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.

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeDesignation Notes
Angel Alley and Surrounds Angel Alley, London, United Kingdom

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, United Kingdom

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 2013Jamie Maslin[8] In memory of

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

Katherine Ford 17/18 Catford Broadway, London, SE6, United Kingdom

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
2012Dave Askwith and Alex Normanton English Heritage

JACOB VON HOGFLUME 1864-1909 Inventor of time travel lived here in 2169[11]

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

52°16′27″N 3°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, London, United Kingdom

51°35′04″N 0°07′06″W / 51.584496°N 0.1182126°W / 51.584496; -0.1182126
unknownunknown 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, 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
2015Cornelia 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]

Nothing Multiple sites around the world[21][22][23]
(including behind the Connemara Giant statue at Glendollagh Lough in Recess, County Galway, Ireland)


53°28′00″N 9°44′21″W / 53.466731°N 9.739157°W / 53.466731; -9.739157
1980 (earliest reported date of same plaque in the United States)[24]unknown ON THIS SITE IN 1897 NOTHING HAPPENED.
Nothing Multiple sites around the world[25][26][27]
(including Aspelt, Luxembourg)


49°31′36″N 6°13′31″E / 49.526528°N 6.225306°E / 49.526528; 6.225306
unknownunknown ON THIS SITE SEPT. 5, 1782 NOTHING HAPPENED.
Nothing Bechyně, Czech Republic

49°17′30″N 14°28′13″E / 49.2917674°N 14.4702616°E / 49.2917674; 14.4702616
unknownunknown Czech: Zde v tomto domě se nenarodil, nežil, ale hlavně nezemřel žádný významný člověk a proto se nám tady dobře žije.

(English: In this house, no important person was born, lived, and most importantly did not die, and that is why we live well here)

Nothing Záblatí-Hlásná Lhota, Czech Republic

48°58′54″N 13°56′08″E / 48.9816°N 13.9356°E / 48.9816; 13.9356
unknownunknown Czech: Hlásná Lhota – kámen, v jehož okolí se prokazatelně několik set let nic významného nestalo.

(English: Hlásná Lhota – a stone in whose surroundings nothing significant has demonstrably happened for several hundred years)

Jára Cimrman Míšov, Czech Republic

49°36′42″N 13°44′07″E / 49.61167°N 13.73528°E / 49.61167; 13.73528
unknownunknown Czech: Dne 8. 5. 1915 obec Míšov. Český génius světového významu Jára Cimrman těsně minul

(English: On 8 May 1915 in Míšov, the great Czech genius Jára Cimrman just barely missed being involved in something historically important)

North America

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeDesignation Notes
Ry Brauer High Falls, New York, United States

41°49′38″N 74°07′26″W / 41.827222°N 74.123889°W / 41.827222; -74.123889
August 2013Norm Magnusson[28] 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)
Nothing Multiple sites around the world
(including O'Hungry's Café, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, California, United States)


32°45′11″N 117°11′45″W / 32.753171°N 117.195861°W / 32.753171; -117.195861
1980 (earliest reported date of same plaque in the United States)[29]unknown ON THIS SITE IN 1897 NOTHING HAPPENED.

Oceania

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeDesignation Notes
Nothing Undisclosed location in York, Western Australia, Australia

31°53′17″S 116°46′04″E / 31.888090°S 116.767800°E / -31.888090; 116.767800
1980 (earliest reported date of same plaque in the United States)[30]unknown ON THIS SITE IN 1897 NOTHING HAPPENED.

South America

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