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List of hoax commemorative plaques

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

Europe

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Angel Alley and Surrounds Angel Alley, London, E1

51°30′58″N 0°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 Bjorn 17/18 Catford Broadway, London, SE6

51°26′43″N 0°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 Bucklesby Undisclosed 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 Ford 17/18 Catford Broadway, London, SE6

51°26′43″N 0°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]

  Jacob von Hogflume multiple (Originally at 11 Golden Square, London, United Kingdom)[10]

51°30′41″N 0°08′15″W / 51.5113264°N 0.1376076°W / 51.5113264; -0.1376076 		2012 Dave Askwith and Alex Normanton English Heritage

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

  Llandegley International Airport A44 road, between Crossgates and Cefnllys, Wales[12]

52°16′27″N 3°19′35″W / 52.2742151°N 3.3265191°W / 52.2742151; -3.3265191 		2002 Nicholas Whitehead[12] Llandegley International

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

  Carswell Prentice 118 Hillfield Ave, London, United Kingdom

51°35′04″N 0°07′06″W / 51.584496°N 0.1182126°W / 51.584496; -0.1182126 		unknown unknown The Society for the Promotion of Historic Buildings

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

  Father Pat Noise O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

53°20′50″N 6°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

  Meteorite fall Whitworth Park, Manchester, United Kingdom

53°27′32″N 2°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 of the unrecognized microstate of the Principality of Thomond 5 Charlemont Street, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

53°19′57″N 6°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

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
  Ry Brauer High Falls, New York, United States of America

41°49′38″N 74°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

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
  nothing and no-one Carrera 9, Villa de Leyva, Boyacá Department, Colombia

5°38′05″N 73°31′17″W / 5.634819°N 73.521492°W / 5.634819; -73.521492 		unknown unknown El 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)


See also

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  • Blue plaque, historical markers in the United Kingdom
  • Anti-monumentalism (also: counter-monumentalism), a tendency in contemporary art that intentionally challenges every aspect (form, subject, meaning, etc) of traditional public monuments.
  • List of hoaxes

References

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  1. ^ a b "Angel Alley and Surrounds". kcymaerxthaere.com. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ^ "About". kcymaerxthaere.com. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b Ford, Sam Wilson (17 November 2021). "Fake plaques "whitewashing our history", say opponents". londonnewsonline.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Lives of Kathrine and Raven". thequeenofcatford.org. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Raven Bjorn. Fictitious actor". plaquesoflondon.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b "The plaque". thequeenofcatford.org. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  7. ^ Haynes, Tom (17 March 2022). "The real story behind London's funniest park bench dedicated to a man who hated the park and everyone in it". mylondon.news. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  8. ^ Phillips, Tom (3 September 2013). "The Roger Bucklesby Bench Plaque Is Real, Sort Of". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Katherine Ford. Fictitious actor". plaquesoflondon.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Jacob von Hogflume (1864-1909)". openplaques.org. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  11. ^ a b Eliot, Henry (4 September 2018). "Don't attack plaques – they are vital signs of our collective imagination". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  12. ^ a b Charles, Sue (13 November 2022). "Man ends 20-year Llandegley airport sign joke that cost £25k". BBC News. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Fictitious Characters and Places". plaquesoflondon.co.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Carswell Prentice 1891–1964 inventor of the supermarket trolley stayed here in September 1932". openplaques.org. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  15. ^ a b Boland, Rosita (13 May 2006). "What's the crack with the plaque?". The Irish Times. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Mystery plaque to be removed from O'Connell Bridge". The Irish Examiner. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  17. ^ "@WhitworthArt Official Twitter account". twitter.com. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  18. ^ "Meteor Fall in Whitworth Park?". geograph.org.uk. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  19. ^ Aan de Wiel, Jérôme (2007). "The Principality of Thomond and His Royal Highness Raymond Moulton Seághan O'Brien, 1936–1963; Ireland's Greatest Diplomatic Farce" (PDF). North Munster Antiquarioan Journal. 47: 95–109.
  20. ^ Comerford, Patrick (3 June 2011). "Bloom-like walks and the story of the 'Prince of Thomond'". patrickcomerford.com. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  21. ^ Horrigan, Jeremiah (2 January 2012). "Ulster artist's fake 'historic markers' make you think". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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