What is Blue plaque?
[[File:Blyton blue plaque.jpg|thumb|A blue plaque on [[Enid Blyton]]'s house]] The '''blue plaque''' scheme is a way for remembering the links between famous people and buildings by placing [[commemorative plaque]]s on the walls. The scheme was started by the [[Royal Society of Arts]] in London, and the very first plaques was, in fact, of red [[terracotta]] placed on the outside of a former home of [[Lord Byron]] (since demolished). The Society erected 36 plaques between 1866 - 1901, responsibility for them was transferred to the [[London County Council]] (1901-65) (which changed the colour of the plaques to the current blue) and later the [[Greater London Council]] (1965-86) and most recently [[English Heritage]]. Similar schemes are now operated in all the member countries of the United Kingdom. ==Outside London== English Heritage looks after the Blue plaque scheme in the London Boroughs. Similar schemes exist outside London, run by each local authority. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/about/|title=English Heritage|website=www.english-heritage.org.uk}}</ref>The system has been adopted outside the United Kingdom too, for example, in June 2010 a Blue Plaque was put on the home of [[Guernsey]] artist [[Peter Le Lievre]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Buildings and structures in the United Kingdom]]