In
the United Kingdom, blue
plaques are attached to buildings to commemorate
their association with important occupants or events.
In the United
Kingdom, a blue plaque is a
permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate
a link between that location and a famous person
or event. These are often blue-glazed earthenware or
resin discs,
19 inches (48 cm) in diameter, with a white border
and white text, placed on the exterior of buildings
or other permanent structures. They are generally
2 inches (5 cm) thick and incorporated into a wall
with mortar so as to form a permanent part of the
fabric of a building. Not
all such plaques are blue in colour; a number of
plaque schemes exist, run by various organisations
in different parts of the UK, and hence several different
plaque designs can be seen.
Several plaque schemes operate (some with different
coloured plaques), often run by Civic
Societies, district or town councils, or local
history groups, and often with different criteria.
In many parts of Britain, these projects exist as local
equivalents of the London scheme described above.
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