York Civic Trust has been placing commemorative plaques to places and people on buildings since the late 1940s. There are now more than a hundred plaques spread around the city in bronze, wood, slate, aluminium and glass (and one in Amsterdam). The majority mark buildings or places of interest, but there are many to influential people with York connections.
York Civic Trust’s plaques
Read more about York Civic Trust’s hundreds of plaques scattered across the city.
Our latest plaque
We put up new plaques around York regularly. Read more about our latest blue plaque.
Have your say
You can see some of the latest suggestions here and have your say on which should be unveiled next or nominate one yourself.
Emblem
The Emblem of the Civic Trust is used on the plaques, along with logos and emblems of other sponsors and funders. Our Emblem is based on the York Assay Mark of 1423 (under Henry IV). In 1541 it was described as “the pounce of the Citie called the half leopard head and half flowre de Lyce” (fleur de lys).
Some Recent Plaques
A crowd of over 100 people gathered for the unveiling of our plaque to Austin Wright in May 2024. This plaque is located at the former home of the sculptor: Green View, Poppleton.
13 March 2020, members of the York Irish Association celebrated the plaque unveiling at 64 Walmgate to mark the Irish community who settled in York from the 1840s having escaped The Famine.
Plaque to Sydney Smith on More House, Heslington, unveiled by Father Kevin Melody, with Revd Johannes Nobel (left) and York Civic Trust Chair, Andrew Scott (right) April 2019.
A large and celebratory gathering for the unveiling of the improved Anne Lister “Rainbow” plaque in February 2019.