Blue plaques around Southampton

Plaques have been erected all over Southampton to commemorate famous or well-loved people who have contributed significantly to Britain and Southampton's history.

Seven of these plaques were put up as part of Southampton's Blue Plaque Scheme in partnership with Historic England, these are listed in the table below.

Southampton City Council and Historic England Blue Plaque Scheme

Date of plaque	Person commemorated	Lived between	Reason for plaque	Address of plaque
July 2004	Roy Chadwick	1893-1947	Designer of the Lancaster and Vulcan bomber aircraft lived here 1922-1929	38 Chessel Avenue Southampton SO19 4DX
July 2004	Herbert Collins	1885-1975	Architect of suburbia lived here	38 Brookvale Road Southampton SO17 1QR
July 2004	Emily Davies	1830-1921	Campaigner for women's education was born here	6 Carlton Crescent Southampton SO15 2EY
July 2004	Sir Henry James	1803-1877	Director General of the Ordnance Survey lived here 1803-1877	The Director General's House Rockstone Place Southampton SO15 2EP
July 2004	John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe	1859-1935	Admiral of the fleet was born here	1 Cranbury Place Southampton SO14 0LG
September 2005	R.J Mitchell	1895-1937	Designer of the Supermarine Spitfire lived here 1927-1937	2 Russell Place Southampton SO17 1NU
	Sir Edward Penley Abraham	1913-1999	Developer of antibiotics was born here	47 Southview Road Southampton SO15 5JD

Many other plaques have been put up by friends, family and fans of Southampton's most influential people and historic places. The table below has details of some of the other plaques around Southampton.

Plaques in Southampton (Non-SCC & Historic England Blue Plaque Scheme)

Plaque date	Subject commemorated	Reason for plaque	Address of plaque	Type of plaque
	Habana	To commemorate the arrival aboard the Habana of 4000 refugee children from the Basque region of Spain in 1937 following destruction of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War and to thank the people of Southampton and Britain who volunteered to care for them	Civic Centre (Central Library Entrance) Commericial Road Southampton SO14 7LW	Blue plaque
Oct 2012	Mary Magdalen Leprosy Hospital	In commemoration of the Mary Magdalen Leprosy Hospital which stood near this spot in Medieval time, and those buried there. This plaque is dedicated to their memory and to honour the work of the New Hope Rural Leprosy Trust in India today	West Park Commercial Road Southampton	Blue plaque
April 2012	Sir Arthur Henry Rostron KBE RD RNR US Congressional Gold Medal	th April 1912. Lived here 1926 to 1940.	Chalk Hill Southampton SO18 3BZ	Blue plaque
	The Concorde Club	The Concorde Club is the oldest jazz club in the UK. It was opened in 1957 by Cole Mathieson and has stayed under the same management since.	Stoneham Lane SO50 9HQ	Brecon Jazz Festival’s (Kind of) Blue plaque
May 2014	Southampton Terminus Station & William Tite CB	Southampton Terminus Station (1838-1966). Designed by Sir William Tite for the London and Southampton Railway, a major catalyst in the development of the modern port	Terminus Terrace Southampton SO14 3AS	Red plaque
	Ordnance Survey	Ordnance Survey 1841-1969 After fire destroyed its offices at the Tower of London, the Headquarters of the Ordnance Survey occupied this site in 1841. Decisions which led to the national mapping of Great Britain were made here. The original buildings were seriously damaged in the enemy air raids of 1940: older buildings still standing on the site, including the Director General’s House, are a reminder of that age. The Ordnance Survey moved from here to offices at Maybush, Southampton, in 1969	London Road Southampton SO15 2AE	Bronze plaque
	Joe Zammit	“This plaque is in loving memory of Joe Zammit. Born 3rd January 1926, sadly passed away on 3rd October 2005. Joe gave 62 years’ service to the Southampton Taxi Trade. He will be missed.”	Blechynden Terrace Southampton SO15 1GW	Black plaque
	Reginald J Mitchell	In memory of the designer of the legendary fighter aircraft the Spitfire Reginal Joseph Mitchell 1895-1937. On this site the first Spitfire was built by the Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers) Limited. Spitfires and their pilots played a decisive part in the Battle of Britain 1940. This plaque was unveiled by Mr Alan Clifton MBE B.Sc FRAES	Hazel Road Southampton SO197GA	Stone and metal
	Bargate and Guildhall	During the 12th Century this northern gateway to the medieval town was a single round archway. In the 13th century two round towers were added and early in the 15th century the north front was extended. The guildhall, now a museum, was formerly the town’s administrative centre and used for public functions and for performances by companies of strolling players	The Bargate High Street Southampton SO14 2DJ	Black heritage plaque
Dec 2011	Brigadier Martin Hotine	This stone and tree commemorate the life and work of Brigadier Martin Hotine. Head of Trigonometrical and Levelling Division Ordnance Survey 1934- 39. Designer of Ordnance Survey Trigonometrical Pillar 1935. Founding Director, Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1946-1963.	Adanac Park Southampton SO16 0AS	Stone and tree
	Conduit House	This medieval waterhouse was used to collect water from the colewell in Spring Court, Hill Lane and from the springs rising near The Polygon and Grosvenor Square for the public water supply of Southampton	Commercial Road Southampton SO15 1GE	Black heritage plaque