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==Sarehole Mill,Hall Green,Birmingham== | ==Sarehole Mill,Hall Green,Birmingham== | ||
The text of the plaque reads: | The text of the plaque reads: | ||
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;"> | <poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;"> | ||
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A Birmingham Civic Society Blue Plaque read: | A Birmingham Civic Society Blue Plaque read: | ||
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;"> | |||
J.R.R. Tolkien | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
Author | Author | ||
1892-1973 | 1892-1973 | ||
lived near heare 1902-1910 | lived near heare 1902-1910</poem> | ||
==4 Highfield Road,Edgbaston,Birmingham== | ==4 Highfield Road,Edgbaston,Birmingham== | ||
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A plaque in the doorway was placed by The Tokien Society records: | A plaque in the doorway was placed by The Tokien Society records: | ||
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;"> | |||
Presented by The Tolkien Society June 1997 | Presented by The Tolkien Society June 1997 | ||
JRR Tolkien | JRR Tolkien | ||
Author of The Lord of the Rings | Author of The Lord of the Rings | ||
stayed here | stayed here | ||
June 1916 | June 1916</poem> | ||
==20 Northmoor Road,Oxford== | ==20 Northmoor Road,Oxford== | ||
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The text of the plaque reads: | The text of the plaque reads: | ||
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;"> | |||
Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board | Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board | ||
J. R. R. TOLKIEN | J. R. R. TOLKIEN | ||
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Lived here | Lived here | ||
1930–1947 | 1930–1947 | ||
Oxford Civic Society<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.oxfordshireblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/tolkien.html|articlename=Oxford Shire Blue Plaque=2002|website=[ww.oxfordshireblueplaques.org.uk/ ww.oxfordshireblueplaques.org.uk]|accessed=03 August 2014}}</ref> | Oxford Civic Society</poem><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.oxfordshireblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/tolkien.html|articlename=Oxford Shire Blue Plaque=2002|website=[ww.oxfordshireblueplaques.org.uk/ ww.oxfordshireblueplaques.org.uk]|accessed=03 August 2014}}</ref> | ||
==76 Sandfield Road, Headington, Oxford== | ==76 Sandfield Road, Headington, Oxford== | ||
This plaque is over the garage at the front of the house.The text of the plaque reads: | This plaque is over the garage at the front of the house.The text of the plaque reads: | ||
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;"> | |||
The Hill | The Hill | ||
J.R.R. Tolkien lived here 1953-1968 | J.R.R. Tolkien lived here 1953-1968</poem> | ||
<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/streets/inscriptions/headington/tolkien.html|articlename=Oxford History=2002|website=[http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/ oxfordhistory.org.uk]|accessed=03 August 2014}}</ref> | <ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/streets/inscriptions/headington/tolkien.html|articlename=Oxford History=2002|website=[http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/ oxfordhistory.org.uk]|accessed=03 August 2014}}</ref> | ||
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</poem><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/PlanningBuildings/ConservationDesignTrees/cdtfiles/BluePlaquebookletandmap.pdf|articlename= | </poem><ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/PlanningBuildings/ConservationDesignTrees/cdtfiles/BluePlaquebookletandmap.pdf|articlename= | ||
Blue Plaque Book|dated=September 2002|website=[http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/ bournemouth.gov.uk]|accessed=03 August 2014}}</ref> | Blue Plaque Book|dated=September 2002|website=[http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/ bournemouth.gov.uk]|accessed=03 August 2014}}</ref> | ||
==University Parks, Oxford== | |||
A plaque on a bench dedicated to author J.R.R. Tolkien in the University Parks of Oxford. The bench and two trees ("Laurelin" and "Telperion") planted nearby were donated in 1992 by the Tolkien Centenary Conference. The bench is situated on the western bank of River Cherwell a little bit south of the High Bridge. | |||
==Bank Terrace, Hornsea== | ==Bank Terrace, Hornsea== | ||
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[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien's bust at Exeter.jpg|250px]] | [[File:J.R.R. Tolkien's bust at Exeter.jpg|250px]] | ||
=External Links= | =External Links= | ||
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{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category:Public houses]] | [[Category:Public houses]] | ||
[[Category:Lists]] | [[Category:Lists]] |
Revision as of 05:07, 2 September 2014
Plaques and Memorials is a list of blue plaques and memorials installed in public places of United Kingdom to commemorate a link between that location and J.R.R. Tolkien and his family. Often made by The Tolkien Society and local institucions.
Plaques
Sarehole Mill,Hall Green,Birmingham
The text of the plaque reads:
Birmingham Civic Society 2002
SAREHOLE MILL
Site of water Mill since 1543
Used by Matthew Boulton in mid 18th century
Rebuilt 1768
INSPIRED J.R.R. Tolkien1896-1900
The Tolkien Society
Birmingham Civic Society with The Tolkien Society made the blueplaque at 15 August 2002.[1]
1 Duchess Place,Edgbaston,Birmingham
A Birmingham Civic Society Blue Plaque read:
J.R.R. Tolkien
Author
1892-1973
lived near heare 1902-1910
4 Highfield Road,Edgbaston,Birmingham
The text of the plaque reads:
Birmingham Civic Society
J.R.R. Tolkien Author 1892 - 1973
lived here 1910 - 1911
Tolkien Society.
Plough and Harrow, Hagley Road,Edgbaston,Birmingham
The text of the plaque reads:
A plaque in the doorway was placed by The Tokien Society records:
Presented by The Tolkien Society June 1997
JRR Tolkien
Author of The Lord of the Rings
stayed here
June 1916
20 Northmoor Road,Oxford
The text of the plaque reads:
Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board
J. R. R. TOLKIEN
Author of
The Lord of the Rings
Lived here
1930–1947
Oxford Civic Society
76 Sandfield Road, Headington, Oxford
This plaque is over the garage at the front of the house.The text of the plaque reads:
The Hill
J.R.R. Tolkien lived here 1953-1968
2 Darnley Road, West Park
The text of the plaque reads:
J.R.R. TOLKIEN CBE
Academic and author lived here between 1924 and 1925. While Reader, later Professor, at the University of Leeds 1920-1925, he collaborated on a new edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Tolkien went on to write The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
1892-1973
Brooklands Officers’ Hospital, Hull, East Yorkshire
The blue plaque reads:
J.R.R. Tolkien
Author of the Lord of the Rings
convalesced here (then Brooklands
Officers’ Hospital) 1917 - 1918 during
his service in The Great War.
Hotel Miramar, East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth
The text of the plaque reads:
JOHN RONALDREUEL TOLKIEN
1892-1973
Author and Scholar
Stayed Here Regularly from
The 1950's
Until 1972
Borough of Bournemouth
University Parks, Oxford
A plaque on a bench dedicated to author J.R.R. Tolkien in the University Parks of Oxford. The bench and two trees ("Laurelin" and "Telperion") planted nearby were donated in 1992 by the Tolkien Centenary Conference. The bench is situated on the western bank of River Cherwell a little bit south of the High Bridge.
Bank Terrace, Hornsea
The text of the plaque reads:
Hornsea Civic Society
J.R.R.Tolkien's
wife Edith and his
cousin Jenny Grove
lodged here in 1917
whilst he was posted
nearby
President Steyn Avenue, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Reads an iron plaque engraved in English and Afrikaans:
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was born on this site on 3 January 1892.
Bust
In the chapel of Exeter College, Oxford, there is a bust of J.R.R. Tolkien made by Faith Tolkien. Above the bust reads:
J.R.R. Tolkien 1892-1973
Faith Tolkien
b.1928-
Sculped this portrairof her
Father-in-law
in 1977
External Links
References
- ↑ "Birmingham Civic Society=24 Mayr 2007", birminghamnet.co.uk (accessed 3 August 2014)
- ↑ "Oxford Shire Blue Plaque=2002", [ww.oxfordshireblueplaques.org.uk/ ww.oxfordshireblueplaques.org.uk] (accessed 3 August 2014)
- ↑ "Oxford History=2002", oxfordhistory.org.uk (accessed 3 August 2014)
- ↑ "University celebrates J.R.R.Tolkien" dated 1 October 2012, www.leeds.ac.uk (accessed 3 August 2014)
- ↑ "Blue plaque marks historic links with JRR Tolkien" dated 11 November 2013, www2.hull.ac.uk (accessed 3 August 2014)
- ↑ "Blue Plaque Book" dated 1 September 2002, bournemouth.gov.uk (accessed 3 August 2014)
- ↑ "Old town buildings with a story to tell" dated 9 June 2013, hulldailymail.co.uk (accessed 3 August 2014)
- ↑ "A plaque, a Hobbit hotel and a JRR Tolkien trail that's petered out" dated 3 January 2013, www.theguardian.com (accessed 3 August 2014)