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

Total Number of Plaques: 4408
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Total Number of Names on Plaques: 5090

Gender List (No. of individuals of each gender)
Female: 585Male: 3060Neither: 1445
16%84%(buildings etc)

Category List (3645 Men and Women) (Number of individuals in each category)  category/gender analysis 
Actor161Anarchist26Architect121Armed Forces154Author396Comedian68
Composer87Conductor14Courtesan13Crime and Terrorism29Dancer20Director53
Emergency Services19Engineer109Entrepreneur100Explorer70Head of Government121Historian48
Illustrator35Inventor60Lawyer28Medical102Misc107Musician63
Nobleman31Painter193Philanthropist119Philosopher45Photographer21Poet171
Politician91Press38Religious106Royalty128Scientist151Sculptor34
Singer90Social Reformer253Sportsman108Statesman62

Category List (1445 Historical Sites and Buildings) (Number in each category)
Architectural Gems48Armed Forces44Art Group7Charitable31Churches etc96
Crime and Terrorism26Disasters19Education41Historical London299Historical non-London101
Hospitals etc40Legal7Literature15Misc95Music29
Political Group20Pub56Publishing12Religious Group37Science and Engineering23
Sport27Stately Homes29Trade Group23Transport87TV Film Theatre80
World War History153

Plaques recently added to this website
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Kenrick, Bruce Avondale Park Rowe, Reginald Holland Park Synagogue St James's Gardens Notting Hill St James's Square Notting Hill Royal Crescent Holland Park - Cantwell, Robert Dun, Elizabeth Ratray, Mary Gray Cairns, Eilidh

Top 12 Postcodes (No. of individuals in each postcode) postcode/category analysis more postcodes & other countries
W1369SW1274WC2269NW3183WC1163SE1131SW7121NW1113W2104W8104EC193SW390

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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