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Blue Plaques in Derbyshire

There are 18 blue plaques in Derbyshire to honour famous people and places. They were nominated by local people and Derbyshire residents voted for their favourites.

Florence Nightingale plaque

The blue plaques are:

  • Alison Uttley
  • Arthur Lowe
  • Baroness Olave St Clair Baden-Powell
  • Cromford Canal
  • Florence Nightingale
  • Frances Bush
  • George Herbert Lawrence
  • George Herbert Strutt
  • George Stephenson
  • Jedidiah Buxton
  • John Smedley
  • Joseph Paxton
  • Nigel Gresley
  • Richard Arkwright Junior
  • Samuel Slater
  • Sir Henry Royce
  • Sir Joseph Whitworth
  • William Barron

The blue plaque scheme has now finished.