Green Plaques

Haringey Council Green Plaques Scheme

Haringey Council runs its own historical plaques scheme to enable us to more easily commemorate notable or famous local former residents. Haringey’s Green Plaques Scheme is similar to the Blue Plaques Scheme run by English Heritage.

Green Plaques provide posterity for Haringey’s famous people and knowledge for local residents or anyone with a historical interest in this part of London. The idea for a local plaques scheme came from the Muswell Hill and Fortis Green Association, who provided support in setting the Scheme up.

Plaque criteria

To be awarded a plaque, suggested candidates must meet the following criteria:

• they must have lived in the borough,
• they must have been dead for at least 10 years, and
• the property where they lived must still be identifiable and preferably not a listed building because of the need to obtain listed building consent.

In assessing each case, it is necessary to:

• find out where the suggested famous person lived,
• check if the building they lived in is still standing, and
• check if the current owner is happy to give permission for a plaque to be put on their property.

Green Plaques in the borough

To date, Green Plaques have been erected for:

• William Barlow crystallographer and mineralogist, who lived at 74 to 80 Muswell Hill Broadway, Muswell Hill, N10.
• Oliver Tambo former President of the African National Congress, and his wife Adelaide Tambo, who lived at 51 Alexandra Park Road, Muswell Hill, N10.
• William Jefferies Collins builder and developer, who lived at ‘Rookfield’, which formerly stood on the site of 14 Cranmore Way, Muswell Hill, N10.
• William Heath Robinson Artist, Illustrator and Cartoonist known as ‘the Gadget King’, who lived at 25 Southwood Avenue, Highgate, N6.
• Priscilla Wakefield Quaker author and founder of the Penny Savings Bank, who lived near High Cross United Reform Church, 310 High Road, Tottenham, N15.
• William Bernhardt Tegetmeier naturalist, beekeeper and racing pigeon pioneer who aided Charles Darwin with his studies, who lived at 101 St James's Lane, Muswell Hill, N10.
• Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore poet, critic, essayist and follower of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who lived at Highwood Lodge, 85 Fortis Green, N2.

All of the Green Plaques have been unveiled in a short ceremony attended by interested parties.

Further information

For further information about this scheme, please contact the Design and Conservation team.

Design and Conservation Team,
Planning and Regeneration,
Urban Environment,
639 High Road,
Tottenham,
N17 8BD

Tel 020 8489 1479
Fax 020 8489 5552
Email planningcustomercare@haringey.gov.uk

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