The Black Plaque scheme was instigated in October 2003. Its purpose is to commemorate and draw public attention to historical figures in such diverse fields as sorcery, the Royal Art, left hand path esotericism and witchcraft, as well as the mentally infirm: tortured poets, anti-heroes and village idiots.

 

 

MICHAEL REEVES, DIRECTOR OF WITCHFINDER GENERAL, CREMATED AT IPSWICH CEMETERY, 20th February 1969    more details
NEW! Joseph Kennedy, Brother of JFK, blown up in a suicidal bombing mission over Blythburgh Church, Suffolk August 12, 1944 more details
NEW Nominee! Robert Vaughan, Maldoror Of The Motorways, killed in an attempted collision with Elizabeth Taylor on the Western Flyover, Heathrow Airport, 1973. more details
William Kempe, Shakespeare's fool, Morris danced from London to Norwich, February to March 1600 more details

George Selwyn & Thomas Potter decadent hobbyists, minsters of the Hell-Fire Club, orgied at West Wycombe more details