Promoting
good design in a historic environment
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Cheltenham Plaques |
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COMMEMORATES |
PLAQUE |
LOCATION |
UNVEILED |
SPONSORED BY** |
COMMENT |
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DR EDWARD JENNER |
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Alpha House, St George’s Road |
Not known |
Not known** |
Pioneer of
Vaccination and Father of Immunology |
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ALFRED LORD
TENNYSON (1809-92) |
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10 St James’ Square |
14 Oct 1926 |
Public Libraries
Committee** |
Poet Laureate |
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WILLIAM CHARLES
MACREADY (1793-1873) |
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6 Wellington Square |
15 Mar 1927 |
Public Libraries
Committee** |
Actor |
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ADAM LINDSAY GORDON
(1833-70) |
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Court House, 28 Priory Street |
19 Oct 1933 |
Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen** |
Leading Australian
poet |
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JOHN NEVIL
MASKELYNE |
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Everyman Theatre,
Regent Street |
7 May 1947, 6 Jun 2005 |
Cotswold Magical
Society** |
Illusionist &
watchmaker Originally sited on
Old Town Hall, Regent Street. |
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CHARLES STURT
(1795-1869) |
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19 Clarence Square |
16 Jul 1948 |
Public Libraries
Committee** |
Explorer of
Australia |
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GUSTAV HOLST
(1874-1934) |
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4 Clarence Road |
30 Jun 1949 |
Public Libraries
Committee** |
Composer |
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FRED ARCHER (1857-86) |
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St. George’s
Cottage, St George’s Place |
1971 |
Not known** |
Jockey |
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GILBERT LAIRD
JESSOP (1874-1955) |
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30 Cambray Place |
4 Aug 1975 |
Gerard Brodribb** |
Captain of
Gloucestershire Cricket Club |
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SIR THOMAS
RICHARDSON COLLEDGE (1796-1879) |
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Lauriston House, Montpellier Street |
1976 |
Not known** |
Founder of Medical
Missionary Society |
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SIR FREDERICK
HANDLEY PAGE (1885-1962) |
Blue |
3 King’s Road |
22 Apr 1982 |
The Handley Page
Association |
Pioneering Aircraft
designer |
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SIR ARTHUR ‘BOMBER’
HARRIS (1902-1984) |
Blue |
3 Queen’s Parade |
19 Sep 1982 |
R.A.F. Association,
Cheltenham Branch |
Wartime Commander of
Bomber Command |
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SIR RALPH
RICHARDSON (1902-1983 |
Blue |
11 Tivoli Road |
6 Nov 1982 |
National Theatre |
Actor |
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SIR ROBERT SMIRKE (1781-1867) |
Blue |
Montpellier House, Suffolk Square |
30 Apr 1983 |
Gloucestershire
Architectural Association |
Architect |
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JOSEPHINE BUTLER (1828-1906) |
Blue |
Wellington
Mansions, London Road |
23 Jul 1983 16 Oct 1999 |
The Josephine
Butler Association |
Social reformer (Originally on
Mercian House, on same site. Demolished 1998) |
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CECIL DAY LEWIS (1904-1972) |
Blue |
Box Cottage, Bafford Lane, Charlton Kings |
8 Oct 1983 |
Cheltenham College |
Poet Laureate |
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MARIE HALL (1884-1956) |
Blue |
9 Eldorado Road |
9 Jun 1984 |
Incorporated
Society of Musicians |
Violinist |
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GEORGE ROWE (1796-1864) |
Blue |
3 Priory Terrace |
6 Oct 1984 |
British Printing
Industries Federation. South Western District |
Artist &
lithographer |
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SIR BENJAMIN BAKER (1840-1907) |
Blue |
4 Cambray Place |
19 Jan 1985 |
Institute of Civil
Engineers |
Civil Engineer |
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LILLAH McCARTHY (1875-1960) |
Blue |
148 High Street |
7 Sep 1985 |
Cheltenham Theatre
and Arts Club |
Actress |
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HECTOR CAFFIERI (1847-1932) |
Blue |
21 Prestbury Road |
15 Feb 1986 |
The Medici Society |
Artist |
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ELECTRICITY. SUB-STATION |
Green |
Clarence Street |
3 May 1986 |
Gloucestershire
Society for Industrial Archaeology |
Part of Borough's
original electricity network |
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SIR GEORGE DOWTY (1901-1975) |
Blue |
10 Lansdown Terrace Lane |
4 Apr 1987 |
The Dowty Group |
Aircraft Engineer |
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CHELTENHAM INFANTS’
SCHOOL |
Green |
St. James’ Square |
10 Oct 1987 |
College of St. Paul
& St.Mary (now Univ. of
Gloucestershire) |
Oldest purpose
built infant school in existence |
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BAYSHILL HOUSE |
Green |
Overton Road |
25 Jun 1988 |
Cheltenham Ladies’ College |
Commemorates Bi-centenary of
King George III’s visit to Cheltenham in 1788. |
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THEATRE ROYAL |
Green |
Grosvenor Terrace |
2 Jul 1988 |
Reeder &
Richards |
ditto |
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THE OLD WELL |
Green |
Main entrance to Ladies’ College, Bayshill Road |
5 Jul 1988 |
Cheltenham Ladies’
College |
ditto |
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JOHN NEVIL
MASKELYNE (1839-1917) |
Blue |
12 Rotunda Terrace,
Montpellier |
10 Jun 1989 |
Ogle Fine Arts |
Illusionist &
watchmaker |
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CHELTENHAM GRAMMAR
SCHOOL |
Green |
255 High Street |
16 Mar 1993 |
Pates’ Grammar
School Foundation |
Site of school
founded by Richard Pate |
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ASSSEMBLY GLOSTER
WHITTLE E28/39 JET |
Green |
Old Post Office
Garage, Carlton Street |
25 Mar 1995 |
British Aerospace |
Assembly of 2nd Jet
Prototype |
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DR. EDWARD JENNER (1749-1823) |
Blue |
20/22 St. George’s
Place |
20 Apr 1995 |
Sovereign Housing
Association |
Vaccination Pioneer |
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JOHN GODING (1816-1879) |
Blue |
3 Portland Street |
14 Oct 1995 |
Cheltenham Local
History Society |
Historian of
Cheltenham |
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PLOUGH HOTEL |
Green |
Left of entrance to
Regent Arcade |
23 May 1997 |
Regent Arcade
Shopping Centre |
Cheltenham's
leading hotel and coaching inn |
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GLOUCESTER
YEOMANARY AND CAPTAIN POWELL SNELL |
Green |
Right of entrance
to Regent Arcade |
12 Sep 1997 |
Royal
Gloucestershire Hussars |
Gloucester Yeomanry
first raised in 1795 at Plough Hotel |
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HUGO VAN WADENOYEN (1892-1959) |
Blue |
79 The Promenade (part of Municipal
Offices) |
13 Jun 1998 |
Cheltenham Camera
Club |
Photographer |
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WILLIAM NASH SKILLICORNE (1807-1887) |
Blue |
9 Queen’s Parade |
12 Jun 1999 |
Cheltenham Borough
Council |
Cheltenham’s first
mayor |
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RONALD SUMMERFIELD (1916-1989) |
Blue |
Summerfield House, Bayshill Road |
14 Apr 2000 |
The Summerfield
Charitable Trust |
Antiques collector
& benefactor |
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MONTPELLIER
CARYATIDS |
Green |
1 Montpellier Walk |
19 Jul 2002 |
Montpellier
Traders’ Association |
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ST JAMES STATION
GWR. |
Green |
Front entrance
Waitrose store, Honeybourne Way |
02 Apr 2003 |
Gloucestershire Society
for Industrial Archaeology |
Cheltenham's GWR
terminus |
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BRIAN JONES (1942-1969) |
Blue |
17 Eldorado Road |
03 Jul 2003 |
Brian Jones Fan
Club |
Member of the
Rolling Stones |
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SIR NORMAN WISDOM |
Blue |
Hotel du Vin Formerly
Carlton Hotel, Parabola Road |
06 Sep 2003 |
Carlton Hotel and
Hotel du Vin |
Comedian |
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CHELTENHAM CRICKET
CLUB |
Green |
Pavilion, Victoria
Cricket Ground |
20 Jun 2004 |
Cheltenham Cricket
Club |
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METEOROLOGICAL
STATION |
Green |
Montpellier Gardens |
24 Jul 2004 |
Friends of
Montpellier Bandstand and Gardens |
Record temperature
reading |
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H.H. MARTYN (1842-1937) |
Blue |
Stirling House,
London Road |
2 Apr 2005 |
John Whittaker |
Craftsman and
Industrialist |
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CENTENARY OF FIRST
INTERNATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE TOUR |
Green |
St John’s Avenue |
15 Feb 2008 |
Gloucestershire
Warriors RLFC |
England vs New Zealand |
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CHELTENHAM ARCHERS
AND HORACE FORD |
Green |
Montpellier Gardens |
26 Apr 2008 |
Cheltenham Archers |
Foundation of
modern archery |
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FIRST PARACHUTE
JUMP |
Green |
The Bandstand, Montpellier Gardens |
3 October 2008 |
British Parachute
Association |
First parachute
jump made by John Hampton in 1838 |
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WILLIAM FRASER
MCDONELL VC (1829-1894) |
Blue |
Pittville House, Wellington
Road |
11 Sept 2009 |
Lord Ashcroft |
A civilian VC
awarded for bravery in India, born and died in Cheltenham |
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LT COL RICHARD
ANNESLEY WEST VC, DSO AND BAR, MC (1878-1918) |
Blue |
1 Oxford Street |
11 Sept 2009 |
Lord Ashcroft |
Born in Cheltenham
and one of the most decorated VCs, killed in action in First World War. |
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CAPTAIN ANKETELL
MOUTRAY READ (1884-1915) |
Blue |
Beaumont House, Shurdington Road |
11 Sept 2009 |
Western Front
Association |
Born in Cheltenham
and killed in action in First World War |
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DAVID LYALL RN MD
FLS |
Blue |
24 London Road |
26 June 2010 |
Lyall Brothers |
Botanical Explorer
in Antarctic, Arctic, New Zealand and North America. Buried in Cheltenham
Cemetery. |
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CHELTENHAM &
GLOUCESTER TRAMROAD |
“Railway Inn” Great
Norwood Street |
3 July 2010 |
St Philips and St
James Residents Association |
200th
Anniversary of opening the Tramroad marked at the
Norwood triangle renovation. |
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marked ** were sponsored solely by the named individual or group. |
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All other plaques
were co-sponsored by Cheltenham Civic Society |
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