blue plaque
(mostly, UK) A permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a historical link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site.
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(mostly, UK) A permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a historical link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site.
“There's a blue plaque on a building between Tynemouth and North Shields that says at the bottom it was issued by Tyne & Wear County Council. I'm not aware of any other in-the-wild still-extant references to that long defunct body”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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