Tameside Blue Plaques
Tameside Blue Plaques
Throughout Tameside Blue Plaques commemorate local people and places of historical importance. Artists, poets, botanists and war heroes are amongst those celebrated

Ashton
| James Keogh | Atrium between Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre and Tameside Central Library, Old Street |
| Brian Wilde | 43 Montague Road, Ashton-under-Lyne |
| Ashton Market Hall | Market Hall, Ashton-under-Lyne |
| Arthur Brooke | George Street, Ashton |
| William Thomas Forshaw VC | Ladysmith Barracks Gateway, Mossley Road, Ashton-under Lyne |
| Gardeners Question Time | The Broadoak Hotel, Ashton |
| H.V. Morton | Henry Square, Ashton-under-Lyne |
| RQMS Harry Grantham MBE DCM | The Armoury, Old Street, Ashton |
| Colour Sergeant William Yarwood Bebbington DCM and Sergeant James Hargreaves DCM | The Armoury, Old Street, Ashton |
| Raymond Ray Jones | Central Library, Old Street, Ashton |
| Ladysmith Barracks | Ladysmith Barracks Gateway, Mossley Road, Ashton |
| Hannah Mitchell | 43, Elizabeth Street, Ashton |
| Francis Thompson | Stamford Street, Ashton |
| Victoria Cross | Ashton Town Hall |
| Eli Whalley | The bridge at Donkey Stone Wharf, Ashton |
| Prophet Wroe | Odd Whim Public House, Mossley Road, Ashton |
| Tameside Hippodrome | Oldham Road, Ashton-under-Lyne |
| Lord Wright | 12 Brookfield Grove, Ashton-under-Lyne |
Audenshaw
| Eric Evans | Aldwinians Rugby Union Club, Audenshaw |
| Austin Hopkinson | Ryecroft Hall, Audenshaw |
| Harry Norton Schofield VC | Ryecroft Hall, Audenshaw |
| Frank Hampson | 488 Audenshaw Road, Audenshaw |
| RQMS John Henry Code DCM | 122 Droylsden Road, Audenshaw |
Denton
| John Angier | St Lawrence's Church, Denton |
| Denton Church | St Lawrence's Church, Denton |
| Denton Town Twinning | Former Town Hall, Denton |
| Albert Hill VC | Memorial Gardens, Denton |
| A Woman of Denton | Denton Town Hall |
Droylsden
| Charles Hindley MP | Fairfield Moravian Settlement, Droylsden |
| James Kirk VC | 530 Edge Lane, Droylsden |
| Mary Moffat | Fairfield High School for Girls, Droylsden (and Canalside, Plantation Farm, Dukinfield) |
| Harry Pollitt | Droylsden Library |
| Arthur Herbert Procter VC | St Mary's Church, Droylsden (and St Stephen's Church, Hyde) |
Dukinfield
| Kathy Staff | St. Mark’s Church Hall, Dukinfield |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | 169 Lodge Lane, Dukinfield. |
| Astley Deep Pit Disaster | Woodbury Crescent, Dukinfield |
| Colonel Duckenfield | Dukinfield Town Hall |
| John Golland | Dukinfield Town Hall |
| Mary Moffat | Canalside, Plantation Farm, Dukinfield (and Fairfield High School for Girls, Droylsden) |
| Andrew Moynihan VC | Astley Arms, Chapel Hall, Dukinfield |
| Daniel Adamson | Adamson Street, Dukinfield |
| Men of Tameside who served in the Crimean War | Alma Bridge, Dukinfield |
Hyde
| Joshua Bradley | Hyde Town Hall and 209, Mottram Road, Godley, Hyde |
| Cotton Tree Public House | Cotton Tree Public House, Newton, Hyde |
| Arthur Herbert Procter VC | St Stephen's Church, Hyde (and St Mary's Church, Droylsden) |
| Harry Rutherford | 17, Nelson Street, Hyde and Hyde Town Hall |
| Hyde Lanes's Colliery Explosion | Canal Towpath, off Manchester Road, Hyde |
| Frances Burgess (neé Lockett) | Greenfield Primary School, Queen Street, Hyde |
| The Norfolk Arms Disaster | former site of The Norfolk Arms Hyde |
| Corporal Kenneth Horsfield | 27, Croft Street, Hyde |
Mossley
| Tameside's First Co-op | Arundel Street, Mossley |
| Ernest Sykes VC | George Lawton Hall, Mossley |
| George Lawton | George Lawton Hall, Mossley |
| Mossley AFC | Seel Park, Market Street, Mossley |
Longdendale
| John Frederick La Trobe Bateman | Mottram Tunnel |
| Lawrence Earnshaw | Mottram Court House |
| Francis Lovell | Mottram Court House, Jackson Street, Mottram |
| L S Lowry | The Elms, Stalybridge Road, Mottram |
| Sir Edmund Shaa | Church Brow, Mottram |
| Bill Sowerbutts | Etherow Lodge |
Stalybridge
| Sergeant William Booth | Stalybridge Library |
| John Bradbury | Stalybridge Country Park |
| John Buckley VC | Travellers Call Public House, Stalybridge |
| Lillan Buckoke neé Urmston | St Paul's Primary School, Stalybridge |
| John Frederick Cheetham | Stalybridge Library |
| General Strike | Stalybridge Town Hall Frontage, Waterloo Road |
| Samuel Laycock | Hob Hill Mews, Stalybridge |
| Gibbon Mitchell | Malakoff Street, Stalybridge |
| Robert and Margaret Platt | Woodlands, Mottram Road, Stalybridge |
| Beatrix Potter | Gorse Hall Estate, Stalybridge |
| The Q Inn | Market Street, Stalybridge |
| William Herbert Rhodes | Stalybridge Celtic Football Club, Bower Fold, Mottram Road |
| The Rifleman Inn | Astley Street, Stalybridge |
| Sisters of the Holy Family of Bordeaux | Castle Hall Close |
| Stalybridge Station Buffet Bar | Stalybridge Station |
| Stalybridge Station Clock | National Railway Museum, York |
| Joseph Rayner Stephens | Stalybridge Town Hall Frontage, Waterloo Road |
| Ada Jane Summers | Stalybridge Civic Hall |
| Jethro Tinker | Stalybridge Country Park |
| Fred Wood | Stalybridge Station |
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