Explore Oaken Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Oaken plaques & local Oaken history / heritage content through street plaque schemes (including Blue plaques, English Heritage & National Trust) plus Walkfo’s millions of audio plaques in Walkfo’s Audio Travel Guide to Oaken.
About Oaken
First mention of the Oaken place-name was in 1086 when it was listed in the Domesday book as Ache. The origin appears to be from the Old English, ācum – (place of) the oaks. Oaken lies one mile west of Codsall where the population taken at the 2011 census can be found.
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plaques Walkfo has converted physical plaques into audio files triggered by GPS on a phone when you pass close by on foot, bike, bus or car. You hear Oaken history information & more at the places where they happened, with up-to-date content created by our AI, sourced from trusted history resources such as Wikipedia, local Oaken plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Oaken’s physical Oaken plaque schemes with additional, more detailed information than the writing on the physical plaque. With millions of audio places / virtual plaques created across the whole of the UK, you can explore Oaken the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Oaken plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 18 unique history facts in Oaken plus 3 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Oaken history map for you to explore.”