A collection of Blue Plaques (and other colours) mostly in London

Total Number of Plaques: 3685
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Total Number of Names on Plaques: 4189

Gender List (No. of individuals of each gender)
Female: 468Male: 2641Neither: 1080
15%85%(buildings etc)

Category List (3109 Men and Women) (Number of individuals in each category)  category/gender analysis 
Actor131Anarchist25Architect102Armed Forces124Author374Comedian63
Composer85Conductor14Courtesan9Crime and Terrorism21Dancer20Director45
Emergency Services17Engineer82Entrepreneur82Explorer59Head of Government112Historian47
Illustrator34Inventor54Lawyer23Medical88Misc66Musician53
Nobleman27Painter184Philanthropist90Philosopher39Photographer19Poet153
Politician70Press34Religious86Royalty79Scientist131Sculptor32
Singer78Social Reformer220Sportsman81Statesman56

Category List (1080 Historical Sites and Buildings) (Number in each category)
Architectural Gems37Armed Forces36Art Group6Charitable23Churches etc79
Crime and Terrorism19Disasters13Education33Historical London242Historical non-London44
Hospitals etc36Legal7Literature10Misc59Music25
Political Group16Pub50Publishing11Religious Group27Science and Engineering20
Sport20Stately Homes27Trade Group22Transport48TV Film Theatre65
World War History105

Plaques recently added to this website
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Kemp-Welch, Lucy Police Station Bushey Matthews, Matty Pierce, Elsie Louisa Danziger Brothers Richard, Cliff Laughton, Charles Leigh, Vivien Hammer Films Howard, Trevor

Top 12 Postcodes (No. of individuals in each postcode) postcode/category analysis more postcodes & other countries
W1337WC2244SW1195WC1161NW3159SE1109NW199EC192SW386E181W876SW768

Map of Locations Note: some plaques contain multiple names, so number of plaques is not necessarily equal to number of names.


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