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A "blue plaque" is a sign attached to a house where (maybe) someone famous once lived, or placed where a notable event took place, or attached to a building that is remarkable in another way.

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Blue PlaquesJames Figg, Thame, Buckinghamshire, UK

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James Figg was an English prize fighter and pioneer in the development of boxing. He was the first recognised champion of England at fighting with bare fists and is sometimes called 'the Father of Boxing'

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Team Sieni

location: Southern England, United Kingdom

date approved: 5/12/2013

last visited: never

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Blue PlaquesEdith Wharton - New York, NY

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The childhood home of author Edith Wharton is now a mostly commercial building on 14 W. 23rd Street in Manhattan.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: New York

date approved: 5/12/2013

last visited: never

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Blue PlaquesPercy Dearmer - London, England

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A blue plaque identifies the residence, for four years, of priest and liturgist Percy Dearmer.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: London, United Kingdom

date approved: 5/12/2013

last visited: 5/22/2013

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Blue PlaquesRichard Tauber - London, England

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A blue plaque identifies the large Kendal Street apartment building where tenor Richard Tauber lived in for one year in London.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: London, United Kingdom

date approved: 5/11/2013

last visited: 5/22/2013

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Blue PlaquesOlive Schreiner - London, England

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A blue plaque is located outside the house that author Olive Schreiner resided when she lived in London.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: London, United Kingdom

date approved: 5/11/2013

last visited: 5/22/2013

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Blue PlaquesLord Randolph Churchill - London, England

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Lord Randolph Churchill lived in this building at Connaught Place and Edgware Road for 9 years. It is adjacent to Hyde Park in London.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: London, United Kingdom

date approved: 5/10/2013

last visited: 5/18/2013

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Blue PlaquesSir Alexander Fleming - London, England

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A Maroon Plaque identifies the laboratory of Alexander Fleming at St. Mary's Hospital in London, England.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: London, United Kingdom

date approved: 5/10/2013

last visited: 5/22/2013

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Blue PlaquesPlaque bleue de Betty Baldwin, Québec, Canada

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Plaque bleue de Betty Baldwin, Québec, Canada

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member lyturmel

location: Quebec, Canada

date approved: 5/6/2013

last visited: 5/9/2013

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Blue PlaquesPlaque bleue de Ernest Gagnon, Québec, Canada

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Plaque bleue de Ernest Gagnon, Québec, Canada

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member lyturmel

location: Quebec, Canada

date approved: 5/6/2013

last visited: never

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Blue PlaquesPlaque bleue Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Québec, Canada

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Plaque bleue de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Québec, Canada

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member lyturmel

location: Quebec, Canada

date approved: 5/6/2013

last visited: never

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Blue PlaquesPlaque bleue Sir James MacPherson LeMoine

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Plaque bleue de Sir James MacPherson LeMoine, Québec, Canada

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member lyturmel

location: Quebec, Canada

date approved: 5/6/2013

last visited: never

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Blue PlaquesSt Thomas the Apostle Church - Great St Thomas Apostle, London, UK

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This blue plaque is fixed to a wall to the south of the Gresham building at the junction of Great St Thomas Apostle and Queen Street.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Master Mariner

location: London, United Kingdom

date approved: 5/4/2013

last visited: never

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Blue PlaquesFormer Wool Exchange and Post Office - Bradford, UK

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This was one of Bradford's first public buildings and was built in the Greek Revival style.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dtrebilc

location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/27/2013

last visited: never

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Blue PlaquesFirst General Strike In Britain – Stalybridge, UK

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This blue plaque on the remains of the former town hall recognises the part played by the town of Stalybridge in the first general strike in 1842.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dtrebilc

location: Northwest England, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/15/2013

last visited: never

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Blue PlaquesHarry Relph "Little Tich" Cudham, Kent, UK

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A plaque on the Blacksmiths Arms in Cudham, the birthplace of the musichall comedian Harry Relph, known as "Little Tich".

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Team Sieni

location: United Kingdom

date approved: 4/14/2013

last visited: never

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Blue PlaquesJohn Wesley - Wesley's House, City Road, London, UK

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This blue plaque is located on the front of Wesley's House that is just south of Wesley's Chapel on the east side of City Road in London.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Master Mariner

location: London, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/14/2013

last visited: never

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Blue PlaquesThe Sailors Bethel - Newcastle Upon TYne, UK

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This blue plaque tells us the history of this small church erected for sailors using the port of Newcastle.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dtrebilc

location: Northeast England, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/12/2013

last visited: never

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Blue PlaquesGuildhall - Blue Plaque - Great Yarmouth Minster - Norfolk, Great Britain.

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The GUILDHALL blue plaque, located at St Nicholas Church in Great Yarmouth Minster, Norfolk, Great Britain.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Lord Abercrombie

location: Eastern England, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/11/2013

last visited: 3/22/2013

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Blue PlaquesThomas Vaughan - Blue Plaque - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain.

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Great Yarmouth 'body snatcher' Thomas Vaughan marked by blue plaque The plaque was erected at St Nicholas' Church in Great Yarmouth Minster, Norfolk, Great Britain.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Lord Abercrombie

location: Eastern England, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/11/2013

last visited: 3/22/2013

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Blue PlaquesWindmill Theatre - Blue Plaque - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Great Britain

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The Windmill Theatre in Great Yarmouth was originally built in 1908 as the Gem Theatre and is one of Britain's earliest surviving Cine Variety buildings. Now used as an Amusement Arcade and miniature Golf Course.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Lord Abercrombie

location: Eastern England, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/11/2013

last visited: 3/22/2013

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Blue PlaquesThe Sailors' Home - Blue Plaque - Great Yarmouth - Norfolk, Great Britain.

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The Sailors' Home - Great Yarmouth - Home for Shipwrecked Sailors - A Blue Plaque on the building that is now the Tourist Information Centre - Great Yarmouth - Norfolk, Great Britain.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Lord Abercrombie

location: Eastern England, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/10/2013

last visited: never

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Blue PlaquesFormer Quaker School - Bradford, UK

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This plaque is on the outside of a former schoolhouse built by the Quakers in Bradford.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dtrebilc

location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/2/2013

last visited: never

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Blue PlaquesJohn Harvey - Gladstone House - Norwich, Norfolk, Great Britain.

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Gladstone House - Home of John Harvey 1755-1842 He became Sheriff in 1784, Mayor in 1792 and High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1825. He revived horse racing on Mousehold and introduced shawl weaving to Norwich in 1791

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Lord Abercrombie

location: Eastern England, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/2/2013

last visited: 3/20/2013

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Blue PlaquesThomas Bilney - Blue Plaque - Norwich, Norfolk, Great Britain.

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Civic affairs were conducted in the Guildhall building on Gaol Hill, from 1407 until 1938. Magistrates' Courts continued to be held in the Council Chamber until 1977 and prisoners were held in the building until 1980.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Lord Abercrombie

location: Eastern England, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/2/2013

last visited: 4/8/2013

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Blue PlaquesThe Bassingham Gate - Blue Plaque - Norwich, Norfolk, Great Britain.

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Norwich Guildhall is an historic listed building on Gaol Hill in the city of Norwich. A Plaque states that the portal at 57-59 London Street was removed and relocated to the Medieval Guildhall building in 1857.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Lord Abercrombie

location: Eastern England, United Kingdom

date approved: 4/1/2013

last visited: 4/8/2013

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