London’s blue plaques scheme, run by English Heritage, celebrates the links between notable figures of the past and the buildings in which they lived and worked. Founded in 1866, it has inspired many similar schemes in the UK and around the world.
THE OLDEST SURVIVING PLAQUE GOES TO the last French Emperor, Napoleon III
Plaque erected in 1990 by English Heritage at Queen’s Hotel, 122 Church Road, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 2UG, London Borough of Croydon
Plaque erected in 1978 by Greater London Council at 21 Hanover Square, Mayfair, London, W1S 1JW, City of Westminster
Plaque erected in 1981 by Greater London Council at 18 Burnley Road, Stockwell, London, SW9 0SJ, London Borough of Lambeth
Plaque erected in 1867 by (Royal) Society of Arts at 1c King Street, St James’s, London, SW1Y 6QG, City of Westminster
Plaque erected in 2001 by English Heritage at 21 Pelham Crescent, South Kensington, London, SW7 2NR, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Plaque erected in 1961 by London County Council at 15 Morden Road, Blackheath, London, SE3 0AA, London Borough of Greenwich
Plaque erected in 2017 by English Heritage at 25 Winthorpe Road, Putney, London, SW15 2LW, London Borough of Wandsworth
Plaque erected in 1984 by Greater London Council at 4 Carlton Gardens, St James’s, London, SW1Y 5AA, City of Westminster
Plaque erected in 1981 by Greater London Council at 4 St James’s Place, St James’s, London, SW1A 1NP, City of Westminster
Plaque erected in 2000 by English Heritage at 72 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 1JB, City of Westminster
Plaque erected in 1954 by London County Council at 98 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, SW10 0DQ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Plaque erected in 1969 by Greater London Council at 58 Queen Anne Street, Marylebone, London, W1G 8HW, City of Westminster
THE OLDEST SURVIVING PLAQUE GOES TO the last French Emperor, Napoleon III
Plaque erected in 1976 by Greater London Council at 27 Stamford Brook Road, Chiswick, London, W6 0XJ, London Borough of Hounslow
Polytechnic, Grosvenor Street, All Saints, Manchester, United Kingdom