Publisher's Synopsis
Edinburgh Plaques provides a guide to the majority of the numerous plaques found on walls and elsewhere in Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh. It offers an index to the plaques many named individuals celebrated and to those attached to many of the monuments that are not depictions of people. It gives brief details of the reasons for commemoration and for the location of the plaque . An alphabetical name sequence is followed by a sequence by city area and street to aid discovery. Graveyard epitaphs, public bench plaques, and plaques attached to statues are not covered. 'Edinburgh Plaques' is a companion volume to the author's 'Edinburgh Statues'.
