Subjects of historical plaques - W

Herbert W. Wadge MBE
head teacher
Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia
(1808-1877) civil engineer
Bob Marley and the Wailers
James Wakefield
(1875-1955) conjurer
Reginald Bruce Wakeman
(1905-1941) Auxiliary Fireman
PC Ged Walker
(d.2003) Police Constable
PC Malcolm Walker
(d.2001) Police Constable
Humfrey Wanley
(1672-1726)
Oliver Wardrop
(1864-1948) diplomat
Peter Warlock
(1894-1930) composer
Lifeboat, Watchet
(1875-1944) lifeboat station
Lt Terry Waters GC
(1929-1951) George Cross recipient
Victor Watkins
King's Scout
Caroline Watson
(1761-1814)
James Watson
(1928-present) discoverer of how DNA carries genetic information
Blue Coat School, Wavertree
(1708-present) blue coat school
Josiah Wedgwood FRS
(1730-1795) Fellow of the Royal Society
Gordon Welchman
(1906-1985) mathematician
St. Patrick's Well
Field-Marshal Duke Arthur Wellesley
(1769-1852) Duke of Wellington
The Rt Rev. Hugh of Wells
(d.1235) Bishop
Jocelin of Wells
(d.1242)
Sophie Wells
(1990-present)
Charles Wesley
(1707-1788) Divine
John Wesley MA
(1703-1791) evangelist
Television Wales and the West
(1958-1968)
The Old Thatched Cottage, Weston
(1791-present) house
Huguenot Arch, Wetherby
(1827-present) archway
The Brunswick, Wetherby
public house
Wylam Wharf
(1601-present) wharf
Arthur Wharton
(1865-1930) footballer
Mary Wheatland
(1835-1924) multiple life-saver
Old Burial Ground, Wheatley
burial ground
Falkirk Wheel
(2002-present) boat lift
Horace Gildard White
(1905-1986) architect
Monreith of Wigtown
(d.1900) ship
Allan Williams
(1930-2016) music promoter
John Wilson
(1785-1854) author
Major Walter Gordon Wilson
British Army Major
Walthamstow Windmill
(1676-1800) windmill
Henry Winstanley
Peter De Wint
(1784-1849) artist
Wolverhampton Wolfpack
Kabaddi team
Wool Hall, Chester
(1545-1750) wool hall
National Federation of Women Workers
Sunderland Parish Workhouse
(1740-present) workhouse
Kimberley Workshops
(1818-present) workshop
James Worswick
(1771-1843) Catholic Priest
Sir Christopher Wren PRS
(1632-1723) architect
Katja Wulff
(1890-1992) choreographer