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|  National Sporting Club - King Street, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This City of Westminster green plaque indicates that "this building was once known as the National Sporting Club". The building that it is attached to is on the north west side of King Street opposite Covent Garden market. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/28/2016 last visited: never |
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|  Thomas Arne - 31 King Street, London, UK
in Blue Plaques A lesser known composer that was born and buried close to this plaque. Unusually he lived his whole life at the same address. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 7/16/2011 last visited: 5/26/2012 |
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|  William Shipley - Henrietta Street, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This green, Westminster City Council plaque, is to William Shipley and indicates that he "held the foundation meeting of The (Royal) Society of Arts in Rawthmell's coffee house on this site 22 March 1754". posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 9/16/2016 last visited: never |
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|  Working Donkeys - Covent Garden, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This plaque, to the Working Donkeys of Covent Garden, is located on the south east side of Covent Garden at the junction with Southampton Street and Henrietta Street. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 9/17/2014 last visited: 7/17/2016 |
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|  Jane Austen - Henrietta Street, London, UK
in Blue Plaques A City of Westminster green plaque, to the novelist Jane Austen, is mounted on a building on the south east side of Henrietta Street a short walk from London's Covent Garden. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/8/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Voltaire - Maiden Lane, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This Westminster City Council green plaque, erected to Voltaire, is located on the south east side of Maiden Lane a short walk to the south of Covent Garden. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 9/17/2014 last visited: 2/5/2021 |
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|  Ambrose Godfrey -- Southampton Street, City of Westminster, London, UK
in Blue Plaques The blue plaque for Ambrose Godfrey, at 30-32 Southampton Street in Westminster, near Covent Garden posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/23/2016 last visited: 8/25/2016 |
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|  William Terriss - Maiden Lane, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This green "blue" plaque is on the rear of the Adelphi theatre in Maiden Lane. The theatre fronts onto Strand a little way to the north east of Trafalgar Square. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/3/2013 last visited: never |
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|  Meeting place of Johnson and Boswell
in Blue Plaques Scene of the first meeting between Dr Samuel Johnson and his biographer James Boswell. posted by: Team Sieni location: United Kingdom date approved: 1/12/2008 last visited: 5/26/2012 |
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|  Joseph Mallord William Turner - Exchange Court, Maiden Lane, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This City of Westminster green plaque, to the artist Turner, is attached to a building on the south east side of Maiden Lane in Exchange Court. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/8/2014 last visited: 10/12/2014 |
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|  Charles Dickens - Writer - London
in Blue Plaques a blue plaque stating that Charles Dickens worked here as a boy
1824 - 1825 posted by: Norfolk12 location: United Kingdom date approved: 7/6/2009 last visited: 2/1/2013 |
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|  Gatti Family - Strand, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This City of Westminster green plaque advises that this was the "site of the Adelphi Theatre Restaurant owned by the Swiss-Italian Gatti Family". The plaque is attached to a building on the north west side of Strand next to the Adelphi theatre. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/28/2016 last visited: never |
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|  Gertrude Fogg - New Row, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This blue plaque to Gertrude Fogg is attached to Mr Fogg's Tavern at the junction of St Martin's Lane and New Row. The plaque is on the New Row face of the building. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 10/29/2015 last visited: never |
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|  Charles Dickens - Wellington Street, Westminster, London, UK
in Blue Plaques Another Charles Dickens blue plaque. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/12/2011 last visited: 6/30/2015 |
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|  Th RAF, London
in Blue Plaques Plaque commemorating the formation of the Royal Air Force, on the 1st April 1918. posted by: Team Sieni location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/12/2011 last visited: 7/17/2016 |
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|  Sir Alec Guinness - Monmouth Street, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This plaque, in the shape of a cinema film strip, is in recognition of Alec Guinness. It is on the west side of Monmouth Street on a wall of the Equity offices. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/8/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Old Slaughters Coffee House - Cranbourn Street, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This green plaque, placed by the City of Westminster, is attached to a building on the south east side of Cranbourn Street close to one of the entrances to the Leicester Square tube station. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 6/18/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Thomas de Quincey, London
in Blue Plaques Thomas De Quincey (1785 – 1859) wrote his most famous work, "Confessions of an English Opium Eater" at this address. posted by: Team Sieni location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/12/2011 last visited: 8/12/2011 |
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|  The Mousetrap - West Street, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This blue plaque is attached to the front of St Martin's Theatre on the north east side of West Street - opposite The Ivy. The plaque is for the 50th anniversary of the world's longest running play - "The Mousetrap". posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 6/21/2014 last visited: 12/15/2017 |
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|  Ken Colyer - Great Newport Street, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This green plaque, to Ken Colyer and erected by Westminster City Council, is attached to a building on the north side of Great Newport Street. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 6/21/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Hobby-Horse Bicycle - Long Acre, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This City of Westminster green plaque, to Dennis Johnson and his hobby-horse bicycle, is located on the south east side of Long Acre at the junction with Drury Lane. The first hobby-horse bicycle was made and sold in 1819. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 11/26/2014 last visited: never |
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|  W A Mozart and Family - Cecil Court, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This blue plaque, to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his family, is attached to a building on the south side of Cecil Court, a pedestrianised street that connects Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 6/22/2014 last visited: 5/24/2021 |
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|  Savoy Theatre - Carting Lane, London, UK
in Blue Plaques The green "blue" plaque is attached to the south west face of the Savoy Theatre, close to the stage door, in Carting Lane. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 6/14/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Sidney Webb - Cranbourn Street, London, UK
in Blue Plaques A plaque to Sidney Webb also known as Lord Passfield. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 8/6/2011 last visited: never |
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|  RSA - John Adam Street, London, UK
in Blue Plaques This orange "blue" plaque is attached to the RSA building on the north west side of John Adam Street. posted by: Master Mariner location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 6/9/2014 last visited: 7/17/2016 |
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