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List of commemorative plaques in Coventry information


This is a list of commemorative plaques (including blue plaques) in the city of Coventry, England.

Coventry is a city full of rich culture and history with notable figures and events. Typically, notable figures and landmarks which mark the heritage of the city will have a blue plaque nearby to the landmark or statues. Chairman of the Coventry Society, Keith Draper, says, "All over the city, we have plaques of various shapes, sizes and colours that tell the story of prominent people and their achievements, and of important events".[1] The list of plaques can be found below.

  1. ^ Griffin, Mary (5 July 2011). "Coventry Society asks people to help compile city plaques gallery". CoventryLive. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

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List of commemorative plaques in Coventry

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List of blue plaques

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This list of blue plaques is an annotated list of people or events in the United Kingdom that have been commemorated by blue plaques. The plaques themselves...

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Earlsdon

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electoral ward of Coventry, England. It lies approximately one mile to the southwest of Coventry City Centre. It is the birthplace of aviation pioneer...

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Ira Aldridge

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performances of Shakespeare's classics eventually met with critical acclaim and he subsequently became the manager of Coventry's Coventry Theatre Royal...

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Estadio Azteca

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"Goal of the Century" against England. There is also a commemorative plaque with the names of the first goal scorer in the inaugural match and in the first...

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Bristol Cenotaph

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completed after the Arch of Remembrance in Leicester in 1925, the Coventry War Memorial in 1927, and the Liverpool Cenotaph in 1930. Unusually, it was...

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Frank Whittle

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Whittle himself during his life. A commemorative plaque marks the house in Newcombe Road, Earlsdon, Coventry, in which he was born and lived until age...

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Bedworth

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/ˈbɛdərθ/) is a market town in the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire, England. It is situated between Coventry, 6 miles (9.5 km) to the south...

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James Brindley

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completion of his Birmingham Canal, at St. James in Newchapel in Staffordshire, England. The commemorative plaque (1956) at the church shows his date of death...

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Stolperstein

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upheld in 2015; other forms of commemoration, like plaques on the walls of individual houses, and a central memorial displaying the names of the people...

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Daimler Company

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manufacturer founded in London by H. J. Lawson in 1896, which set up its manufacturing base in Coventry. The company bought the right to the use of the Daimler...

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Nice

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Nice from 1911 to 1919 at the corner of the Rue Alfred Mortier and the Quai St Jean Baptiste. A commemorative plaque is affixed to it. Dick Rivers (1945...

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Arnold Wesker

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out to the provinces. Rather than opening in the West End, its premiere was seen at the provincial Coventry Theatre, a locale which typified Wesker's...

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Lord Leycester Hospital

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Retrieved 5 June 2018. "Get inside Warwick's secret historic film set". BBC Coventry and Warwickshire. Retrieved 26 July 2005. "Caring for warriors". Church...

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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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planned to establish 30 commemorative plaques in three years. Nagasaki was rebuilt in dramatically changed form after the war. The pace of reconstruction was...

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Elizabeth Emblem

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those killed in fire tragedy 40 years ago". Evening Times. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2018. Bridge, Bobby (22 July 2022). "Coventry police officer...

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Air India Flight 182

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British Rail Class 390

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Mackintosh's trademark moustache on the front and his name displayed in his own lettering on plaques on either side, arrived into Glasgow Central Station at 09...

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Bath Abbey

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several notable people, in the form of wall and floor plaques and commemorative stained glass. The church has two organs and a peal of ten bells. The west...

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List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests

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Phish concert tours and festivals

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Airport in the small town of Coventry, Vermont. An estimated 65,000-68,000 attended. Phish was the only band at the event, performing six sets of music...

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Tony Benn

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thousands of hours of content. During his final years in Parliament, Benn placed three plaques within the Houses of Parliament. Two are in a room between...

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List of pastoral visits of Pope John Paul II

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George Gilbert Scott

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