Blue Plaque Listings

List of plaques by name

• Name Date Description
• Allen, Rachel1924-1930First Labour Woman Exeter City Councillor
• Baring-Gould, Sabine1834-1924Writer, folk song collector and parson.
• Benet, Thomasdied c. 1531Religious martyr
• Bodley, Thomas1545 – 1613Founder of the Bodleian Library
• Brewer, Cecil "Charlie" and Mary the pigeon1922-1985Wartime pigeon breeder whose homing pigeon Mary won the Dickin Medal for bravery
• Buller, Dame Georgiana1926-1953Pioneer of services for disabled people
• Buller, Sir Redvers, VC1839 – 1908"He saved Natal"
• Cann, Abraham1794-1864Champion of England at Devonshire Wrestling
• Clifford, William Kingdon1845 – 1879Mathematician and philosopher
• Collins, David, Col.1756 – 1810First Lieutenant Governor of Tasmania
• Darling, Grace1815 – 1842Sea rescue heroine
• Dickens, Charles1812 – 1870Novelist
• Evans, Davidc. 1764 – 1847Supporter of universal suffrage
• Follett, William Webb1796 – 1845Attorney General
• Ford, Richard1796 – 1858Author and traveller
• Gordon, Charles George, Gen1833 – 1885Hero of Khartoum
• Hardy, Theodore Bayley1863 – 1918Army chaplain, awarded VC
• Harris, George1775 – 1810First Deputy Surveyor General of Tasmania
• Hems, Harry1842 – 1916 Ecclesiastical sculptor
• Hennis, Peter1802 – 1833Hero of Exeter cholera outbreak 1832; killed in duel
• Hilliard, Nicholas1547-1619Nicholas Hilliard, Miniaturist and Goldsmith
• Hooker, Richard1554 – 1600Writer and theologian
• Hoskins, W G1908 – 1992Historian and the man behind "The House That Moved"
• Johns, Ivy1910-2007First Labour Woman Mayor of Exeter and champion for the people of Wonford
• Kempe, Arthur1812 – 1871Surgeon and philanthropist
• Knocker, Elsie, Baroness de T'Serclaes1884-1978Elsie Knocker, Baroness de T'Serclaes
• Latimer, Thomas1803 – 1888Campaigning journalist
• Liszt, Franz1811 – 1886Composer and pianist
• Lovely, Dr Charles Newton1864-1947Dr Charles Newton Lovely, Exeter GP and Founding Chairman of Exeter Workmen's Dwellings Company
• Miles, William1800 – 1881Authority on animal welfare
• Oliver, George1781 – 1861 Author and priest
• Parents of Charles Dickens1839Lived in Alphington
• Patch, John1723 – 1787Exeter surgeon
• Prest, Agnesdied 1557Religious martyr, burned at the stake
• Sandford, Richard Douglas1891-1918Submariner, awarded VC in World War 1
• Simcoe, John1752 – 1806First Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
• Simpson, Stephen1869-1954Engineer and Inventor
• Sisters of the Community of St. Wilfrid1866 – 2004Teachers and nuns
• Splatt, Edith1911-1945First Woman Exeter City Councillor
• The Devon "Witches"died 1682 & 1685Last people in England to be executed for witchcraft
• Vanbrugh, Violet and Dame Irene1867-1942 and 1872-1949Stage and screen actresses
• Veitch, Robert Tosswill1823 - 1885Horticulturist and Nurseryman
• Weslake, Harry1897 – 1978Motor engineer
• Widgery, Frederick John1861-1942 Landscape painter and Freeman and Alderman of Exeter