Local Blue Plaques in Ramsgate

The original town centre of Ramsgate, this street has been the focal point for shopping, eating, and celebrating throughout its history.

Alfred Luck 1808-1864 co-owner of AWN Pugin's lugger The Caroline lived here.

Anthony Buckeridge O.B.E. 1912-2004 Author of the 'Jennings' stories taught here.

Viscount Arthur Wellesley KG KP GCH PC FRS 1769-1852 1st Duke of Wellington and Prime Minister 1834 stayed here during the Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815.

Sir Austen H. Layard lived here 1817 Birthplace of famous archaeologist.

Benjamin Norden lived here 1799-1875 Established Jewish Burial Ground.

Buckley, Rigden, Solly, Nairne, Buzzy, Goldsmith & Kendall July 1839 Defiant fish salesmen rioted.

Charles Darwin 1809-1882 naturalist stayed here in 1850.

This ‘Little Ship’ was owned by Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller DSC*, RD, RNR (1874-1952), second officer and most senior surviving crew member of RMS Titanic, survivor of two sinking ships and two world wars.

Charley Knight lived here 1914 hero of 'Indian Chief' ship wreck.

Stephen Fagg pupil here 1931-1937 Caned by Edward Heath while both attended Chatham House.

Formerly known as Brick Street, in 1785 it was ‘the most eligible place for persons of refinement’.

On this site stood Arklow House Elizabeth Fry 1780-1845 Prison reformer and Quaker philanthropist lived here.

Elizabeth Julian lived here 1851 Hard working domestic servant.

Frank Muir 1920-1998 comedy writer, radio and television personality born and spent his childhood here.

George H. Fassam lived here 1944 Last of the chimney sweeping dynasty.

Ramsgate's first zeppelin raid. 1:48am, 17th May 1915, 20 bombs were dropped on the town in one of the country’s first air raids.

Designed by E. Pugin in the gothic style, once The Granville Hotel, this grand building was the place to stay for the well-to-do looking for a seaside break.

Hales, Neve, Collingham, Woolvern, Taylor, Smith & Leaney lived here 1901. Smack Boys.

Howard P. Knight lived here 1881-1956 honoured for helping Dunkirk evacuation.

HRH Princess Victoria stayed here from September 1835 to January 1836.

Prince, Emile and their sister Blanche, 3 of the most powerful 20th century show business figures in the West End and provincial theatres, lived here in their parents' pub The Admiral Harvey in 1901

On this site stood the Royal Albion Hotel, James J. J. Tissot, 1836-1902 artist stayed and painted here in 1876.

James Woodward lived here 1933 Visionary sea lion trainer.

Jane Austen, 1775-1817, Novelist, Visited her brother Francis Austen, later Admiral of the Fleet, here in 1803.

Jenny Marx 1844-1883 Socialist activist eldest daughter of Karl Marx lived here.

Jim Briscoe was here 1964 Event organiser of Rolling Stones infamous gig.

John Gibson Lockhart 1794-1854 author, editor of the Quarterly Review, son-in-law of author Sir Walter Scott lived here.

John Le Mesurier 1912-1983 BAFTA Award winning actor lived here 1970-1983.

John Paul died here 1917 casualty of WW1 Gotha Raid.

Karl Marx 1818-1883 communist revolutionary stayed here in 1879.

Built between 1827-1836 in the Regency style, the residential area was named after former Prime Minister (1812-1827), Richard Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool.

Major - General Sir Charles Warren R.E., GCMG, KCB, FRS, 1840-1927 Distinguished soldier, police commissioner and archaeologist lived here 1901-1914.

Marianne Asdell 1908-1911 Salvation Army Major. Set up 'The Nest'.

Marjorie Moses lived here 1915 Canteen worker in the Ramsgate Tunnels.

Mary Townley 1753-1839 architect built this house in 1780. The Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria stayed here in the 1820s.

Matilda Addison lived here 2008-2014 famous shoe designer of the future.

On this site once stood the old Town Hall, built in 1839.

Paul Booth lived here from 1977 Acclaimed jazz musician.

Present day Ramsgate heroes July 2014.

R. Becker & E. Moss lived here 1851. Sole occupants of Miss Beer's private school.

Royal Harbour and Little Ships. The UK’s only Royal Harbour, given this title by King George IV in 1821.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834 poet, critic, philosopher stayed here and also at Nos 7, 28 and 29 during the 1830s.

Shrine of St Augustine. Constructed between 1845 and 1852, St Augustine’s church was designed by Augustus Pugin, architect of the Houses of Parliament and ‘Big Ben’.

Before any houses were built here, this was the site for military drill practice during the Napoleonic Wars.

The first Wimbledon Tennis Champion in 1877 is credited with the invention of the tennis volley. Born on 10 March 1850, he died here in the Granville Hotel on 19 April 1906. He is buried in Ramsgate Cemetery.

Sybil Burr 1909-2002 Novelist lived here 1955-1960.

Terence O' Brien lived here 1906 Olympic & British Empire Medalist.

Operating as a toll booth from c.1866-c.1900.

On this site stood part of the large brewery complex of Tomson & Wotton.

1853-1890 painter Vincent Van Gogh taught here in 1876.

Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890 painter lived here 1876.

This was the location of many military installations in the Napoleonic Wars and both World Wars.

Will Hay 1888-1949 comic actor and astronomer lived here.

On this site stood Cliff House Sir William Curtis 1752-1829 MP for the City of London 1790-1828 Alderman and Lord Mayor 1795-1796 lived here.

Sir William Garrow KC, SL, PC 1760–1840 Attorney General 1813–1817 lived here.

Sir William Jordan P.C., K.C.M.G. 1879-1959 New Zealand High Commissioner in London born here.

Wilkie Collins 1824-1889 novelist stayed here during the 1870s.

Wilkie Collins 1824-1889 novelist stayed here during the 1870s.