield Star
(1803-present) newspaper
Mary Lily Walker
(1863-1913)
Amy Walmsley
(1867-1928) principal
Gerry Wan
seaman
Goree Warehouses
(1793-1950) warehouse
The Watergate, Chester
gate
Robert Alexander Watson-Wyatt FRS
(1892-1973) Fellow of the Royal Society
Ben Watt
(1962-present) musician
Charles Weatherhead
(1828-?)
St. Seiriol's Well
water well
Ida B. Wells
(1862-1931) journalist
West Riding Registry of Deeds
(1704-present) ancient administrative county capital
Britannia Wharf
(1860-present) warehouse
German Wheatcroft
(1773-1841) u
The Wheatsheaf, Knaresborough
(d.1923) public house
Gavan Whelan
band member
Edith Whetnall FRCS
(1910-1965) Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
(1834-1903) painter
David Whitby
u train driver
White Hart, Bath
(d.1869) public house
White Horse, Edinburgh
inn
Dr David Widgery
(1947-1992) general practitioner
The Wilds
park
Wilhelmina
elephant
Norman Wilkinson
(1878-1971) u
William Foggitt and Sons Chemists
pharmacy
Frederick Calland Williams
creator of the first digital stored-programme computer
Emily Williamson
(1855-1936)
Rod Wilson
inventor
Brenda Wilson
inventor
Francis Wilton
(d.1942)
George William Wilton
seafood supplier
Wiltons
(1742-present) shop
Winchester Geese
prostitutes
Sydney Albert Wise
(d.1924) firefighter
George Wishart
(1513-1546) Protestant martyr
Aneurin Wood
Olympic torchbearer
Captain Richard Woodget
(1845-1928) sea captain
Woolwich Foot Tunnel
(1902-present) tunnel
Avon Street Locomotive Works
(1841-1904) locomotive works
World Marbles Championship
(1932-present) sporting competition
The Horse and Jockey, Wrexham
(1840-present) inn
Margaret Wright
Fanny Wright