List of hoax commemorative plaques

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This is a list of hoax commemorative plaques on permanent public display in locations around the world.

Contents

Europe

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeDesignationNotes
Angel Alley and SurroundsAngel Alley, London, E1

51°30′58″N0°04′14″W / 51.515998°N 0.0705101°W / 51.515998; -0.0705101
2007 [1] Eames Demetrios [2] ANGEL ALLEY AND SURROUNDS

A generation of generations ago, at the time of the Rockall Ascendancy, most of this area, owned by the Royal Family of distant Rockall, was a fiefdom of filth and wretchedness. It was here, searching for her sister, that the formidable Esther Tabran clearly saw Crown Prince Jyorge furtively step out of Georges Yard that lethal morning. Too late to save Martha, Esther’s unbridled and unrepentant outrage was a key link in the chain that left the once mighty empire a mere rump of rock accenting the sea. Discover Endlen Kymhuir. PLAQUE PLACED BY KYMAERICAPROJECT.CO.UK [1]

Raven Bjorn17/18 Catford Broadway, London, SE6

51°26′43″N0°01′18″W / 51.445333°N 0.0218021°W / 51.445333; -0.0218021
2021 [3] [4] Tara Tsuruta [5] Heritage of Catwanda

RAVEN BJORN 1899 - 1934 Star of stage and screen lived here 1917 - 1922 [6]

Roger BucklesbyUndisclosed park in North London, United Kingdom) [7]

Undisclosed
August 2013 Jamie Maslin [8] In memory of

Roger Bucklesby. Who hated this park, and everyone in it.

Katherine Ford17/18 Catford Broadway, London, SE6

51°26′43″N0°01′18″W / 51.445333°N 0.0218021°W / 51.445333; -0.0218021
2021 [3] [4] Tara Tsuruta [9] Heritage of Catwanda

KATHERINE FORD 1900-1978 Actress and social reformer lived here 1917-1922 [6]

VonHogflumePlaque.JPG Jacob von Hogflumemultiple (Originally at 11 Golden Square, London, United Kingdom) [10]

51°30′41″N0°08′15″W / 51.5113264°N 0.1376076°W / 51.5113264; -0.1376076
2012Dave Askwith and Alex NormantonEnglish Heritage

JACOB VON HOGFLUME 1864-1909 Inventor of time travel lived here in 2189 [11]

Modern day folly (geograph 3821563) (cropped).jpg Llandegley International Airport A44 road, between Crossgates and Cefnllys, Wales [12]

52°16′27″N3°19′35″W / 52.2742151°N 3.3265191°W / 52.2742151; -3.3265191
2002Nicholas Whitehead [12] Llandegley International

Terminals 1 and 3 For Airport Café, follow signs for Terminal 1. 2 1⁄2m

Carswell Prentice 118 Hillfield Ave Crouch End London N8 8DN.jpg Carswell Prentice118 Hillfield Ave, London, United Kingdom

51°35′04″N0°07′06″W / 51.584496°N 0.1182126°W / 51.584496; -0.1182126
unknownunknownThe Society for the Promotion of Historic Buildings

Carswell Prentice 1891-1964 inventor of the supermarket trolley stayed here in September 1932 [13] [14] [11]

The Fr. Pat Noise Plaque (O'Connell Street Bridge) (5680819873).jpg Father Pat Noise O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

53°20′50″N6°15′34″W / 53.347248°N 6.259447°W / 53.347248; -6.259447
Christmas 2004 [15] [16] Two brothers from a village near Blessington [15] THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES

FR. PAT NOISE ADVISOR TO PEADAR CLANCEY. HE DIED UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN HIS CARRIAGE PLUNGED INTO THE LIFFEY ON AUGUST 10TH 1919. ERECTED BY THE HSTI

Things in Whitworth Park - geograph.org.uk - 5485186.jpg Meteorite fall Whitworth Park, Manchester, United Kingdom

53°27′32″N2°13′48″W / 53.458978°N 2.229936°W / 53.458978; -2.229936
2015 Cornelia Parker [17] METEOR FALL

HERE IN THIS PARK ON THE NIGHT OF FRIDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2015 A METEORITE LANDED AND WAS LOST [18]

Armorial bearings at 5 Charlemont Street, Dublin 2, Ireland 02.jpg Armorial bearings of the unrecognized microstate of the Principality of Thomond 5 Charlemont Street, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

53°19′57″N6°15′48″W / 53.3324487°N 6.2631978°W / 53.3324487; -6.2631978
1949 [19] Raymond Moulton O'Brien Irish (in Gaelic script): Laṁ láidir an Uaċtar (English: The Strong Hand from Above) [20]

North America

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeDesignationNotes
Brauer-TVMurder.jpg Ry Brauer High Falls, New York, United States of America

41°49′38″N74°07′26″W / 41.827222°N 74.123889°W / 41.827222; -74.123889
August 2013 Norm Magnusson [21] ON THIS SITE STOOD RY BRAUER, TYPICAL AMERICAN TEEN, BY THE AGE OF 18, HE HAD WITNESSED OVER 30,000 MURDERS ON TV. (EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, 2007)

South America

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeDesignationNotes
Villa de Leyva, Colombia 02.jpg nothing and no-oneCarrera 9, Villa de Leyva, Boyacá Department, Colombia

5°38′05″N73°31′17″W / 5.634819°N 73.521492°W / 5.634819; -73.521492
unknownunknownEl 13 de octubre de 1825 en esta casa no pasó nada, ni nació nadie importante (English: On October 13, 1825, nothing happened in this house, nor was anyone important born)

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