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This chapel was Restored

This time by the Right Honourable Frederick Archibald Vaughan, Earl Cawdor in AD 1900; the plaque is in the porch of St Paul's Ystradffin. © Copyright Bill Nicholls and licensed for reuse under...

This time by the Right Honourable Frederick Archibald Vaughan, Earl Cawdor in AD 1900; the plaque is in the porch of St Paul's Ystradffin. © Copyright Bill Nicholls and licensed for reuse under...

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Founded in the Year 1117

I doubt there is much round the present St Paul's Ystradffin to show it was built in 1117 but the plaque here in the porch records this and that it was restored in 1821 by the Right Honourable...

I doubt there is much round the present St Paul's Ystradffin to show it was built in 1117 but the plaque here in the porch records this and that it was restored in 1821 by the Right Honourable...

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Crownest Park - plaque 1

One of two plaques sited on a pillar at what was once the entrance gate to the park from Park Drive. Locally known as "The Lido", it is not a lido as such. Crownest Park was laid out as a memorial...

One of two plaques sited on a pillar at what was once the entrance gate to the park from Park Drive. Locally known as "The Lido", it is not a lido as such. Crownest Park was laid out as a memorial...

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Plaque, Cloghfin Upper National School

Pictured here H6265 : Youth club / Community Centre, Cloghfin © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Pictured here H6265 : Youth club / Community Centre, Cloghfin © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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An inscription stone and plaque at Thirlmere Reservoir

This impressive inscription stone with coat of arms at the northern end of the reservoir is marked on the Explorer map. © Copyright Walter Baxter and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons...

This impressive inscription stone with coat of arms at the northern end of the reservoir is marked on the Explorer map. © Copyright Walter Baxter and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons...

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Home of Dolly Pentreath

This plaque on a house in Brook Street, Mousehole records the residence of Dolly (Dorothy) Pentreath who died in 1777, often cited as the last native speaker of Cornish before its revival in the...

This plaque on a house in Brook Street, Mousehole records the residence of Dolly (Dorothy) Pentreath who died in 1777, often cited as the last native speaker of Cornish before its revival in the...

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Plaque on the Arch

Commemorative plaque on the Arch © Copyright Bill Nicholls and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Commemorative plaque on the Arch © Copyright Bill Nicholls and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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Monkland canal plaque

© Copyright Alex McGregor and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Alex McGregor and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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Second plaque, Millennium monument, Kaber

This is one of the plaques within NY7911 : Millennium monument, Kaber © Copyright Karl and Ali and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

This is one of the plaques within NY7911 : Millennium monument, Kaber © Copyright Karl and Ali and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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Plaque, Millennium monument, Kaber

This is one of the plaques within NY7911 : Millennium monument, Kaber © Copyright Karl and Ali and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

This is one of the plaques within NY7911 : Millennium monument, Kaber © Copyright Karl and Ali and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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Tablet on house wall, Castle Hill, Warwick

It reads: Whereas 3 Alms Houses standing in Pebble Lane in Warwick / which Received 6 Poor Persons / given by Mr Thomas Oken Deceased / were burnt by the Dreadful Fire upon the 5th Day of Sept....

It reads: Whereas 3 Alms Houses standing in Pebble Lane in Warwick / which Received 6 Poor Persons / given by Mr Thomas Oken Deceased / were burnt by the Dreadful Fire upon the 5th Day of Sept....

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Southern Upland Way

Plaque acknowledging funding bodies for the Southern Upland Way long distance path at the Traquair car park - on the weather vane NT3334 : Seat and weather vane at Traquair. © Copyright M J...

Plaque acknowledging funding bodies for the Southern Upland Way long distance path at the Traquair car park - on the weather vane NT3334 : Seat and weather vane at Traquair. © Copyright M...

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Date stone on St Mary's School, Luddenden

This commemorates the restoration and extension of the school, August 4th 1928. © Copyright Humphrey Bolton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

This commemorates the restoration and extension of the school, August 4th 1928. © Copyright Humphrey Bolton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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Nicholas Chamberlaine's Almshouses

A plaque gives an overview of the Almshouses, their history, and pedestrian access. © Copyright Niki Walton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

A plaque gives an overview of the Almshouses, their history, and pedestrian access. © Copyright Niki Walton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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Plaque at Magdalen College School

Gives a brief history of the Magdalen College. TF4958 : Magdalen College School, Wainfleet © Copyright Richard Hoare and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Gives a brief history of the Magdalen College. TF4958 : Magdalen College School, Wainfleet © Copyright Richard Hoare and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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Innerleithen War Memorial

In the grounds of the Memorial Hall at the junction of Leithen Road and Chapel Street. © Copyright M J Richardson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

In the grounds of the Memorial Hall at the junction of Leithen Road and Chapel Street. © Copyright M J Richardson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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Memorial plaque at Innerleithen

For the clock on the south gable of the Memorial Hall NT3336 : Innerleithen Memorial Hall, Chapel Street. © Copyright M J Richardson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence ....

For the clock on the south gable of the Memorial Hall NT3336 : Innerleithen Memorial Hall, Chapel Street. © Copyright M J Richardson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence...

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William and Elsie Cram

11 am on Saturday 9 November 1940 a German Heinkel III bomber approached Wainfleet from a Southerly direction and released three bombs. One fell in a field on St Mary side of Steeping River....

11 am on Saturday 9 November 1940 a German Heinkel III bomber approached Wainfleet from a Southerly direction and released three bombs. One fell in a field on St Mary side of Steeping River....

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To Queen Victoria

The fountain in Vivary Park, dedicated to the former monarch. Her successor was Edward VII, crowned in 1902, and who had a tree planted in his honour in the park. With money left over this...

The fountain in Vivary Park, dedicated to the former monarch. Her successor was Edward VII, crowned in 1902, and who had a tree planted in his honour in the park. With money left over...

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Burma Star and Kohima

A small but essential plaque on the war memorial. © Copyright Neil Owen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

A small but essential plaque on the war memorial. © Copyright Neil Owen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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