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Plaque schemes are listed below according to region and , apart from thematic schemes which have a national remit. the list includes: the name of the erecting body (with a hyperlink to a website where possible); a note of whether the scheme is active, dormant, proposed or complete; and a link to an email contact where available. While not all organisations give details of their plaques on their websites, the information included on the register should enable you to contact those responsible for a particular scheme. In a few cases, plaques are described as ‘orphaned’, which indicates that they are no longer actively managed or maintained by the organisation that erected them. is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

Bedfordshire actIVE council Various historical schemes

Bedfordshire coMPlEtEd contact

East History society 1997-2004

Bedfordshire coMPlEtEd contact town council

Blue actIVE contact Plaques scheme since 2001

Cambridgeshire Eatons actIVE contact community association 1 plaque schemes across england

Cambridgeshire actIVE contact oral History group

Cambridgeshire society ad Hoc one-off plaque erected in 2011, more hoped for.

Cambridgeshire actIVE contact civic society since the 1960s

Cambridgeshire st Ives actIVE contact East civic society since 2008

Cambridgeshire local actIVE contact History society

(Basildon) ProPosEd contact Foundation for no IMagE Essex arts aVaIlaBlE

essex Braintree and actIVE contact Bocking civic since 2010 society 2 plaque schemes across england

essex canvey Island no scHEME contact town council but has installed a one-off plaque

essex actIVE contact Borough council since 1987

essex coggeshall coMPlEtEd contact Heritage society 2004-2005

essex colchester coMPlEtEd contact East Borough council but proposals still considered on a case by case basis

essex colchester dorMant civic society no IMagE aVaIlaBlE

essex Essex county coMPlEtEd contact council 1989-2002

essex actIVE contact civic society since 2008

3 plaque schemes across england

essex actIVE contact town council since 1997

essex Maldon society coMPlEtEd contact 2002-2005

essex rayleigh actIVE contact town council since the 1990s. also plaques erected by the Historical society in the 1970s.

essex rochford actIVE contact East Hundred no IMagE Historical society aVaIlaBlE

essex southend on sea coMPlEtEd Borough council council scheme now orphaned

essex local actIVE contact History society, since 2002 in parternship with thurrock council & the thurrock Heritage Forum

coMPlEtEd contact town council Heritage Walk

4 plaque schemes across england

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire coMPlEtEd in 1989 by the county council but now orphaned

Hertfordshire Historical actIVE contact society since 2000

Hertfordshire Hitchin Historical actIVE contact society since 2000

Hertfordshire Hitchin Historical actIVE contact East society since 2000

Hertfordshire actIVE contact Borough council First scheme in 1999, new scheme started in 2009

Hertfordshire Welwyn Hatfield actIVE contact Borough council First scheme in 1999, new scheme started in 2009

Norfolk Fakenham local coMPlEtEd contact History society 2000 Millennium scheme

5 plaque schemes across england

Norfolk great Yarmouth actIVE contact and district since 1981 archaeological society

Norfolk Hunstanton civic actIVE contact society since 2004 no IMagE aVaIlaBlE

Norfolk King’s lynn actIVE contact (Borough council Various historic plaques 1910-1982. and rotary club) since 1992 scheme run by rotary club.

Norfolk north Walsham coMPlEtEd East rotary club in 2005

Norfolk actIVE contact since 2006. replaces norwich city council scheme which finished in 2005.

Norfolk Wells-next-the- coMPlEtEd contact sea local History 2000 Millennium scheme group

Bury society coMPlEtE contact (Bury st Historic plaques from 1906/7. Edmunds) Heritage trail completed in 2012. 6 plaque schemes across england

Suffolk Felixstowe society actIVE contact since 2010 no IMagE aVaIlaBlE

Suffolk society actIVE contact ad hoc scheme in the 1970s; the society started the current scheme in 1999. Waveney district coMPlEtEd contact council in the 1990s covering lowestoft, Bungay and Beccles. considering a new scheme.

Suffolk the Woodbridge actIVE contact society since 2008

Bolsover actIVE contact civic society since 2011

derbyshire Chesterfield & actIVE contact district civic since the late 1980s society

East derbyshire no scHEME contact civic society but has information on historic no IMagE plaques in the city aVaIlaBlE 7 plaque schemes across england

derbyshire derbyshire actIVE contact county council since 2010

derbyshire Matlock civic actIVE contact association

ashby-de-la- dorMant contact Museum started in the 1980s

leicestershire DLANDS Burbage Heritage actIVE contact

MI group AST E

leicestershire charnwood coMPlEtEd contact Borough council 2006-2008

leicestershire Hinckley and actIVE contact Bosworth since the mid 1990s. Hinckley civic Borough council society (now defunct) also erected 3 plaques.

leicestershire coMPlEtEd contact city council

8 plaque schemes across england

leicestershire actIVE contact civic society

leicestershire Mountsorrel no scHEME contact Parish council but there are some old private no IMagE plaques in the parish aVaIlaBlE

leicestershire stoke golding coMPlEtEd

leicestershire DLANDS actIVE contact

MI , the since 2005 Friends of AST E

leicestershire Wigston civic coMPlEtEd contact society & the in 2007 no IMagE greater Wigston aVaIlaBlE Historical society

Barton-upon- actIVE contact Humber since 1986 civic society

Lincolnshire grantham actIVE contact civic society since 2011

9 plaque schemes across england

Lincolnshire grimsby, coMPlEtEd contact cleethorpes & cleethorpes Heritage trail was district civic finished in 2008; Grimsby Heritage society trail was completed in 2010.

Lincolnshire grimsby, coMPlEtEd contact cleethorpes & cleethorpes Heritage trail was district civic finished in 2008; Grimsby Heritage society trail was completed in 2010.

Lincolnshire lincoln actIVE contact civic trust

Lincolnshire DLANDS lincoln actIVE contact

MI city council since 1974 AST E

Lincolnshire stamford ad Hoc contact civic society town also has historic plaques

Lincolnshire Winteringham VIrtual PlaquEs scHEME contact local History VIrtual PlaquEs

NorthamptoNshire coMPlEtEd Borough council in 1988

10 plaque schemes across england

Northamptonshire and actIVE contact district civic since 1991 society

Northamptonshire towcester & coMPlEtEd contact district local in 2002 - Millennium Project History society

NottiNghamshire no scHEME contact council but the council is happy to support community groups in their efforts to preserve and dlands interpret local heritage. mi newark actIVE contact archaeological since 1973. also some historic East & local History plaques from 1910. society

Nottinghamshire civic coMPlEtEd society several historic schemes

Nottinghamshire south Broxtowe actIVE since 2009. contact Joint Working comprised of Beeston & district civic Party on Plaques society and local History society, sta- pleford & district local History society, conservation society and History group.

Barking and coMPlEtEd dagenham no IMagE council

london aVaIlaBlE 11 plaque schemes across england

LONDON Bow Heritage trail coMPlEtEd contact (tower Hamlets) in 1990 by Bow neighbourhood

LONDON the no scHEME contact society () currently no IMagE aVaIlaBlE

LONDON council actIVE contact no IMagE aVaIlaBlE

LONDON cecil court ad Hoc contact traders’ since 2011

LONDON association

LONDON actIVE contact corporation

LONDON the clapham actIVE contact society since 2010

LONDON croydon Heritage coMPlEtEd service in 2000 no IMagE aVaIlaBlE 12 plaque schemes across england

LONDON civic actIVE contact society since 2004

LONDON Enfield Council coMPlEtEd but still assists groups such as no IMagE the southgate district civic trust aVaIlaBlE erect plaques

LONDON English Heritage actIVE contact since 1866. scheme previously administered by the , and the council.

LONDON greenwich ad Hoc contact society LONDON

LONDON Hackney council coMPlEtEd

LONDON Hammersmith & actIVE contact Fulham Historic since 2004 Buidlings group

LONDON the ProPosEd contact garden suburb two plaques erected in their trust & residents’ centenary year, 2007 association 13 (Barnet) plaque schemes across england

LONDON Haringey council coMPlEtEd 2007-2011

LONDON Harrow Heritage actIVE contact trust since 1988

LONDON Heath & actIVE contact Hampstead society (formally known as the Hampstead Plaque Fund)

LONDON Hillingdon council actIVE contact since 2008 LONDON

LONDON Islington council actIVE contact since 2010. Previous scheme in the 1970s.

LONDON Jewish East End ad Hoc contact celebration since 2003 society (tower Hamlets)

LONDON lewisham council actIVE contact

14 plaque schemes across england

LONDON lissenden coMPlEtEd gardens in 2007 residents & tenants assn. (camden)

LONDON Marchmont actIVE contact association since 2009 (camden)

LONDON newham council coMPlEtEd contact no IMagE aVaIlaBlE

LONDON Putney society actIVE contact (Wandsworth) since 2006 LONDON

LONDON southbank actIVE contact Mosaics since 2004

LONDON southwark coMPlEtEd contact council 2003-2010

LONDON Waltham Forest actIVE contact Heritage since 1993. Plaques previously Plaque scheme erected by leyton urban district ratepayers association in 1909 and 15 Walthamstow Borough council. plaque schemes across england

LONDON Wandsworth actIVE contact council since 2007

LONDON Wandsworth actIVE contact society since 1985 london

LONDON Westminster actIVE contact city council since 1991

Barnard castle coMPlEtEd contact Blue Plaque trail

County Durham coMPlEtEd contact Heritage trail

NorthumBerlaNd greater Morpeth ProPosEd contact nortH East nortH development no IMagE trust aVaIlaBlE

tyNe & Wear gateshead actIVE contact council since 1970

16 plaque schemes across england

Tyne & Wear newcastle actIVE contact city council since 1976

Tyne & Wear north tyneside actIVE contact council Includes plaques erected by tyne & Wear county council, now defunct, which also erected plaques in south tyneside. ast

e Tyne & Wear south Hylton coMPlEtEd H contact local History in 2012 society NORT

North Middlesbrough actIVE contact Heritage group since 1996

NORTH yorkshire redcar and actIVE contact since 2011 Borough council

Knutsford town actIVE contact council

Cheshire Weaverham coMPlEtEd contact

nortH WEst nortH History society in 2008 (in partnership with Weaverham trust 17 and Parish council) plaque schemes across england

Penrith & Eden coMPlEtEd contact Museum

greater Manchester actIVE contact city council since 1960s. new scheme started 2011.

Greater Manchester council actIVE no IMagE aVaIlaBlE ST

Greater Manchester

H WE rochdale actIVE contact council NORT

Greater Manchester saddleworth civic actIVE contact trust since 2011

Greater Manchester salford dorMant contact city council

Greater Manchester stockport coMPlEtEd contact Heritage trust in 2007

18 plaque schemes across england

Greater Manchester tameside actIVE contact Metropolitan no IMagE Borough council aVaIlaBlE

Greater Manchester trafford council actIVE contact since 1989

Blackburn coMPlEtEd contact civic society civic society is now defunct but the local History society has records of Blackburn’s plaques ST

Lancashire H WE Blackpool actIVE contact civic trust NORT

Lancashire Burnley actIVE contact civic trust since 2005

Lancashire chipping local actIVE contact History society since 2008

Lancashire chorley actIVE contact civic society since 1990. re-started in 2010.

19 plaque schemes across england

Lancashire clitheroe civic no scHEME contact society but has information on historic plaques in the town

Lancashire lancaster actIVE contact civic society since 1984

Lancashire longridge coMPlEtEd contact Heritage group in 2007 ST

Lancashire H WE lytham st annes actIVE contact civic society since 1990 NORT

Lancashire Preston city actIVE contact council since 2000 no IMagE in conjunction with aVaIlaBlE Preston & south ribble civic trust

Lancashire rossendale coMPlEtEd Borough council Various historic schemes

Knowsley Metropolitan coMPlEtEd contact 20 Borough council 2006 - 2011 plaque schemes across england

Merseyside coMPlEtEd contact ST city council several phases; some historic plaques. H WE

Merseyside sefton council ad Hoc NORT

Berkshire Windsor & actIVE Maidenhead, royal Borough

Berkshire Wokingham actIVE contact society since 1980

BuckiNghamshire aylesbury society actIVE contact since 2002 soutH East

Buckinghamshire Wycombe district coMPlEtEd contact council in 2008

east and actIVE contact Hove city council

21 plaque schemes across england

East Sussex Eastbourne coMPlEtEd Borough council in 2006. run in conjunction no IMagE with the Eastbourne society aVaIlaBlE but now orphaned.

East Sussex Hastings Borough actIVE contact council since 1997

East Sussex lewes town actIVE contact council since 1980s in partnership with the Friends of lewes AST

East Sussex

H E regency society coMPlEtEd contact of Brighton & started in 1952; see Brighton Hove and Hove city council for current scheme. SOUT

Basingstoke actIVE contact Heritage society since 1983

Hampshire Fareham society actIVE contact since 1980s

Hampshire Hythe & dibden actIVE contact Parish council since 2005

22 plaque schemes across england

Hampshire odiham society actIVE contact since 2011

Hampshire Petersfield Society coMPlEtEd contact in 2008

Hampshire Porchester society coMPlEtEd contact in 2007 AST

Hampshire

H E actIVE contact city council SOUT

Hampshire romsey & coMPlEtEd contact district society in 2005

Hampshire actIVE contact city council after various historic initiatives

Hampshire West End ProPosEd contact Parish council no IMagE aVaIlaBlE 23 plaque schemes across england

isle of White Ventnor & district actIVE contact local History since 2007 society

canterbury actIVE contact city council since 2003

Kent cranbrook coMPlEtEd contact Heritage trail in partnership with tunbridge Wells Borough council. AST

Kent

H E dartford Borough actIVE contact council since 2005 SOUT

Kent the deal society actIVE contact since 2000

Kent dover society actIVE contact since 2000

Kent Faversham actIVE contact town council since 1952

24 plaque schemes across england

Kent Hawkhurst coMPlEtEd contact community in 2009. Hawkhurst Heritage Partnership trail created in partnership with tunbridge Wells Borough council.

Kent the ramsgate actIVE contact society since 2010

Kent tunbridge Wells dorMant contact Borough council scheme in partnership with the royal tunbridge Wells civic society. AST Kent

H E Wilmington Parish actIVE contact council since 2010 SOUT

oxfordshire Blue actIVE contact Plaques scheme since 1999

Oxfordshire Woodstock town coMPlEtEd contact council in 2012

the Bourne actIVE contact society since 1988 no IMagE aVaIlaBlE 25 plaque schemes across england

Surrey & district actIVE contact Preservation since 1980s society

Surrey dorking Heritage coMPlEtE trail Mole Valley district council initiative

Surrey the Elmbridge actIVE contact Hundred Project since 2009 AST

Surrey

H E Esher residents’ actIVE contact association since 2010 no IMagE aVaIlaBlE SOUT

Surrey Farnham coMPlEtEd town council in 2007 - Heritage trail no IMagE aVaIlaBlE

Surrey Haslemere actIVE contact society since 2007

Surrey leatherhead coMPlEtE Heritage trail Mole Valley district council initiative 26 plaque schemes across england

Surrey thames ditton actIVE contact & Weston since 2011 green residents’ association

West sussex adur & Worthing no scHEME councils but has information on the plaques of Worthing and shoreham-by-sea

West Sussex chichester actIVE contact city council since 2006 no IMagE AST aVaIlaBlE H E

West Sussex coMPlEtEd

SOUT arts council in 2007 no IMagE (now defunct) aVaIlaBlE

West Sussex Horsham district actIVE contact council since 1999

West Sussex the Worthing actIVE contact society since 1985

Bristol actIVE contact city council no IMagE WEst

soutH aVaIlaBlE 27 plaque schemes across england

Bristol retired actIVE contact Professional since 2006 Engineers’ club (Bristol)

Bristol clifton & Hotwells actIVE contact Improvement with many historic plaques society

lostwithiel coMPlEtEd contact Museum in 2008 association ST

Cornwall

H WE Par old cornwall coMPlEtEd contact society in 2010 SOUT

Cornwall Penzance actIVE contact town council since 2008

Cornwall st austell old actIVE contact cornwall society on an ad hoc basis

axminster tourist actIVE contact Information since 2011 no IMagE centre aVaIlaBlE 28 plaque schemes across england

Devon dartington coMPlEtEd contact Hall trust in 2011

Devon Exeter civic actIVE contact society also historic schemes

Devon Exmouth actIVE contact civic society for several years no IMagE aVaIlaBlE ST

Devon

H WE otter Valley coMPlEtEd contact association in 1996 in Budleigh salterton SOUT

Devon Plymouth actIVE contact city council since the 1970s

Devon sid Vale actIVE contact association no IMagE aVaIlaBlE

Devon tavistock town coMPlEtEd contact council in 2008

29 plaque schemes across england

Devon torbay actIVE contact civic society since 1978

coMPlEtEd Borough council council scheme now orphaned no IMagE aVaIlaBlE

Dorset Poole Heritage actIVE contact Forum also historic schemes funded by the society of Poole Men and Poole Borough council ST

Dorset

H WE Weymouth coMPlEtEd contact civic society SOUT

cheltenham civic actIVE contact society since 1925. re-started in 1982.

Gloucestershire chipping sodbury actIVE contact rotary club since 2008

Gloucestershire cirencester civic actIVE contact society since 1975 no IMagE aVaIlaBlE 30 plaque schemes across england

Gloucestershire tetbury and dorMant contact district no IMagE civic society aVaIlaBlE

Bath & north East dorMant contact somerset council Historic bronze plaque scheme

Somerset Bridgwater & actIVE contact district since 2006 civic society ST

Somerset

H WE chard town actIVE contact council since 1992 no IMagE aVaIlaBlE SOUT

Somerset crewkerne civic coMPlEtEd contact society in 2001

Somerset Frome society for actIVE contact local study since 1970

Somerset Martock coMPlEtEd contact Parish council no IMagE aVaIlaBlE 31 plaque schemes across england

Somerset Wells actIVE contact civic society ST

Wiltshire salisbury actIVE contact H WE civic society SOUT

trowbridge actIVE contact civic society since 1990

Hereford actIVE contact city council in conjunction with the Hereford no IMagE civic society aVaIlaBlE

Herefordshire ross on Wye actIVE contact & district civic since 1985 society

Broseley local actIVE contact History society since 2007

Shropshire ludlow coMPlEtEd contact civic society in 2003

32 plaque schemes across england

Shropshire the shifnal actIVE contact society since 2001

leek & district actIVE contact civic society since 2013 no IMagE aVaIlaBlE

Staffordshire newcastle- actIVE contact under-lyme civic since 2004 society

Staffordshire DLANDS tamworth ProPosEd contact

MI Borough council in 2011 no IMagE

ST aVaIlaBlE WE

WarWickshire royal leamington actIVE contact spa town council since 2008

West midlaNds civic actIVE contact society since 1953

WEST MIDLANDS Birmingham coMPlEtEd contact

33 plaque schemes across england

WEST MIDLANDS dudley actIVE Metropolitan since 1986 Borough council

WEST MIDLANDS sandwell council actIVE contact since 2007. covers schemes in oldbury, rowley regis, tipton, smethwick, Wednesbury and West Bromwich.

WEST MIDLANDS Willenhall local coMPlEtEd contact History group in 2006 no IMagE aVaIlaBlE

WEST MIDLANDS DLANDS actIVE contact

MI civic & Historical since 1983 no IMagE society

ST aVaIlaBlE WE Malvern civic actIVE contact society since the 1990s

Worcestershire Pershore actIVE contact civic society

Worcestershire redditch local ProPosEd contact History society as part of 2014 50th anniversary no IMagE celebrations of redditch new town aVaIlaBlE 34 plaque schemes across england

Worcestershire tenbury Wells & coMPlEtEd contact

district civic & in 2010

Historical society ST WE DLANDS Worcestershire

MI Worcester actIVE contact civic society since 2011

east ridiNg avenues and actIVE contact Pearson Park since 1970s residents’ association (Hull)

East Riding Hornsea & ProPosEd contact district civic in 2011. old scheme no IMagE society completed in the 1970s. aVaIlaBlE

East Riding Howden coMPlEtEd contact civic society in 2004 YorKsHIrE

East Riding Hull city council actIVE contact since 1953

North yorkshire actIVE contact civic society since 1983

35 plaque schemes across england

north YORKSHIRE Knaresborough coMPlEtEd civic society in 2008

north YORKSHIRE ripon actIVE contact civic society since 1980s

north YORKSHIRE scarborough civic actIVE contact society since 1974 E R

HI north YORKSHIRE S

K selby actIVE contact civic society since 1990s OR Y

north YORKSHIRE stokesley society actIVE since 1970s

north YORKSHIRE thirsk town coMPlEtEd contact council 2002-2009 no IMagE aVaIlaBlE

north YORKSHIRE civic trust actIVE contact since 1938

36 plaque schemes across england

coMPlEtEd Metropolitan in 2008. Plaques now orphaned. Borough council

south YORKSHIRE actIVE contact civic trust since 1987

south YORKSHIRE ad Hoc contact Historic Buildings society E R

HI south YORKSHIRE S

K actIVE contact district civic since 2012

OR society Y

south YORKSHIRE actIVE contact rotary club since 1980s

south YORKSHIRE swinton Heritage coMPlEtEd contact no IMagE aVaIlaBlE

West yorkshire Bradford coMPlEtEd contact Metropolitan district council 37 plaque schemes across england

Brighouse coMPlEtEd contact civic trust in 1980s

west YORKSHIRE dewsbury coMPlEtEd contact Matters 2005-2007 History group

west YORKSHIRE Halifax actIVE contact civic trust since 1993 E R

HI west YORKSHIRE S Ilkley actIVE contact K civic society since 2004 OR Y

west YORKSHIRE civic trust actIVE contact since 1987

west YORKSHIRE otley town coMPlEtEd contact council

west YORKSHIRE Pontefract actIVE contact civic society

38 plaque schemes across england

west YORKSHIRE ripponden Parish ad Hoc contact council

west YORKSHIRE spen Valley coMPlEtEd contact E

R civic society in 2008 HI S K

west YORKSHIRE OR

Y actIVE contact civic society since 1995

yorkshire Yorkshire society actIVE contact since 1985 across Yorkshire

GROUPS British comedy actIVE contact society (formerly the dead comics society)

GROUPS British Film coMPlEtEd Insitute in 1996. centenary plaques marking 100 years of cinema. now orphaned. grouPs

GROUPS directors’ guild of actIVE contact great Britain since 2004

39 plaque schemes across england

GROUPS Firemen actIVE contact remembered since 2000

GROUPS Heritage actIVE contact Foundation

GROUPS Institute of Physics actIVE contact since 1997 S P GROUPS Institution of civil actIVE contact Engineers since 1979 GROU

GROUPS the Music actIVE contact Hall guild

GROUPS narrative Eye ad Hoc contact since 2011

GROUPS nubian Jak actIVE contact Heritage Plaque since 2006 scheme 40 plaque schemes across england

GROUPS Performing rights actIVE society no IMagE aVaIlaBlE

GROUPS Plastics Historical actIVE contact society since 2002

GROUPS railway actIVE contact Heritage trust since 1994 S P GROUPS royal aeronautical actIVE contact society since 2007 GROU

GROUPS royal society actIVE contact of chemistry

GROUPS royal television ad Hoc contact society

GROUPS transport trust actIVE contact since 2008

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