The City of Durham Parish Council has set up a blue plaques scheme to commemorate important people, buildings and events in the parish.
5 blue plaques have already been awarded:
and more will be awarded in the future.
This scheme is based loosely on the English Heritage scheme for blue plaques in London, and aims to encourage residents to celebrate their heritage and to engender civic pride. Members of the public nominate suggestions for a blue plaque, these are then considered by the Parish Councillors and winning nominations agreed. Nominations have then to be submitted to the County Council for planning approval. Commemoration of women in these awards is to be commended as very few of the plaques in existence focus on women.
Other organisations have also set up plaques in the City. A page on this website gives details and photos of the plaques in the City. Some of these are listed below:
City of Durham Trust’s plaques:
Rotary Durham Jubilee Plaques:
Other organisations’ plaques:
The City of Durham Parish Council’s criteria for granting a heritage plaque are: