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A 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. The term is used in the United Kingdom in two different senses. It may be used narrowly and specifically to refer to the "official" scheme administered by English Heritage, and currently restricted to sites within Greater London; or it may be used less formally to encompass a number of similar schemes administered by organisations throughout the UK. (Source: Wikipedia)
And it is in the second use of the term that Peterborough Civic Society decided to erect 20 blue plaques to commemorate people and places in Peterborough City Centre in 2017. I am familiar with almost all of the designated blue plaques and at least half of it will be easily covered as they are near to each other. I intend to take on this heritage trail as a photography project at the same time so watch this space.
The Peterborough Blue Plaques heritage trail includes the following:
- St Thomas Becket
- Peterborough County Court
- Embassy Theatre
- Public Library
- Theatre Royal
- John Thompson Jnr.
- Great Barn
- Thomas James Walker
- Shopping Arcade
- Cumbergate
- Deacon's School
- Parish Burial Ground
- Arthur James Robertson
- Thomas Hake
- Angel Inn
- Town Hall
- Lido
- Town Bridge
- The Customs House
- Abbot's Gaol & King's Lodging
There is one very important blue plaque in London that I still have not visited despite having lived in the UK for nearly two decades, that of the Philippines' national hero Dr Jose Rizal. Maybe someday soon.
