The Birmingham Civic Society

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On many you can click on the subjects name to read more about them. If you wish to see a list of planned plaques, click here <table id="tblPlaques" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td width="50%"><a href="johnash.htm">Dr John Ash</a> - Founder of the General Hospital</td> <td width="50%">House of Fraser, Temple Row</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thomas Attwood - Political Reformer</td> <td>Crescent Tower, Brindley Walk</td> </tr> <tr> <td>W H Auden - Poet</td> <td>Harborne Swimming Baths, Lordswood Rd. Harborne</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="austinvillage.htm">The Austin Village</a> - Built by Sir Herbert Austin to house his workers in the 1914 / 1918 War</td> <td>Central Avenue, The Austin Village, Northfield, Birmingham B31</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="granvillebantock.htm">Sir Granville Bantock</a> - Composer</td> <td>Metchley Abbey, Metchley Rd, Harborne</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="baskerville.htm">John Baskerville</a> - Printer and publisher</td> <td>Baskerville House, Centenary Square, Broad Street</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Edward White Benson - Archbishop of Canterbury</td> <td>104 / 106 Lombard Street, Balsall Heath</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Birmingham City Council - For the building of the International Convention Centre, Symphony Hall, The National Indoor Arena and Centenary Square</td> <td>Lord Mayor's Parlour, The Council House, Victoria Square.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Blue Coat School</td> <td>Halifax Building Society, Colmore Row.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dr George Boddington - Pioneer Doctor of Medicine</td> <td>Flats on the corner of Gravelly Hill and Hillaries Rd., Erdington</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Matthew Boulton - Engineer, inventor and industrial pioneer</td> <td>1) corner of Steelhouse Lane and Priory Queensway 2) Soho House, Soho Avenue, Handsworth</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Reverend Thomas Bray - Bibliophile</td> <td>Rectory Farm, Ragley Drive, Church Rd., Sheldon.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sir Edward Burne-Jones - Artist</td> <td>11 / 12 Bennetts Hill, City Centre.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bournville Building - George Cadbury Industrialist and Philanthropist </td> <td>The Rest House, Bournville Village Green </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cannon Hill Park - Commemorating Louisa Anne Ryland</td> <td>The Lodge at Cannon Hill Park, Edgbaston Road entrance</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sir Austen Chamberlain - Statesman</td> <td>Giles House, 83, Harborne Road, Edgbaston.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Joseph Chamberlain - Statesman</td> <td>Highbury Hall, Yew Tree Lane, Moseley.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Neville Chamberlain - Prime Minister</td> <td>Edgbaston High School, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Children's Hospital - 1862 to 1962</td> <td>On the site of the original Children's Hospital, Ladywood Road (near Five Ways on the Hagley Road)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Author</td> <td>On the wall of a building in Aston Road North (until recently, the premises of T Startin Ltd. Vauxhall Dealers)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="davidcox.htm">David Cox</a> - Artist and landscape painter</td> <td>116, Greenfield Road, Harborne.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>William Sands Cox - Founder of the Birmingham Medical School</td> <td>On House of Fraser, Temple Row, City Centre.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dr R W Dale - Orator and non-conformist Minister</td> <td>Carrs Lane Church, Carrs Lane, City Centre.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Royal School for Deaf Children</td> <td>Church Road, Edgbaston</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="dentalhospital.htm">Dental Hospital</a> - </td> <td>Reception Area, The Dental Hospital, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham 4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oscar Deutsch - Founder of the Odeon Cinema Chain</td> <td>Gala Bingo Club, Birchfield Road, Perry Barr (the first Odeon Cinema)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Guild Hall of the Holy Cross and King Edward VI High School</td> <td>The AA (Automobile Association) Offices, New Street, City Centre</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sid Field - Comedian</td> <td>152, Osborn Road, Sparkbrook</td> </tr> <tr> <td>John Freeth - The Poet of Bell Street</td> <td>Bell Street subway, near New Street Station and the Bull Ring</td> </tr> <tr> <td>J Samson Gamgee - Surgeon and founder of Birmingham Saturday Fund</td> <td>Repertory Theatre, Centenary Square, Broad Street</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thomas Hall BD - Schoolmaster, preacher and bibliophile</td> <td>On the front of the Old Grammar School, in the Churchyard on Kings Norton Green</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Birmingham General Hospital</td> <td>On the original site of the hospital which is now the Offices of CENTRO, Summer Lane, Birmingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sir Rowland Hill - Postal reformer</td> <td>146, Hagley Road and also in Lionel Street and Severn Street</td> </tr> <tr> <td>George Holyoake - Social Reformer</td> <td>High Street, City Centre</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Major Dr. J. Hall-Edwards - Pioneer radiologist</td> <td>On the corner of what is now the new Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tony Hancock - Comedian</td> <td>Southam Road, Hall Green</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Joseph Hansom - Architect</td> <td>Birmingham Town Hall, Victoria Square</td> </tr> <tr> <td>William Hutton - The first Historian of Birmingham</td> <td>High Street, facing New Street in the City Centrre</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Washington Irving - American Essayist</td> <td>Above the doorway of the Forward Trust Building, Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston , Birmingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="barryjackson.htm">Sir Barry Jackson</a> - Founder and Patron of Birmingham Repertory Theatre</td> <td>There is a plaque high on the wall of the Old Repertory Theatre in Station Street and a bronze bust and plaque inside the new Repertory Theatre in Centenary Square</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sir John Jaffray - Co-founder of the Birmingham Post Newspaper</td> <td>249 Bristol Road (what used to be Edgbaston College)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Alderman W Byng Kenrick - Civic Leader and Educationalist</td> <td>Grove Park, Grove Lane, Harborne</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Albert W Ketelbey - Composer and Musician</td> <td>On the Birmingham and Midland Institute, Margaret Street, City Centre</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Christian Kunzle - Confectioner and philanthropist</td> <td>On the front of the Abbey National Bank, Broad Street, Five Ways</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lady Well - An early water supply for the City of Birmingham</td> <td>Ladywell Walk, Digbeth</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Frederick and George Lanchester - The Lanchester brothers designed and built the first motor car in England</td> <td>On the front wall of a company called MBC Metal Powders, Montgomery Street, Sparkbrook. (There are also commemorative plaques on 30 Dyott Road and 128 Oxford Road, Moseley)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="lawntennis.htm">Lawn Tennis and Major T. H. Gem</a> - The game was originated and played by Major Gem, a solicitor and sportsman</td> <td>Above the doorway at 8, Ampton Road, Edgbaston</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lloyds Bank - The original branch of this bank started by Mr Samuel Lloyd and Mr Taylor in 1765</td> <td>Between Albert St. and Carrs Lane, Dale End, Birmingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dame Hilda Lloyd - Senior Surgeon, President of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology</td> <td>Birmingham Women's Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sir Oliver Lodge - Scientist</td> <td>On the front of the Student Hostels, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Joseph Lucas - Founder of the Lucas Electrical Industries</td> <td>On the front of Three Star House, Carver Street, Ladywood, Birmingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="josiahmason.htm">Sir Josiah Mason</a> - Penmaker and Educationalist</td> <td>Forum Complex, Central Library, Chamberlain Square, City Centre (this plaque is temporarily in storage as a result of building work - to be re-erected shortly)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Military Airfield - The site of the airfield used to test-fly many thousands of locally made Spitfires in World War Two</td> <td>In the grounds of St Cuthbert's Church, Reed Square, Castle Vale</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="cardinalnewman.htm">John Henry, Cardinal Newman</a> - Founder of the English Oratory</td> <td>Alongside the main gateway to the Oratory Church, Hagley Road, Edgbaston</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Norton Motor Cycle Company</td> <td>Bracebridge Street, Aston, Birmingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Alexander Parkes - Inventor of first plastic</td> <td>Old Elkington Works, Newhall Street</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Joseph Priestly - Scholar, Scientist, Theologian and discoverer of oxygen</td> <td>On the side of the Church of St Michael and St Joseph, New Meeting House Lane, Birmingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Queen's Hospital (Accident Hospital)</td> <td>Bath Row, Birmingham</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Rotary Club - The first Rotary Club in the Midlands</td> <td>On the front of the Midland Hotel, New Street, City Centre</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sarehole Mill - The plaque commemorates the mill and its association with Matthew Boulton and J R R Tolkien</td> <td>Sarehole Mill, Cole Bank Road, Hall Green</td> </tr> <tr> <td>William Slim - Field Marshall, Viscount Slim of Burma</td> <td>144, Poplar Avenue, Harborne</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Joseph Southall - Artist and Craftsman</td> <td>Alongside the door of 13, Charlotte Road, Edgbaston</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Spitfire - Commemorates the many fighter aircraft which were built on this site between 1939 and 1946</td> <td>Jaguar Car Company, Castle Bromwich</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sir John Benjamin Stone MP - Pioneer photographer</td> <td>Taylor Memorial Home, Grange Road, Erdington</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lawson Tait - Pioneer Surgeon and Gynaecologist</td> <td>Norton Tower, Civic Close</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Edward Taylor and William Taylor - Father and son, Art teacher and Potter</td> <td>26, Highfield Road, Edgbaston</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Birmingham Municipal Technical School</td> <td>There are two plaques, one in Swallow Street and one at Aston University</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Theatre Royal</td> <td>On the first floor of the Charters Building, formerly the Woolworth building, New Street, City Centre</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Will Thorne - Founder of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers</td> <td>Current location uncertain. Was on the wall of Lucas Industries, Great King Street, Hockley - recently demolished</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Professor J R R Tolkien - Author</td> <td>There are plaques to Tolkien at 1, Duchess Place, Ladywood, at the Plough and Harrow Hotel, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, and in Highfield Road, Edgbaston</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Warwickshire County Cricket Club</td> <td>Above the entrance to the Members Stand, at the County Cricket Ground, Edgbaston</td> </tr> <tr> <td>James Watt - Engineer, Inventor and Industrial Engineer</td> <td>17, Regent Place, the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="withering.htm">Dr. William Withering</a> - Physician and botanist</td> <td>Edgbaston Golf Club, Church Road, Edgbaston</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Francis Brett Young - Novelist, Poet and Physician</td> <td>105, Harborne Road, Edgbaston</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sir Michael Balcon </td> <td>George Dixon School, Edgbaston</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Francis Aston</td> <td>Tennal Road, Harborne</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table></td> <td rowspan="2" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="10" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td class="sectionBody"> <h1>Citizenship</h1> <ul> <li><a href="citizenship.htm">Citizenship</a></li> <li><a href="Enviromental_awards.htm">Environmental Awards</a></li> <li><a href="young-citizens.htm">Young Citizens</a></li> <li><a href="next-generation-awards.htm">Next Generation Awards</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="sectionBody"> <h1>Trees</h1> <ul> <li><a href="trees.htm">Birmingham Trees for Life</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="sectionBody"> <h1>Events</h1> <ul> <li><a href="events.htm">Events</a></li> <li><a href="forthcoming.htm">Forthcoming Events</a></li> <li><a href="past_events.htm">Past Events</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="sectionBody"> <h1>Places of Interest</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110929032432/http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/LocationmapofBirminghamcitycentre.pdf">Map of Birmingham City Centre</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110929032432/http://www.thsh.co.uk/" target="_blank">Town Hall & Symphony Hall</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110929032432/http://www.birminghamheritage.org.uk/blakesly.htm">Blakesley Hall</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110929032432/http://www.bplphoto.co.uk/TolkiensBirmingham/TolkienSarehole.htm">Sarehole Mill</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110929032432/http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/soho/Publish/">Soho House</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110929032432/http://www.birminghamheritage.org.uk/astnhall.htm">Aston Hall</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110929032432/http://www.birminghamheritage.org.uk/museum.htm">Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110929032432/http://www.millenniumpoint.org.uk/">Millennium Point</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110929032432/http://www.sealifeeurope.com/sea_life_centres_uk.html#centre-birmingham">The Sealife Centre</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110929032432/http://www.cadburyworld.co.uk/en/cworld">Cadbury World</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="/web/20110929032432im_/http://www.birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk/images/corner.jpg" alt="Tree" width="185" height="185"/></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" id="mainContent"> <tr> <td><img src="/web/20110929032432im_/http://www.birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk/images/civic2.jpg" alt="Civic 2" width="336" height="381"/></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>

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