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Sign-O-Pedia: English Heritage Plaque

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English Heritage - an organization that takes care of the restoration and preservation of sites in the United Kingdom, established in 1983.
Before the establishment of the organization, at the end of the 19th century, the care of historical buildings was in the hands of the British Ministry of Labor. The authority to care for historic buildings or sites was expanded, and the pool of buildings kept growing, reaching about 300 sites in 1970. In 1983, under Margaret Thatcher’s rule, the care of buildings was transferred to a body established specifically for this purpose: the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission. This body merged with another body (the Royal Commission), until in 2015 the body was split into two, one with legislative powers, and the other English Heritage - a charitable foundation responsible for the historical sites themselves. Famous sites under the responsibility of the organization are: Stonehenge, Dover Castle, London Wall , Kenwood house and of course the blue round signs found in this series .

Signs placed before 1983 bear the name Greater London Council or the name London County Council (LCC)
(The earliest sign on the site was placed in 1908 )

In 2023 there are more than 900 official signs placed by an organization or its predecessor organizations.

The places on the site that refer to the concept English Heritage Plaque (51-75  of 82)
51 London - commemorative plaque at the place where the painter William Strang lived
52 London - commemorative plaque in the place where the Greek poet Andreas Kalvos lived
53 London - commemorative plaque in the place where the Portuguese embassy was in the 18th century
54 Chessington - the house where children’s author Enid Blyton lived
55 London - the house where the writer Pamela Lyndon Travers
56 London - commemorative plaque at the place where the inventor Richard Arkwright lived
57 London - the house where explorer Robert Falcon Scott lived
58 London - Commemorative plaque at the place where nurse Mary Seacole lived
59 London - Commemorative plaque in the house where the clergyman Tabby Clayton lived
60 London - Commemorative plaque in the house where the architect Thomas Henry Wyatt lived
61 London - commemorative plaque at the place where the architect John Nash lived
62 London - commemorative plaque in the place where the illustrator Randolph Caldecott lived
63 London - commemorative plaque at the place where the cartoonist George du Maurier lived
64 London - Commemorative plaque where the garden designer Fanny Wilkinson lived and worked
65 London - commemorative plaque at the place where Sinologist Arthur Wiley lived
66 London - the place where the world’s first high-definition television broadcast was launched
67 London - commemorative plaque at the birthplace of the mathematician Alan Turing
68 London - commemorative plaque at the place where the singer Al Bowlly lived
69 London - Kenwood House
70 London - London Wall
71 London - Kenwood - site map
72 London - the place where the actor, composer and singer Ivor Novello lived
73 London - the house where the statesman and intellectual Francisco de Miranda lived
74 London - the house where the legislator, diplomat and poet Andrés Bello lived
75 London - the house where puppeteer Jim Henson lived, creator of the "Muppets" series
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