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

Total Number of Plaques: 4697
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Total Number of Names on Plaques: 5447

Gender List (No. of individuals of each gender)
Female: 620Male: 3205Neither: 1622
16%84%(buildings etc)

Category List (3825 Men and Women) (Number of individuals in each category)  category/gender analysis 
Actor165Anarchist26Architect125Armed Forces161Author404Comedian69
Composer87Conductor14Courtesan14Crime and Terrorism33Dancer20Director54
Emergency Services19Engineer117Entrepreneur102Explorer73Head of Government127Historian49
Illustrator36Inventor62Lawyer30Medical109Misc126Musician67
Nobleman34Painter198Philanthropist129Philosopher46Photographer21Poet174
Politician98Press38Religious112Royalty155Scientist152Sculptor34
Singer92Social Reformer268Sportsman121Statesman64

Category List (1622 Historical Sites and Buildings) (Number in each category)
Architectural Gems49Armed Forces44Art Group7Charitable36Churches etc102
Crime and Terrorism30Disasters31Education51Historical London337Historical non-London102
Hospitals etc45Legal7Literature18Misc103Music29
Political Group26Pub57Publishing12Religious Group46Science and Engineering24
Sport31Stately Homes30Trade Group28Transport100TV Film Theatre101
World War History176

Plaques recently added to this website
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Lebor, John Great Forest of Essex River Lea Watermills Leyton Toms, Gary Fletcher, Mary Bosanquet Hitchcock Mosaics: The Birds Hitchcock Mosaics: The Skin Game Hitchcock Mosaics: Suspicion Hitchcock Mosaics: Psycho

Top 12 Postcodes (No. of individuals in each postcode) postcode/category analysis more postcodes & other countries
W1370SW1276WC2270NW3183WC1163SE1133SW7121NW1116W8104W2104E198EC197

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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