The Canterbury Commemoration Society has worked closely with the Canterbury Society to choose, design and fund a new round of blue plaques commemorating significant people and events in the city’s colourful history. The first eleven plaques will be for

• Sarah Baker 1736/7-1816   Theatrical entrepreneur and actor
• Aphra Behn 1640-1689   Writer, poet, translator
• Harry Bloom  1913-81   Lawyer, author and human rights campaigner
• Canterbury to Whitstable Railway  1830   Terminus North Lane
• Ian Robins Dury 1942-2000   Singer/songwriter, artist and actor
• Elizabeth Elstob  1683-1756   Writer, scholar and translator
• John Green Hall  1835-87   Architect, surveyor, Canterbury sewage system
•    John Lyly  1553-1606    Playwright, parliamentarian
• Michael Powell  1905-90   Filmmaker, directed A Canterbury Tale
• Audrey Williams  1902-78   Archaeologist, uncovered the Roman pavement
• Catherine Williamson  1896-1977   Politician, donated Tower House and Westgate Parks