{"id":602,"date":"2017-06-21T10:45:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T09:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/7dials.hyperlinkmedia.co.uk\/?page_id=602"},"modified":"2023-08-15T03:06:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:06:21","slug":"peoples-plaques-street-history-plaques","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/streets\/street-furniture\/peoples-plaques-street-history-plaques\/","title":{"rendered":"People\u2019s Plaques & Street History Plaques"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As part of the Seven Dials Trust\u2019s policy of integrating street furniture and illuminating the area\u2019s history, it commissioned Steve Denford, Head of Research, Camden History Society and author of \u2018The Streets of St Giles\u2019, to research notable historic individuals and institutions from Shaftesbury Avenue down to Long Acre. He identified over 130 names. This list was refined down to 30 by a small monitoring group.  The People’s Plaques<\/a> are installed as sponsorship is secured. Beneath each People\u2019s Plaque, a QR code plaque with the sponsor\u2019s name, leads to more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trust has also developed five Street History Plaques<\/a> using the material researched by Steve Denford and Dr J.M. Robinson\u2019s work for the Trust on the area\u2019s history, core streets and buildings. The five plaques have been funded by sponsorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two schemes won the London Forum Media Award: Promoting Local History.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This map sets out the names and positions of the People\u2019s Plaques in both Camden and Westminster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The late Cilla Black unveiling the plaque to Brian Epstein.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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International press at unveiling the first plaque, to Brian Epstein.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Trust Plaque group discussing the various designs options created by trustee Paul Draper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Street History plaque for The Dials, one of five.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The final design for the Seven Dials street name plates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The citation was \u2018An absolutely brilliant and wide ranging scheme\u2026\u2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As part of the Seven Dials Trust\u2019s policy of integrating street furniture and illuminating the area\u2019s history, it commissioned Steve Denford, Head of Research, Camden History Society and author of \u2018The Streets of St Giles\u2019, to research notable historic individuals and institutions from Shaftesbury Avenue down to Long Acre. He identified over 130 names. This… View Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":6890,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-602","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8074,"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/602\/revisions\/8074"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}