Plaque

Records tagged with Type of Memorial: Plaque

Memorial plaque to Ysobel Stewart

Dedicated to: 
Inscription: 

IN MEMORY OF/
YSOBEL STEWART (FASNACLOICH)/
23 NOVEMBER 1882 - 15 OCTOBER 1968/
CO-FOUNDER OF/
ROYAL SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE SOCIETY 1923

Material: 
Metal
Location:
On wall to the left of the entrance to the Roual Scottish Country Dance Society
12 Coates Crescent
Edinburgh, MLN, EH12 5LT
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Memorial plaque to Jean Milligan

Dedicated to: 
Inscription: 

IN MEMORY OF JEAN MILLIGAN LL.D./
(9 JULY 1886-28 1978) CO-FOUNDER OF THE/
ROYAL SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE SOCIETY 1923

Material: 
Metal
Location:
On wall beside entrance to the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society building
12 Coates Crescent
Edinburgh
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Memorial plaque to the Gaelic bard Mary MacPherson

Dedicated to: 
Inscription: 

"Moch 's mi 'g eirigh ...
The last home of Mary MacPherson
Mairi Mhor nan Oran
1821 - 1898
Gaelic Poetess and Bard
... air bheagan eislein air madainn Cheitein 's mi ann an Os"

Erected by: 
Portree Local History Society
Material: 
Polymer
Location:
Plaque attached to the exterior wall of the Rosedale Hotel in Portree, Isle of Skye.
Beaumont Crescent, Rosedale Hotel
Portree, IV51 9DD
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Plaque to Mary MacPherson
Plaque to Mary MacPherson

Wall plaque for Mrs Alison Cockburn

Dedicated to: 
Inscription: 

MRS COCKBURN 1710-1794 WHO WROTE "THE FLOWERS O' THE FOREST" LIES BURIED NEAR HERE

Erected by: 
Not known
Material: 
Stone
Location:
Corner of Chapel Street and Windmill Street
Chapel Street
Edinburgh, EH8 9AY
Images: 
Wall plaque
Additional information: 

Alison (Alicia) Rutherford (Mrs Cockburn) (1712-1794) was a renowned wit and society hostess in Enlightenment Edinburgh. Born at Fairnielee (Fernilee), Selkirkshire, she married Patrick Cockburn of Ormiston in 1731. She was widowed in 1753 and moved from Blair’s Close on Castle-Hill to Crichton Street where she entertained many of the most important men of the time, including David Hume, John Hume and Lord Mondobbo. She described the six-year-year-old Walter Scott as being “the most extraordinary genius of a boy I ever saw” (Lockhart, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott). She was much noted for her abilities as a dancer and for her personal charms.
Her lyrics set to the old air of “Flowers of the Forest,” were probably written before 1731 (Lockhart states 1726). The tune is now more widely known for the lyrics by Jane Eliot.
She was buried, not by her husband, but in the graveyard of the Chapel of Ease (built 1755; later rebuilt as Buccleuch Parish church) by the side of her son, Adam, who predeceased her by 14 years.

Scottish Women's Hospitals in the Great War memorial

Inscription: 

This plaque, unveiled on 4th July 2001, by

HRH The Princess Royal

commemorates at the site of their offices, the staff of the Scottish Women's
Hospitals for Foreign Service in their voluntary, heroic and illustrious work
during WW1, many of whom gave their lives in the Great War. On this day,
recognition was granted to these brave women in the city of their origin.

Also honoured are all the women who contributed so much to the
allied cause in the two World Wars.

Date: 
4th July 2001
Material: 
bronze
Location:
On the outside of 'Tiles' bar, South side of St Andrew Square
No. 1 St Andrew Square
Edinburgh, EH2 2BD
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Scottish Women's Hospitals in the Great War memorial

Memorial plaque to Marjorie Dence

Dedicated to: 
Inscription: 

IN AFFECTIONATE
MEMORY OF
MISS MARJORIE L DENCE
M.B.E.,J.P.,
OWNER AND DIRECTOR
OF PERTH THEATRE
1935-1966

Erected by: 
Perth Theatre
Material: 
Cream-coloured stone
Location:
Perth Theatre
185 High Street, Horsecross
Perth, PH1 5UW
Additional information: 

The plaque is a large cream coloured stone with a carving of Marjorie Dence's face and shoulders. It is affixed to the wall in the theatre entrance, opposite the box office.

Memorial plaque to Elsie Inglis

Dedicated to: 
Inscription: 

THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH
ELSIE MAUD INGLIS
1864–1917
FOUNDER, SCOTTISH WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
FEDERATION AND SCOTTISH WOMEN’S
HOSPITALS, GRADUATE OF
THE UNIVERSITY

Erected by: 
The University of Edinburgh
Date: 
2000
Material: 
Bronze
Location:
On the facade of Old Surgeons' Hall
Surgeons' Square (South Side), University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, EH1
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Edinburgh University Millenial Plaque to Elsie Maud Inglis
Edinburgh University Millenial Plaque to Elsie Maud Inglis
Edinburgh University Millenial Plaque to Elsie Maud Inglis

Plaque marking gravesite of Lady Anne Mackintosh

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Inscription: 

‘...AMONG THOSE BURIED HERE ...THE JACOBITE HEROINE “COLONEL ANNE” LADY MACKINTOSH, WHO RAISED A REGIMENT FOR PRINCE CHARLIE IN THE 1745 RISING...’

Material: 
Bronze
Location:
North Leith churchyard
Coburg Street
Leith, EH6 6ET
Images: 
Photo of plaque - Colonel Anne - North Leith Churchyard

Memorial plaque to Sophia Jex-Blake, University of Edinburgh

Dedicated to: 
Inscription: 

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
IN HONOUR OF
SOPHIA LOUISA
JEX-BLAKE
1840–1912
PHYSICIAN, PIONEER OF MEDICAL
EDUCATION FOR WOMEN IN BRITAIN,
ALUMNA OF THE UNIVERSITY

Location:
East wall of the main entrance, Under the Pend, The University of Edinburgh Medical School
Teviot Place
Edinburgh, EH8 9AG
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Plaque to Sophia Jex-Blake at Edinburgh University Medical School
Plaque to Sophia Jex-Blake at Edinburgh University Medical School

Memorial plaque to Sophia Jex-Blake

Dedicated to: 
Inscription: 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF SOPHIA LOUISA JEX-BLAKE MD
BY WHOSE ENERGY, COURAGE, SELF-SACRIFICE AND PERSEVERANCE THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE AND THE ART OF HEALING WERE OPENED TO WOMEN IN SCOTLAND
1840–1912

Location:
North aisle, St Giles’ Cathedral
High Street
Edinburgh
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Plaque to Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake inside St Giles Kirk, Edinburgh
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