Blue plaques in Trafford

Blue Plaques mark historic sites linked to important local people or events. 

They honor individuals who were renowned in their field, made significant community contributions, or are well-known enough to be remembered by the next generation.

Nominate someone for a Blue Plaque

If you would like to suggest a commemoration, please complete a Blue Plaque request.

Usually, commemorations would only be considered at least 20 years after the person’s death or the event.

Blue Plaques in Altrincham

• Market Site
• George Massey
• Helen Allingham, RWS
• Ronald Gow
• Chapel Street
• Edward Kinder Bradbury
• Bernard (Benny) Rothman
• Maria Margaret Netherwood
• William (Bill) Speakman, V.C.
• Edward Theophilus Nelson

Blue Plaques in Davyhulme

• Ensign Charles Ewart

Blue Plaques in Sale

• Robert Bolt
• George Saul Mottershead
• Mary Worthington

Blue Plaques in Stretford

• Dame Isobel Baillie
• James Gibson
• L.S Lowry
• Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith
• John Rylands
• Superintendent James Bent
• Duncan Edwards
• Tommy Taylor
• Ford Motor Company
• Sergeant Charles Harry Coverdale V.C.
• Tom Curry
• James Neville Marshall, V.C.
• Edward Colquhoun Charlton, V.C.
• Aldwyn Roberts (Lord Kitchener)
• Lilian Saatweber

Blue Plaques in Urmston

• Bottoms Footpath
• Professor Tom Kilburn
• Trafford General Hospital
• Beatrice Clayton Pepper and Edith Clayton Pepper
• Ernest Leonard Leeming