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Below are some noteworthy places I've visited over the years. New additions don't

always go to the top of the pile. If they're related to one down the list they'll be added on there.  

 

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George Formby           Titanic                     The Smiths

 

 

 

 

Nora Batty's cottage

Profession : Nora's home in Last Of The Summer Wine

Date : series from 1973 to 2010

Plaque : 28, Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 2JS

 

 

 

 

Trident Studios (former premises)

Profession : legendary recording studios

Date : 1968 to 1981

Plaque : 17, St Anne's Court, Soho, London, W1F 0BQ

 

 

 

 

Nick Drake's first concert location

Profession : musician

Date : December 1967

Plaque : [no plaque] Roundhouse theatre, Chalk Farm Road, London, NW 1 8EH

 

 

 

 

Hotel Babylon television series filming location

Profession : office blocks used for exterior filming

From : 19th January 2006 to 14th August 2009

Plaque : 19, St James's Square, Westminster, London, SW1Y 4JE

 

 

 

 

Lady Ottoline Morrell's former home

Profession : where The Bloomsbury Group met

From : first half of the 20th century

Plaque : 10, Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 6DP

 

 

 

 

 

Ridley Road filming locations

Profession : four-part television series based on the novel

From : first broadcast in October 2021

Filming locations : see webpage

 

 

 

 

Where Ernest Rutherford split the atom

Profession : scientist

From : 30th August 1871 to 19th October 1937

Plaque : The Rutherford Building, off Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9GP

 

 

 

 

Rembrandt's former home

Profession : where the famous painter lived

From : approximately 1639 to 1656

Address : Jodenbreestraat 4, 1011 NK Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

 

 

 

Kingsman filming location

Profession : tailor's shop (Secret Service cell)

From : : film released in 2014

Address : [no plaque] 11, Savile Row, Mayfair, London, W1S 3PS

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Raymond's former home

Profession : publisher, property developer

From : 15th November 1925 to 2nd March 2008

Age : 82

Plaque : [no plaque] Arlington House, 17-20, Arlington Street, St James's, London, SW1A 1RL

 

 

 

 

PG Wodehouse former home

Profession : novelist

From : 15th October 1881 to 14th February 1975

Age : 93

Plaque : 17, Dunraven Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 7EG

 

 

 

 

 

Stewart Granger childhood home

Profession : actor

From : 6th May 1913 to 16th August 1993

Age : 80

Plaque : 57, Grove Road, Cliffe, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 3AT

 

 

 

 

AA Milne former home

Profession : novelist

From : 18th January 1892 to 31st January 1956

Age : 74

Plaque : 13, Mallord Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 6DT

 

 

 

 

 

David Hockney birth location

Profession : painter

From : still alive

Plaque : [no plaque] 61, Steadman Terrace, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 9NB

 

 

 

 

 

Ted Hughes birth location

Profession : poet, novelist

From : 17th August 1930 to 28th October 1998

Age : 68

Plaque : 1, Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, HX7 5NL

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gracie Fields's Rochdale

Profession : singer and actress

From : 9th January 1898 to 27th September 1979

Age : 81

Plaque : various

 

 

 

 

 

Where Bram Stoker wrote some of Dracula

Profession : Raven Hall Hotel

From : Bram stayed here in 1890s

Plaque : [no plaque] Ravenhall Road, Ravenscar, Scarborough, YO13 0ET

 

 

 

 

Richmal Crompton childhood home

Profession : novelist

From : 15th November 1890 to 11th January 1969

Age : 78

Plaque : 529, Manchester Road, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 9SH

 

 

 

 

Margery Allingham former home

Profession : novelist

From : 20th May 1904 to 30th June 1966

Age : 62

Plaque : 1, Westbourne Terrace Road, London, W2 6NH

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jayne Mansfield's visit to northern England

Profession : bombshell and star

From : Visited in March to May 1967

Age : 34

Plaque : [no plaque] Batley Variety Club, 260, Bradford Road, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 6HU

 

 

 

 

 

Jack Higgins's home (real name Henry Patterson)

Profession : novelist

From : 27th July 1929 to 9th April 1922

Age : 92

Cause of death : unknown

Plaque : [no plaque] not fair to put address on here

 

 

 

 

 

Edward Heath's former home

Profession : Conservative Prime Minister (1970 to 1974)

Date : 9th July 1916 to 17th July 2005

Plaque : 59, Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2EN

 

 

 

 

Where Joy Division were conceived

Profession : Where The Sex Pistols inspired the lads to form a band

Date : 4th June 1976

Plaque : [no plaque] The Edwardian hotel, Peter Street, Manchester, M2 5QR

 

 

 

 

John Osborne's former home

Profession : playwright

From : 12th December 1929 to 24th December 1994

Age : 65

Plaque : [no plaque] The Hurst, Clunton, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 0JA

 

 

 

 

Frank Dickenson

Profession : contact lense pioneer

From : 1905 to 1978

Age : 73

Death location : unknown

Cause of cause : unknown

Plaque : 28, St Anee's Road West, St Anne's, Lancashire, FY8 1RF

 

 

 

 

 

George Stephenson's former home

Profession : industrialist and father of the railways

From : 9th June 1781 to 12th August 1848

Age : 67

Death location : Tapton House, Brimington Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 0TZ

Cause of death : pleurisy

Grave location : Holy Trinity Church, 31, Newbold Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 7PG

 

 

 

 

John Bindon's former home

Profession : gangster and actor

Date : 4th October 1943 to 10th October 1993

Age : 50

Plaque : [ no plaque] 20, Chesham Mews, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8HS

 

 

 

 

 

Sir Henry Spurrier's former home

Profession : industrialist, engineer and head of Leyland Motors

Date : 16th June 1898 to 17th June 1964

Age : 66

Plaque : [no plaque] Ingol Cottage, Walker Lane, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 0AH

 

 

 

 

Cristiano Ronaldo's former home

Profession : footballer

Date : 2003 to 2006

Plaque : [no plaque] 351, Chester Road, Woodford, Cheshire, SK7 1QQ

 

 

 

 

Margot Fonteyn former home

Profession : ballerina

Date : 18th May 1919 to 21st February 1991

Plaque : 118 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9PA

 

 

 

 

 

Jacqueline Du Pre/Margot Fonteyn former home

Profession : genius cellist (JDP) and ballet dancer (MF)

Date : [lived here] 1975

Plaque : 2, Rutland Garden Mews, Knightsbridge, London, SW7 1BT

 

 

 

 

 

Morrissey's childhood home

Profession : singer songwriter

Date : lived here from approximately 1969 to 1991

Plaque : [no plaque] 384, King's Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 8GW

 

 

The Smiths album cover

Profession : inner sleeve for The Queen Is Dead album

Date : album released on 16th June 1986

Plaque : [no plaque] Salford Lads Club, St Ignatiuos Walk, Salford, Manchester, M5 3RX

 

 

 

 

 

Willy Clarkson

Profession : wig and fancy-dress maker to the stars

Date : 1861 to 12th October 1934

Age : 72/73

Plaque : 41-43, Wardour Street, Soho, London, W1D 6PY

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Baden-Powell's former home

Profession : founder of the Scout Movement

Date : 22nd February 1857 to 8th January 1941

Age : 83

Plaque : 9, Hyde Park Gate, South Kensington, London, SW7 5DG

 

 

 

 

 

John Logie Baird

Profession : where the first UK television signal was demonstrated

Date : 26th January 1926

Plaque : 22, Frith Street, Soho, London, W1D 4RP

 

 

 

 

Madonna's London home

Profession : musician and songwriter

Date : 16th August 1958 -

Plaque : [no plaque] 51, Great Cumberland Place, Marylebone, London, W1H 7TH

 

 

 

 

Madonna's first ever UK performance

Profession : first appearance when she was unknown

Date : January 1984

Plaque : [no plaque] The Hacienda, 21, Albion Street, Manchester, M1 5DA

 

 

 

 

Margaret Thatcher's final home

Profession : former Prime Minister

Date : 13th October 1925 to 8th April 2013

Age : 87

Plaque : [no plaque] 73, Chester Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9DU

 

 

 

 

 

Jack Vettriano's former home

Profession : painter

Date : still alive

Age : still alive

Plaque : [no plaque], flat G, 69, Pont Street, Kensington, London, SW1 0BH

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Barrett Browning former home

Profession : romantic poet

Date : 6th March 1806 to 29th June 1961

Age : 55

Cause of death : unknown

Plaque : Beacon Hill, Torquay, Devonshire, TQ1 2BE

Death location : Florence, Italy

 

 

 

 

 

Bram Stoker's former home

Profession : novelist and creator of Dracula

Date : 8th November 1847 to 20th April 1912

Age : 64

Cause of death :  suspected to be syphilis

Plaque : 27, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, SW3 5HH

Death location : 20, St. George’s Square, Westminster, London, SW1V 2HX

 

 

 

 

 

 

Animals In War Memorial

Profession : memorial commemorating animals which helped the war efforts

Date : timeless

Age : unveiled in 24th December 2004

Plaque : Park Lane, London, W1K 7AJ

 

 

 

 

Robert Scott's former home

Profession : explorer

Date : 6th June 1868 to (probably) 29th March 1912

Age : 43

Plaque : 56, Oakley Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 5HB

 

 

 

 

Les Dawson's former home

Profession : comedian and writer

Date : 2nd February 1931 to 10th June 1993

Age : 62

Plaque : [plaque gone] 19, Islay road, Lytham, Lancashire, FY8 4AD

 

 

 

 

Mary Shelley' home

Profession : novelist and creator of Frankenstein

Date : 30th August 1797 to 1st February 1851

Age : 53

Plaque : 24, Chester Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9HS

 

 

 

 

Rex Harrison's birth location

Profession : actor and film star

Date : 5th March 1908 to 2nd June 1990

Age : 82

Plaque : [no plaque] 111, Tarbock Road, Huyton, Merseyside,L36 5TE

 

The Hacienda

Profession : famous nightclub

From :  21st May 1982 to 29th June 1997

Age : 15 years

Plaque : [no plaque]  21, Albion Street, Manchester, M1 5DA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Herriot's former home

Profession : vet, novelist and inspiration for All Creatures Great And Small

Date : 3rd October 1916 to 23rd February 1995

Age : 78

Plaque : 23, Kirkgate, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 1PL

 

 

 

 

Edward Fox London home

Profession : home of "The Jackal" from The Day Of The Jackal film

Date : current

Plaque : [no plaque] unfair to state address

 

 

 

 

Sex Pistols last UK gig location

Profession : former Ivanhoe's nightclub

Date : 25th December 1977

Plaque : [no plaque] 20, Manchester Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 3HJ

 

 

 

 

Harold Wilson birthplace

Profession : Prime Minister (twice)

From : 11th March 1916 to 24th May 1995

Age : 79

Address : [no plaque] 4, Warneford Road, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 5TW

 

 

 

 

 

Former BBC studio used for Top Of The Pops

Profession : former site of BBC northern studio

From : 1964 - 1973

Address : Dickenson Road, Longsight, Manchester, M14 5HF

 

 

 

 

Thomas Lord

Profession : cricketer and found of Lord's Cricket Ground

From : 23rd November 1755 to 13th January 1832

Age : 76

Plaque : [no plaque] 14-16, Kirkgate, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 1PQ

 

 

 

 

Bernard Manning's former home

Profession : comedian

From : 13th August 1930 to 18th June 2007

Age : 76

Plaque : [no plaque] 68, Mainway, Middleton, Manchester, M24 1PP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judy Garland's former home

Profession : rented home for about one year

Date : 1960s

Plaque : 213, King's Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 5EH

 

 

 

 

Strangeways Prison

Profession : Inspiration for album by The Smiths Strangeways, Here We Come

Date : [album released] September 1987

Plaque : [no plaque] 1, Southall Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M60 9AH

 

 

 

 

Thornton family home

Profession : home to JW Thornton who created the chocolate empire

Date : 1911

Plaque : 64, Fitzwalker Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 4TD

 

Frankie Howerd's London home

Profession : comedian

Date : 6th March 1917 to 19th April 1992

Plaque : 20, Edwardes Square, Kensington, London, W8 6HE

 

 

 

 

Lewis Morley photography studio

Profession : where the famous Christine Keeler photograph was taken

Date : 1963

Plaque : 18, Greek Street, Soho, London, W1D 4DS

 

 

 

 

The Q Inn

Profession : pub with shortest name

Date  : currently open

Plaques : 3 Market Street, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, SK15 2AL

 

 

 

 

The Old 13th Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn

Profession : pub with longest name

Date : currently open

Plaques : 9-11, Market Street, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, SK15 2AL

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Page's London home

Profession : guitarist and rock star

Date : 9th January 1944

Plaque : [no plaque] 29, Melbury Road, Kensington, London, W14 8AB

 

 

 

 

Foo Foo's Palace

Profession : former site of the famous nightclub

Date : [used] 1970s and 80's

Plaque : [no plaque] Dale Street, Manchester, M1 2HG

 

 

 

 

Harry Potter filming location

Profession : Hogsmeade Railway Station in Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone

Date : [released] : November 2001

Plaque : [no plaque] Goathland Railway Station, Cow Wath Bank, Goathland, Whitby, YO22 5NF

 

 

 

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Prince Charles's stag party location

Profession : exclusive gentlemen's club

Date : 1693 (founded)

Plaque : [no plaque] 37, St James's Street, St James's, London, SW1A 1JG

 

 

 

 

Andy Gibb birth location

Profession : former Stretford Memorial Hospital

Date : born on 5th March 1958

Plaque : [no plaque] 226, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Stretford, Manchester, M16 0DU

 

 

 

 

Bee Gees childhood home

Profession : former home of the Gibb siblings

Date : lived here from 1955 to 1958

Plaque : [no plaque] 51, Keppel  Road, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 0BP

 

 

 

 

Ernie Wise birth location

Profession : part of comedy duo Morecambe and Wise

From : 27th November 1925 to 21st March 1999

Age : 73

Plaque : [no plaque] Leeds Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3EX

 

 

 

 

Bob Dylan video filming location

Profession : The Savoy

Date : filmed in 1965

Plaque : [no plaque] rear of The Savoy, Strand, Westminster, London, WC2R 0EZ

 

 

 

 

Andrea Dunbar's former home

Profession : playwright, writer of Rita, Sue And Bob Too

From : 22nd May 1961 to 20th December 1990

Age : 29

Plaque : 25, Brafferton Arbor, Buttershaw, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 3LD

 

 

 

 

Leonard Rossiter's birth location

Profession : actor

From : 21st October 1926 to 5th October 1984

Age : 57

Plaque : [no plaque]  19, Cretan Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, Merseyside, L15 0HR

 

 

 

 

The Clash album cover photo location

Profession : cult first album

Age : album released in April 1977

Plaque : [no plaque] Camden Market, Camden High Street, Camden, London, NW1 8AF

 

 

 

George Handel's home

Profession : composer and musician

From : 23rd February 1865 to 14th April 1759

Age : 74

Plaque : 25, Brook Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 4HB

 

 

 

 

 

Filming location for The Lady In The Van film

Profession : Alan Bennett's former home

Date : film released in 2015

Plaque : [no plaque] 23, Gloucester Crescent, Camden, London, NW1 7DS

 

 

 

 

Rolling Stones album cover photo location

Profession : famous album cover

Date : 20th January 1967 (album released)

Plaque : [no plaque] Regent's Park Road, Primrose Hill, Camden, London, NW1 8UE

 

 

 

 

Castle Howard, filming location

Profession : Brideshead Revisited filming location

Date : filmed in 1980

Plaque : [no plaque] Castle Howard, The Stray, York, Yorkshire, YO60 7DE

 

 

 

 

Lytham Hall

Profession : family were possible inspiration for the Flyte family in Brideshead Revisited novel

From : The novelist's visit in June 1935

Plaque : [no plaque] Ballam Road, Lytham, Lancashire, FY8 4JX

 

 

 

 

Hand Of Kindness album cover photograph location

Profession : river bank where photograph was taken

From : 1983 (album released)

Plaque : [no plaque] A3212, Chelsea Embankment, London, SW3 5LP

 

 

 

 

 

B17 Flying Fortress crash location

Profession : crash location from World War 2

From : 22nd February 1944

Plaque : [Memorial stone] Endcliffe Park, Rustling Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 7AB

 

 

 

 

Nunsmere Hall

Profession : hotel where Margaret Thatcher wrote her memoirs

From : written in 1994

Plaque : [no plaque] Tarporley Road, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 2ES

 

 

 

 

Gary Barlow's former home

Profession : singer songwriter from Take That!

From : lived here 1995 to 2005

Plaque : [no plaque] Delamere Manor, Cuddington Lane, Cuddington, Cheshire, CW8 2TE

 

 

 

 

East Is East and West Is West filming locations

Profession : locations where both films were partly shot

From : released in 1999 and 2010 respectively

Plaque : [no plaque] Bowness Street, Openshaw, Manchester, M11 1ET

 

 

 

 

John Constable (site of former home)

Profession : painter

From : 11th June 1776 to 31st March 1837

Age : 60

Plaque : [no plaque] 76, Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 4QS

 

 

 

 

Lisa Stansfield's former home

Profession : Singer/songwriter

From : 1976 to 1985?

Plaque : [no plaque] "Nordene", Bury Road, Lancashire, OX11 4BX

 

 

 

 

 

John Davis's home

Profession : explorer who first saw The Falkland Islands

From : 1550 to 29th December 1605

Age : 55?

Plaque : 25, South Embankment, Dartmouth, Devonshire, TQ6 9BB

 

 

 

 

 

Where Mr Rolls and Mr Royce met

Profession : posh hotel

From : [met on] 4th May 1904

Plaque : The Midland, 16, Peter Street, Manchester, M60 2DS

 

 

 

 

Arthur Lowe's home

Profession : actor

From : 22nd September 1915 to 22nd September 1915

Age : 66

Plaque : 2, Maida Avenue, Maida Vale, London, W2 1TF

 

 

 

 

Edward Burne-Jones's home

Profession : painter

From : 28th August 1883 to 17th June 1898

Age : 64

Plaque : 41, Kensington Square, South Kensington, London, W8 5HP

 

 

 

 

Dirk Bogarde’s London home

Profession : actor and matinee idol

From :  28th March 1921 to 8th May 1999

Age : 78

Plaque : [no plaque] : 2, Cadogan Gardens, Chelsea, London, SW3 2RD

 

 

 

 

Kenneth Williams’s childhood home

Profession : actor and entertainer

From : 22nd February 1926 to 15th April 1988

Age : 62

Plaque : 57, Marchmont Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1AP

 

 

 

 

Kenneth Williams’s final home

Profession : actor and entertainer

From : 22nd February 1926 to 15th April 1988

Age : 62

Plaque : [no plaque] Osnaburgh Street, Marylebone, London, NW1 4AQ

 

 

 

 

Anthony Pratt

Profession : inventor of Cluedo board game

From : 10th August 1903 to 9th April 1994

Age : 64

Plaque : 9, Stanley Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7NB

 

 

 

 

One Hyde Park

Profession : Most expensive apartment block in UK

From : 2009

Plaque : [no plaque] 100, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7JL

 

 

 

 

Stuart Sutcliffe family home (original Beatles bassist)

Profession : former apartment block, now hotel

From : 1961 to 1970 (family lived here)

Plaque : [no plaque] : 37, Aigburth Drive, Aigburth, Merseyside, L17 4JE

 

 

 

 

Sooty

Profession : puppet / entertainer

From : 1948

Plaque : [no plaque] North Pier, Blackpool Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 1NE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ken Dodd’s home, birth/death location

Profession : comedian and Liverpudlian legend

From : 8th November 1927 to 11th March 2018

Age : 90

Plaque : [no plaque] 76, Thomas Lane, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Merseyside, L14 5NX

 

Yootha Joyce’s home

Profession : actress

From : 20th August 1927 to 24th August 1980

Age : 53

Plaque : [no plaque] Flat 1, 198, Sussex Gardens, Paddington, London, W2 3UA

 

 

 

 

Joseph Arthur Rank’s birthplace

Profession : film producer and businessman

From : 22nd December 1888 to 29th Match 1972

Age :83

Plaque : Park Street, Hull, Kingston-Upon-Hull, HU2 8TD

 

 

 

 

Arthur Askey’s home

Profession : comedian and musical hall star

From : 6th June 1900 to 16th November 1982

Age : 82

Plaque : [no plaque] 29, Moses Street, dingle, Liverpool, Merseyside, L8 4SY

 

 

 

 

Cyril Smith’s home

Profession : politician, Member of Parliament for Rochdale, Lancashire

From : 26th June 1928 to 3rd September 2010

Age : 82

Plaque : [no plaque] 14, Emma Street, Rochdale, Lancashire,  OL12 6QW

 

 

 

 

Alfred Hitchcock’s London home

Profession : film director

From : 1926 to 1939 (lived here)

Plaque : 153, Cromwell Road, Kensington, London, SW5 0TQ

 

 

 

 

The Baker Street Robbery

Profession : bank robbery location (inspiration for the film The Bank Job)

From : 11th September 1971

Plaque : [no plaque] Lloyds Bank, 185, Baker Street, Marylebone, London, NW1 6XB

 

 

 

 

Freddie Mercury’s final home

Profession : singer and musician

From : 5th September 1946 to 24th November 1991

Age : 45

Plaque : Garden Lodge, 1, Logan Place, Kensington, London, W8 6DE

 

 

 

 

Freddie Mercury’s first London home

Profession : first home in London having moved away from family home in Feltham

Plaque : [no plaque] 8, Stafford Terrace, Kensington, London, W8 7BH

 

Noel Gallagher's former London home

Profession : former home of Noel and family

From : 2014 to 2019

Plaque : [no plaque] Blomfield Road, Maida Vale, London, W9 2PA

 

"Supernova Heights"

Profession : former home of Noel Gallagher

From : 1997

Plaque : [no plaque] : 8, Steele’s Road, Hampstead, London, NW3 4SE

 

 

 

 

Carly Simon album cover

Profession : location for front cover of “Anticipation” album

From : realised in November 1971

Plaque : [no plaque] : York Bridge, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NS

 

 

 

 

Madness album cover

Profession : location for front cover of “Absolutely” album

From : released in September 1980

Plaque : [no plaque] : Adelaide Road, London, NW3 2BP

 

 

 

 

Oscar Wilde’s home

Profession : dramatist, wit

From : 16th October 19854 to 30th November 1900

Age : 46

Plaque : 34, Tite Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 4JA

 

 

 

 

Oscar Wilde's downfall at The Savoy

Profession: scene of decadence

From : [stayed there] March 1893

Plaque : [no plaque] The Savoy, Strand, Westminster, London, WC2R 0EZ

 

 

 

 

Oscar Wilde's arrest location

Profession : boutiqe hotel

From : arrested in 1895

Plaque : [no plaque] The Belmond Cadogan Hotel, 75, Sloane Street, Chelsea, London, SW1X 9SG

 

 

 

 

Lewis Carroll’s birthplace

Profession : novelist, academic

From : 27th January 1932 to 14th January 1898

Age : 65

Plaque : Higher Lane, Daresbury, Cheshire, WA4 4JG

 

 

 

 

Oliver’s Mount

Profession : war monument and race track

From : 1946 (first race action)

Age : 72+

Plaque : [no plaque] off Mere Lane, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 2YW

 

 

 

 

 

The Holbeck Hall Hotel

Profession : hotel that collapsed into sea

From : 5th June 1993

Age : 114

Plaque : [no plaque] Sea Cliff Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3BJ

 

 

 

 

Leo Walmsley

Profession : novelist

From : 1892 to 1966

Age : 74

Plaque : King Street, Robin Hood’s Bay, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO52 4SH

 

 

 

 

Lytham Hall

Profession : inspiration for Brideshead Castle from the novel Brideshead Revisited

From : 1935 (when Evelyn Waugh visited)

Plaque : [no plaque]  Ballam Road, Lytham, Lancashire, FY8 4JX

 

 

 

 

Tony Hancock birthplace

Profession : comedian

From : 12th May 1924 to 25th June 1968

Age : 44

Plaque : 41, Southam Green Road, Hall Green, Birmingham West Midlands, B28 8DQ

 

 

 

 

Portmerion

Profession : filming location for television series The Prisoner

From : 29th September 1967 (released)

Age : timeless

Plaque : [no plaque] Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, Wales, LL48 6ER

 

 

 

 

Arthur Benson

Profession : essayist, poet and author of Land And Hope And Glory

From : 24th April 1862 to 17th June 1925

Age : 63

Plaque : Godolphin House, Eton College, Common Lane, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 6EF

 

 

 

 

Captain Cooke lodging house

Profession : explorer, navigator, cartographer

From : 7th November 1728 to 14th February 1779

Age : 50

Plaque : [no plaque] Grape Lane, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO22 4BA

 

 

 

 

Bob Dylan “Judas!” location

Profession : Concert where Bob played electric guitar

Date : 25th July 1965

Plaque : Free Trade Hall (Raddison Edward Hotel), Peter Street, Manchester, M2 5GP

 

 

 

 

“Ashfield”, Agatha Christie’s birthplace

Profession : novelist and playwright

From : 15th September 1890 to 1915 (lived here)

Age : first 25 years

Plaque : Barton Road, Torquay, Devonshire, TQ2 7NS

 

 

 

 

 

John Tolkein

Profession : novelist and scholar

From : 3rd January 1892 to 2nd September 1973

Age : 81

Plaque : Hotel Miramar, East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 3AL

 

 

 

 

 

Sir Bernard Lovell

Profession : scientist, main behind Jodrell Bank

From : 31st August 1913 to 6th August 2012

Age : 98

Plaque : [no plaque] The Quinta, Swettenham Lane, Swettenham, Cheshire, CW12 2LD

 

 

 

 

Emmeline Pankhurst

Profession : suffragette

From : 15th July 1858 to 14th June 1928

Age : 69

Plaque : 60-62, Nelson Street, Manchester, M13 9WP

 

 

 

 

The Establishment

Profession : famous satirical nightclub

From : October 1961 to 1964

Age : 2/3 years

Plaque : [no plaque] 18, Greek Street, Soho, London,

 

 

 

 

OzzyOsbourne’s childhood home

Profession : rock star

From : 3rd December 1948 to

Plaque : [no plaque] 14, Lodge Road, Astone, West Midlands, B6 6LU

 

 

 

 

St Gregory’s Social Club

Profession : filming location for Phoenix Nights television series

From : Series one and two transmitted in 2001 and 2002

Plaque : [no plaque] Church Street, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire, BL4 8AG

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Savile’s main home

Profession : disk jockey,  and radio/television personality

From : 31st October 1926 to 29th October 2011

Age : 84

Plaque : [no plaque] Lakeside Court, West Avenue, Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 2TX

 

 

 

 

Peter Sutcliffe’s home (the Yorkshire Ripper)

Profession : murderer

From : Active 1975 to 1980

Plaque : [no plaque] 6, Garden Street, Bradford, BD9 5QJ

 

 

Peter Sutcliffe's arrest location

Profession : Office premises where he was caught with prostitute

Date : 2nd January 1981

Plaque : [no plaque] 3, Melbourne Avenue, Broomhill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2QJ

 

 

 

 

Ed Sheeran

Profession : song writer and musician

From : 17th February 1991 to [still alive]

Age : lived here approximately 1991-1992

Plaque : [no plaque] West Royd, Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX7 8JA

 

 

 

 

Percy Shaw

Profession : businessman and inventor of the Cat’s Eyes stud

From : 15th April 1890 to 1th September 1976

Age : 86

Cause Of Death : cancer

Plaque : The Courtyard, Hall Street North, Boothstown, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 6TS

 

 

 

 

George Mallory

Profession : mountaineer

From : 18th June 1886 to 9th June 1924

Age : 37

Cause Of Death : hypothermia

Plaque : [no plaque] Hobcraft House, Hobcroft Lane, Mobberley, Cheshire, WA16 7QS

 

 

 

 

The Gleneagles Hotel

Profession : Hotel where Fawlty Towers was inspired

Age : Timeless

From : Broadcast 1975 and 1979

Plaque : [no plaque] Asheldon Road, Wellswood,  Torquay, Devon, TQ1 2QS

 

 

 

 

House where Definitely Maybe album photograph was taken

Profession : Bonehead's former home

From : 1994 (photo taken)

Plaque : [no plaque] 8, Stratford Street, Withingtin, Manchester, M20 2LH

 

 

 

 

Flat where Noel Gallagher wrote Definitely Maybe album

Profession : musician and former Oasis member

From : early 1990’s

Plaque : [no plaque] 73, Whitworth Street, Manchester, M1 6LG

 

 

 

 

Gallagher (Oasis) childhood home

Profession : home of Noel and Liam Gallagher

Age : 1970s-1980s

Plaque : [no plaque] 5, Cranwell Drive, Burnage, Manchester, M19 1SA

 

 

 

 

 

Ian Carmichael

Profession : actor

Age : 89

From : 18th June 1920 to 5th February 2010

Cause Of Death : natural causes

Plaque : Not fair to say here as family still live there

 

 

 

 

Mick Jagger's former home

Profession : rock legend’s former home

From : May 1968

Plaque : 3, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, SW3 4HH

 

 

 

 

Open All Hours (filming location)

Profession : ‘Arkwright’s grocers shop

Age : 40+ years

From : 1976 onwards

Plaque : ‘Beautique’ hair salon, 15, Lister Avenue, Balby, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 8AS

 

 

 

 

Arthur Lowe

Profession : actor

Age : 66

From : 22nd September 1915 to 15th April 1982

Cause of death :  stroke

Plaque : 63, Kinder Road, Hayfield, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK22 2HS

 

 

 

 

“Chorltonville” concert

Profession : Wilbraham Road Train Station (convert location)

From : 7th May 1964

Plaque : [no plaque] Wilbraham Road, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 0UE

 

 

 

 

Widnes Railway Station

Profession : Songwriting location, (Homeward Bound), Simon & Garfunkel

Age : 145+

From : 1st August 1873 (song written in Spring 1964)

Cause Of Death : still going

Plaque : Victoria Avenue, Cheshire, WA8 7TJ

 

 

 

 

Frank Hornby

Profession : inventor and businessman

Age : 73

From : 15th May 1863 to 21st September 1936

Cause Of Death : heart attack

Plaques : 32, Station Road, Maghull, Merseyside, L31 3DB

                   Quarry Brook, Hall Lane, Maghull, Merseyside, L31 3DZ

 

 

 

 

George Harrison’s family home

Profession : musician

Age : 58

From : 25th February 1943 to 29th November 2001

Cause Of Death : cancer

Plaques : [no plaque] 25, Upton Green, Speke, Merseyside, L24 2UL

 

 

 

 

Pendle Hill

Profession : hill for witches to fly off

Age : ageless

From : dawn of time

Plaques : [no plaque] Barley Village, Pendle, Lancashire

 

 

 

 

Coles Corner (album cover)

Profession : Richard Hawley album cover

From : 5th September 2005

Cause Of Death : none, music lasts forever

Plaque : 4, Fargate, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2HE

 

 

 

 

King Charles 1st (execution location)

Profession : King of England, Ireland and Scotland

Age : 48

From : 19th November 1600 to 30th January 1649

Cause Of Death : beheading

Plaque : [no plaque] Whitehall, Westminster, London, SW1A 2ER

 

 

 

 

Swarkestone Pavilion

Profession : Pavilion used on album cover

From :  1650

Age : 360+ years

Plaque : [no plaque]  Swarkestone Road, Swarkestone, Ticknall, Derbyshire, DE73 7GW

 

 

 

 

Alan Turing's former home

Profession : scientist, mathematician, code breaker

Age : 41

From : 23rd June 1912 to 7th

Cause of death :  Suicide by cyanide poisoning

Plaque : 42, Adlington Road, Westminster, London, SW1P 3JY

 

 

 

 

Scarborough bomb sites

Profession : North Yorkshire seaside town

Age : bombed in World War 1

From : 17th December 1914

Plaque : [no plaques]

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Savile – Scarborough home

Profession : disc jockey, radio and television personality

Age : 84

From : 31st October 1926 to 29th October 2011

Cause Of Death : heart attack

Plaque : [plaque removed] Wessex Court, Esplanade, Scarborough, West Yorkshire, YO11 2AE

 

 

 

 

Agatha Christie at The Old Swan Hotel

Profession : hideaway hotel

Age : 11 days

From : 3rd December 1926 to 14th December 2916

Plaque : [no plaque] Old Swan Hotel, Swan Road, Harrogate, West Yorkshire, HG1 2SR

 

 

 

 

Catherine Walters (“Skittles”)

Profession : courtesan

From : 13th June 1899 to 4th August 1920

Age : 81

Blue plaque : 15, South Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 2XB

 

 

 

 

Berwick Street

Profession : street used as album cover

From : 1995 (album released)

Age : 200+

Plaque : [no plaque] Berwick Street, Soho, Westminster, London, W1F 0PH

 

 

 

 

Robin Hood’s cave

Profession : cave

From : dawn of time

Age : ageless

Plaque : [no plaque] Stanage Edge, Hope Valley, Derbyshire, S32 1BR

 

 

 

 

 

Brookside

Profession : filming location and housing estate

From :  [broadcast] 1982 to 2003

Age : [broadcast duration] 21

Cause of death : storylines unrealistic

Plaque : [No plaque] Brookside, West Derby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L12 0BA

 

 

 

 

Doris Speed

Profession : actress

From : 3rd February 1899 to 16th November 1994

Age : 95

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Bury, Lancashire

Blue plaque : 13, Sibson Road, Chorlton, Greater Manchester,  M21 9RH

 

 

 

 

 

“Pemberley” / Lyme Hall

Profession : filming location for Pride and Prejudice (1995 version)

From : 24th September 1995 to 29th October 1995

Age : 6 episodes long

Cause of death : timeless

Death location : timeless

Blue plaque : none but deserves one at Lyme Hall, Disley, Stockport, Cheshire SK12 2NR

 

 

 

Elizabeth Gaskell

Profession : novelist

From : 29th September 1810 to 12th November 1865

Age : 55

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : 119, London Road, Holybourne, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 4ER

Blue plaque : 84, Plymouth Grove, Manchester, M13 9LW

 

 

 

 

 

B29 Superfortress crew

Profession : Royal Air Force

From : 3rd November 1948

Cause of death : plane crash

Location : Moor at Bleaklow (Snake Pass), Derbyshire

 

 

 

 

Sir Robert Mayer

Profession : philanthropist

From : 5th June 1879 to 9th January 1985

Age : 105

Cause of death : unknown

Location : Flat 31, 2, Mansfield Street, Marylebone, London, W1G 9NF

 

 

 

 

Norman Evans

Profession : comedian

From : 11th June 1901 to 26th November 1962

Age : 61

Cause of death : unknown

Location : 3, Pullman Street, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 1PE

 

 

 

 

 

Frank Carson

Profession : comedian

From : 6th November 1926 to 22nd February 2012

Age : 85

Cause of death :  stomach cancer

Death Location : Not fair to put here as family still own it

 

 

 

 

 

Bram Stoker

Profession : novelist

From : 8th November 1847 to 20th April 1912

Age : 64

Cause of death :  unknown, probably a stroke or syphilis

Location : 6, Royal Crescent, Whitby, Yorkshire, YO21 3EJ

Death Location : 20, St. George’s Square, Westminster, London, SW1V 2HX

 

 

 

 

The Railway Children (some filming locations)

Profession : classic British film

Age : 46

From : released in 1970

Cause Of Death : eternal

Location : Oakworth, Oxenhope & Haworth, West Yorkshire

 

 

 

 

Stoodley Pike

Profession : pike to commemorate Crimean War

Age : 160

From : 1856

Cause Of Death : eternal

Location : Langfield Common, Todmorden, West Yorkshire

 

 

 

 

Big Daddy (real name Shirley Crabtree)

Profession : wrestler and walking mountain

Age : 67

From : 14th November 1930 to 2nd December 1997

Cause Of Death : stroke

Location : 1, Bank Buildings, Mill Bank, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX6 3EW

 

 

 

 

Eagle’s Crag

Profession : witch take-off location

Age : As old as the hills it sits on

Location : 550, Burnely Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, OL14 8JF

 

 

 

 

The Tyburn Tree

Profession : gallows

From : 1196 to 3rd November 1783

Age : 587

Location : Marble Arch, London, w1H 7EH

 

 

 

 

 

Eyam, the plague village

Profession : village touched by the plague

On : 1665 to 1666

Age : Various

Plaque location : Eyam Village, Derbyshire, S32 5QP

 

 

 

 

Philip Larkin’s homes

Profession : poet

From : 9th August 1922 to 2nd December 1985

Age : 63

Cause of death :  cancer of the oesophagus

Death Location : Nuffield Hospital, Cottingham, Humberside, HU16 5FQ

Plaque Location : 105, Newland Park, Hull, East Riding, HU5 2DT

 

 

 

Philip Larkin’s birthplace

Profession : poet

From : 9th August 1922 to 2nd December 1985

Age : 63

Cause of death :  cancer of the oesophagus

Death Location : Nuffield Hospital, Cottingham, Humberside, HU16 5FQ

Plaque Location : 2, Poultney Road, Radford, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV6 1JB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sir John Cockcroft

Profession : scientist

From : 27th May 1897 to 19th September 1967

Age : 70

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Churchill College, Storey’s Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS

Plaque location : 158, Halifax Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, OL14 5RE

 

 

 

 

 

Keith Moon

Profession : drummer

From : 23rd August 1946 to 7th September 1978

Age : 32

Cause of death : Overdose of Heminevri

Death location : 18, Curzon Square, London, W1J 7TA

Plaque location : 18, Curzon Square, London, W1J 7TA

 

 

Cass Elliott (same as Keith Moon above)

Profession : singer

From : 19th September 1941 to 29th July 1974

Age : 32

Cause of death : hearth attack

Death location : 18, Curzon Square, London, W1J 7TA

Plaque location : 18, Curzon Square, London, W1J 7TA

 

 

 

 

Charles Laughton

Profession : actor, writer, director

From : 1st July 1899 to 15th December 1962

Age : 63

Cause of death : kidney failure

Death Location : New York

Plaque location : The Victoria Hotel, 79, Westborough, Scarborough, East Yorkshire, YO11 1TP

 

 

 

 

 

Benny Hill

Profession : comedian, writer, director

From : 21st January 1924 to 20th April 1992

Age : 68

Cause of death : coronary thrombosis

Death Location : Flat 7, Fairwater House, 34, Twickenham Road, London, TW11 8AY

Plaque location : 1 & 2, Queengate, Kensington, London

 

Ian Fleming

Profession : novelist

From : 28th May to 12th August 1964

Age : 56

Cause of death : heart attack

Blue plaque : 22b, Ebury Street, Belgravia, London, SW1W 8LW

 

 

 

 

Ivor Novello

Profession : composer, actor

From : 15th January 1893 to 6th March 1951

Age : 58

Cause of death : coronary thrombosis

Blue plaque : The Strand Theatre, Aldywch, London, WC2B 4LD

 

 

 

 

Rudyard Kipling

Profession : poet, novelist

From : 20th December 1865 to 18th January 1936

Age : 70

Cause of death : perforated ulcer

Blue plaque : 43, Villiers Street, London, WC2 6NG

 

 

 

 

Frank Hampson

Profession : creator of Dan Dare, illustrator

From : 21st December 1918 to 8th July 1985

Age : 66

Cause of death : heart attack

Blue plaque : 488, Audenshaw Road, Audenshaw, Greater Manchester, M34 5PT

 

 

 

 

 

Sylvia Plath

Profession : poet, writer, novelist

From : 27th October to 11th February 1963

Age : 30

Cause of death : suicide (gassed by domestic oven)

Blue plaque : 25,  Fitzroy Road, Chalcot Square, London, NW1 8TU

 

 

 

 

 

L.S. Lowry (Mottram home)

Profession : painter

From : 1st November 1887 to 23rd February 1976

Age : 88

Cause of death : pneumonia

Blue plaque : 23, Stalybridge Road, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK14 6NF

 

 

 

 

 

L.S. Lowry (Pendlebury home)

Profession : painter

From : 1st November 1887 to 23rd February 1976

Age : 88

Cause of death : pneumonia

Blue plaque : [no plaque] 117, Station Road, Pendlebury, Greater Manchester, M27 6BU

 

 

 

 

 

L.S. Lowry painting location

Profession : early painting

From : 1912

Age : 25 (age of LSL)

Plaque : [no plaque] A584, Lytham, Lancashire, FY8 5QQ

 

 

 

 

Ronnie Hazlehurst

Profession : composer

From : 13th March 1928 to 1st November 2007

Age : 79

Cause of death :  stroke

Blue plaque : 169, Lodge Lane, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5JF

 

 

 

 

 

Geoff Love

Profession : composer

From : 4th September 1967 to 8th July 1991

Age : 73

Cause of death :  Unknown

Blue plaque : 76, Cambridge Street, Todmorden, Yorkshire, OL14 5BJ

 

 

 

 

 

James Paul Moody

Profession : sailor

From : 21st August 1887 to 15th April 1912

Age : 24

Cause of death :  Hypothermia

Blue plaque : 17, Granville Road, Scarborough, Yorkshire, YO11 2RA

 

 

 

 

 

Henry Williamson

Profession : novelist, farmer

From : 1st December 1896 to 13th August 1981

Age : 81

Cause of death :  unknown

Blue plaque : 4, Capstone Road, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 9TQ.

 

 

 

 

Fred Dibnah

Profession : steeplejack, chimney -feller

From : 28th April 1938 to 6th November 2004

Age : 66

Cause of death :  cancer

Blue plaque : 121, Radcliffe Road, Bolton, BL2 1NU

 

 

 

 

Tony Hancock's former family home

Profession : comedian

From : 12th May 1924 to 24th June 1968

Age : 44

Cause of death :  suicide (overdose)

Blue plaque : 47, Gervis Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3DD

 

 

Lord Alfred Tennyson

Profession : poet

From : 6th August 1809 to 6th October 1982

Age : 83

Cause of death :  Influenza

Blue plaque : 10, Wilton Street, Belgravia, London, SW1X 7AF

 

 

 

 

 

Lionel Logue

Profession : speech and language therapist (also stage actor)

From : 26th February 1880 to 12th April 1953

Age : 73

Cause of death :  kidney failure

Blue plaque : 146, Harley Street, London, W1G 7LD

 

 

 

 

 

William Scoresby

Profession : arctic explorer, naturalist and inventor of the crow’s nest

From : 5th October 1789 to 21st March 1857

Age : 67

Cause of death :  Unknown

Blue plaque : 13, Bagdale, Whitby, Yorkshire, YO21 1QS

 

 

 

 

 

Captain Brown Bushell

Profession : Naval officer

From : 1609 to 1651

Age : 42

Cause of death :  Executed for treason

Blue plaque : 1, Bagdale, Whitby, Yorkshire, YO21 1QS

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Watmore

Profession : Gunner

From : 1925 to 1944?

Age : 19

Cause of death :  bullet or bomb

Blue plaque :   The Promenade, Whitby, Yorkshire, YO21 3HU

 

 

 

 

 

Lewis Carroll

Profession : writer, mathematician, deacon and photographer

From : 27th January to 14th January 1898

Age : 65

Cause of death :  Unknown

Blue plaque :  5, East Terrace, Whitby, Yorkshire, YO21 3HB

 

 

 

 

 

Jacob Von Hogflume

Profession : time traveller

From : unknown

Age : still alive?

Cause of death :  still alive?

Blue plaque :  Milsom Street, Bath, BA1 1BZ

 

 

 

 

 

Arthur Brooke

Profession : businessman

From : 30th October 1845 to 13th April 1918

Age : 72

Cause of death :  unknown

Blue plaque :  6, George Street, Ashton Under Lyne, Manchester, OL6 6AQ

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Bamforth

Profession : film maker and comic postcard maker

From : Unknown

Age : Unknown

Cause of death :  unknown

Blue plaque :  Station Road, Holmfirth,  West Yorkshire, HD9 1AB

 

 

 

 

 

The Beatles Magial Mystery Tour

This isn’t a typical plaque page entry. It shows me on

a two hour coach tour of places related to The Beatles.

 

 

 

 

Jane Austen

Profession : novelist

From : 16th December 1775 to 18th July 1817

Age :41

Cause of death :  probably bovine disease

Blue plaque :  25, Gay Street, Bath, BA1 2PD

 

 

 

 

 

Coronation Street

 

 

For all pages relating to the long-running soap operate click the photograph on the left.

 

 

Peter Sutcliffe / The Yorkshire Ripper

 

 

For all pages relating to the murderer please click the photograph to the left