Blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.
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Many other Blue plaque schemes have since been initiated in the United Kingdom.
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Original blue plaque scheme was established by the Society of Arts in 1867, and since 1986 has been run by English Heritage.
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The earliest blue plaque to survive, put up in 1867, commemorates Napoleon III in King Street, St James's.
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In 1921, the most common plaque design was revised, as it was discovered that glazed Royal Doulton stoneware was cheaper than the encaustic formerly used.
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In 1938, a new Blue plaque design was prepared by an unnamed student at the LCC's Central School of Arts and Crafts and was approved by the committee.
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London County Council Blue plaque at 48 Doughty Street, Holborn, commemorating Charles Dickens .
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In 2021, a Black Lives Matter Blue plaque was erected at the Wolverhampton Heritage Centre to commemorate immigrant rights activist Paulette Wilson, a member of the Windrush generation.
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Oxfordshire blue plaque commemorating the first sub-4-minute mile run by Roger Bannister on 6 May 1954 at the University of Oxford's Iffley Road track.
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York blue plaque commemorating Anne Lister, described as the 'first modern lesbian'.
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