African National Congress (1978-1994)
London headquarters of the ANC
28 Penton Street, N1 London Borough of Islington/Nubian Jak Community Trust plaque (Feb 2010)
Archway Toll Gate (1813-1864)
1 Pauntley Street, N19
London Borough of Islington plaque
George Baxter (1804-1867)
Artist and craftsman
11 Northampton Square, EC1 Private plaque
Charles Bowerman (1851-1947)
Veteran of the printing trade union movement
4 Battledean Road, N5 London Borough of Islington plaque
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Composer
8 Halliford Street, N1 London Borough of Islington plaque (Oct 1985)
Thomas Britton (1644-1714)
The musical coalman
Jerusalem Passage, EC1 London Borough of Islington plaque
Lord Fenner Brockway (1889-1988)
Pacifist and politician
60 Myddelton Square, EC1 London Borough of Islington plaque
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Composer
39-45 Finsbury Square, EC2 Brunel University plaque (1976)
Jabez Bunting (1779-1858)
Wesleyan Methodist
30 Myddelton Square, EC1 London Borough of Islington plaque
William Caslon (1692-1766)
Typefounder
21-23 Chiswell Street, EC1 London County Council plaque
Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914)
Politician, statesman and businessman
25 Highbury Place, N5 London County Council plaque (1915)
Wallace Bligh Cheesman (1865-1947)
Founder of the Fawcett Association
8 Highbury Grange, N5 London Borough of Islington plaque
Caroline Chisholm (1808-1877)
Philanthropist and 'the emigrants' friend'
32 Charlton Place, N1 Greater London Council plaque
City Pesthouse (1593-1736)
Bath Street, EC1
London Borough of Islington plaque
City Road Turnpike (1766-1864)
112 City Road, EC1
London Borough of Islington plaque
Clerks' Well
14-16 Farringdon Lane, EC1
Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury plaque
Collins' Music Hall (1862-1958)
10-11 Islington Green, N1
Greater London Council plaque
William Compton (1851-1913)
Politician
Northampton Square, EC2 Plaque of unknown origin
Copenhagen Fields (21 April 1834)
Thousand marched in support of the Tolpuddle Martyrs who had been sentenced to transportation to Australia.
Clock Tower, Caledonian Park, Market Road, N7
London Borough of Islington plaque
Copenhagen House (early 17th century-1855)
Famous tavern and tea garden
& Caledonian Market (1870s-1939)
Clock Tower, Caledonian Park, Market Road, N7
London Borough of Islington plaque
Coppice Row Turnpike (c1750-1830)
Farringdon Road/Roseberry Avenue, EC1 London Borough of Islington plaque
John Cranfield (1770-1790)
Clock maker
33 St John's Lane, EC1 Private plaque
Alexander Cruden (1699-1770)
Humanist scholar and intellectual
45 Camden Passage, N1 Chapel Market Stallholders Association plaque
George Cruikshank (1792-1878)
Engraver and Illustrator
N1 69-71 Amwell Street London Borough of Islington plaque
Charles Cruft (1852-1938)
Dog show promoter
Ashurst Lodge, Highbury Grove, N5 London Borough of Islington plaque
Dame Alice Owen’s Girls’ School
Site of heavy casualties during the Blitz, 15 Oct 1940
Owen's Fields, Goswell Road, EC1 Plaque of unknown origin (No longer in situ)
Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
Scientist
7 Barnsbury Grove, N7 Private plaque
Edward Alleyn's Fortune Theatre (c1600)
Fortune Street, EC1
Plaque of unknown origin
Edith Garrud (1872-1971) 'The suffragette who knew jui-jitsu'
60 Thornhill Square, N1 London Borough of Islington - Islington People's Plaque (June 2012)
Carlo Gatti (1817-1878)
Location of an ice well built by the Swiss entrepreneur
445 Caledonian Road, N7 Plaque of unknown origin
First gay rights demonstration (27 Nov 1970)
Highbury Crescent, N7
OutRage! plaque
Kate Greenaway (1846-1901)
Childrens' book illustrator and artist
147 Upper Street, N1 London Borough of Islington plaque (Aug 1985)
Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837)
Clown
56 Exmouth Market, EC1 English Heritage plaque (1989)
John Groom (1845-1919)
Philanthropist
8 Sekforde Street, EC1 English Heritage plaque
Highbury Barn
Highbury Barn Tavern, Highbury Park, N5
London Borough of Islington plaque (No longer in situ)
Highbury Corner V1 attack (27 Jun 1944)
Memorial to the dead, injured and bereaved
Highbury Corner, N5 Plaque of unknown origin
Edward Irving (1792-1834)
Founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church
3 Claremont Square, N1 Greater London Council plaque
Sir Arthur Keith (1866-1955)
Physiologist and anthropologist
17 Aubert Park, N5 London Borough of Islington plaque
The Keskidee (1971-1992)
Britain's first arts and cultural centre for the Black community
Gifford Street, N1 London Borough of Islington plaque (Apr 2011)
Charles ‘Elia’ Lamb (1775-1834)
Essayist
64 Duncan Terrace, N1 London County Council plaque
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Artist, illustrator and writer
Bowman's Mews, Seven Sisters Road, N1 London Borough of Islington plaque
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924)
Founder of the USSR
Royal Scot Hotel, King's Cross Road, EC1 London County Council plaque (1962 /1972)
George Leybourne (1842-1884)
Music hall comedian: ‘Champagne Charlie'
136 Englefield Road, N1 Greater London Council plaque
Louis MacNiece (1907-1963)
Poet
52 Canonbury Park South, N1 English Heritage plaque
Edward Massey (1772-1852)
Clock maker
33 St John's Lane, EC1 Private plaque
Joe Meek (1929-1967)
Record producer: 'The Telstar Man'
304 Holloway Road, N7 Plaque of unknown origin
John Moor (1801-1875)
Clock maker
33 St John's Lane, EC1 Private plaque
Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917)
First South Asian Member of Parliament
Finsbury Town Hall, EC1 Plaque of unknown origin
James Bronterre O'Brien (1797-1864)
Chartist writer
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School, Donegal Street, N1 London Borough of Islington plaque
Joe Orton (1933-1967)
Playwright
25 Noel Road, N1 London Borough of Islington plaque
George Orwell (1903-1950)
Novelist and essayist
27 Canonbury Square, N1 London Borough of Islington plaque
Tom Paine (1737-1809)
Revolutionary and author
Angel Square (Memorial to ‘The Rights of Man’ – not a plaque)
Dan Parkes (1946-1989)
Clock maker
33 St John's Lane, EC1 Private plaque
Peacock Inn (1564-1962)
Old coaching inn
11 Islington High Street, N1 London Borough of Islington plaque
The Peasants’ Revolt (1381)
Commemorating the burning and destruction of Highbury Manor
Highbury Barn Tavern, N5 London Borough of Islington - Islington People's Plaque (Jun 2011)
Samuel Phelps (1804-1878)
Actor and manager of Sadler's Wells Theatre
8 Canonbury Square, N1 London County Council plaque (1911)
Christopher Pinchbeck (1670-1732)
Clock maker
33 St John's Lane, EC1 Private plaque
Riceyman Steps
Setting for the novel by Arnold Bennett
Gwynne Place, WC1 Amwell Society plaque
Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864)
Artist who portrayed London
26 Batchelor Street, N1 Greater London Council plaque (1976)
Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942)
Artist
1 Highbury Place, N5 London Borough of Islington plaque (replaced Jul 2011)
Joseph Simms (1745-1770)
Clock maker
33 St John's Lane, EC1 Private plaque
Sir Michael Sobell (1892-1993)
Contributed to the building of the Sobell Leisure Centre
Sobell Leisure Centre, Hornsey Road, N7 London Borough of Islington/Sobell Foundation plaque (Sep 2010)
Social Democratic Foundation (1926-1937)
Headquarters
54 Colebrooke Row, N1 London Borough of Islington plaque
Spa Green (discovered 1685)
Spa known as the New Tunbridge Wells
Lloyd's Row, EC1 Plaque of unknown origin
St John Street Turnpike (1746-1830)
Tunbridge House, St John Street, EC1
London Borough of Islington plaque
St John's Gate (1504)
Entry to the Priory of the Knights of St John
St John's Square/St John's Lane, EC1 Plaque of unknown origin
Marie Stopes (1880-1958)
Site of the first Mothers' Clinic in 1921
61 Marlborough Road, N19 London Borough of Islington plaque
Edward Suess (1831-1914)
Geologist, economist and statesman
4 Duncan Terrace, N1 Geological Society of London plaque (1929)
James Hudson Taylor (1832-1905)
Premises for the work of the China Inland Mission, founded 1865
6 Pyrland Road, N5 Private plaque
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
Novelist
Clerkenwell Road, EC1 Private plaque
Thomas Tompion (1639-1713)
Clock maker
33 St John's Lane, EC1 Private plaque
The Triffids (1985)
Site where the album 'Born Sandy Devotional' was recorded
27 Britton Street, EC1 Private plaque
James Upjohn (1765-1794)
Clock maker
33 St John's Lane, EC1 Private plaque
Jim Veal (1931-2006)
Community campaigner
Jim Veal Drive, N7 London Borough of Islington/Southern Housing Group plaque (Jul 2010)
Kenneth Williams (1926-1988)
Comedy actor and writer
13/15 Bingfield Street, N1 London Borough of Islington plaque (Jun 2010)
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)
Writer, teacher and feminist who opened a school for girls at Newington Green in 1784
Newington Green Primary School, Newington Green, N16 London Borough of Islington plaque (Mar 2011)
John Wright (1907-1991)
Founder of the Little Angel Theatre
Little Angel Theatre, Dagmar Passage, N1 London Borough of Islington - Islington People's Plaque (Jul 2011)