Peterborough Civic Society has revealed plans for 13 new blue plaques in the city.

Anyone who has spent anytime wandering around in Peterborough will have no doubt spotted one of the 36 current blue plaques that have been installed to commemorate the important people and places of the past.

The project began in 2017 as a partnership between Peterborough Civic Society (PCS), the National Lottery and Heritage Fund and Peterborough County Council.

Both places an people are honoured as Peterborough has built its own scheme, similar to the national scheme that many may know from visits to London.

Toby Wood presenting on of the city's blue plaques in honour of John Addy.

placeholder image — Toby Wood presenting on of the city's blue plaques in honour of John Addy.

The locations and people that already have a plaque include: The Guildhall, Town Bridge, London Brick Company, St Thomas Becket and Marjorie Pollard.

A full list can be found here: https://www.peterboroughcivicsociety.org.uk/plaque_menublue.php

Now though, plans are pushing ahead for 13 new plaques which will be manufactured by the end of the year.

The full list will be revealed in time but PCS has been kind enough to reveal to the Peterborough Telegraph that The Bull Hotel, Walter Cornelius (located at The Lido), the North Station and the Civic Society and Nene Valley Railway and Railworld founder Reverend Richard Paten will form four of the new plaques.

PCS have added that they are very keen to install a plaque for former Pizza Express founder and Peterborough United owner Peter Boizot but eligibility criteria require a recipient to have passed away at least ten years ago. Mr Boizot passed away at the age of 89 in 2018.

The news comes as National charity Creative Lives, in partnership with Historic England, has launched an initiative across the East of England to identify and research people, events or histories that deserve to be commemorated through the National Blue Plaque Scheme.

Peterborough has no current blue plaques under the national scheme, which is one of the reasons the Civic Society stepped in to share more widely the city’s history.

Many towns and cities outside of London have created their own forms of the blue plaque scheme.

PCS Vice Chairman Toby Wood said: “It is always a good idea to commemorate people and places but I don’t think this is appropriate for Peterborough because we have things covered anyway.

"If somebody came in from a national organisation to choose a blue plaque, who would they choose because presumably it would have to be someone different than we have already done.”

Members of the public, local historians, and community groups across the East of England who wish to submit a nomination to the national scheme can still do so at: www.creative-lives.org/national-blue-plaques-scheme-east-of-england.