Sameena Misbahuddin

Sep 18, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Sameena Misbahuddin

Blue plaque number 1,000 is being unveiled later on Tuesday as the latest addition to what is said to be the oldest such commemorative scheme in the world. The scheme, now run by English Heritage, started out in 1867 with a plaque for Lord Byron in Holles Street, just off London's Oxford Street. (The building and its plaque have long since been torn down.)A blue disc has gone on to become a well-known symbol celebrating notable people and the buildings they lived or worked in.