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In April 2021 [[English Heritage]] announced that Normanton was one of six women whom they were honouring with a [[Blue plaque]], marking where she lived from 1919 to 1931 during the early part of her legal career.<ref>{{Cite web|title=English Heritage announces six more blue plaques to women for 2021|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/search-news/six-new-blue-plaques/|access-date=2021-04-05|website=English Heritage}}</ref> Normanton's nomination was made by women barristers at [[Doughty Street Chambers]]. The plaque was unveiled by [[Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond|Brenda Hale]], the first female head of the [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom|Supreme Court]] on the wall of 22 [[Mecklenburgh Square]] in October 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/oct/21/blue-plaque-for-first-practising-female-barrister-helena-normanton-unveiled| first= Haroon|last =Siddique|title=Blue plaque for first practising female barrister Helena Normanton unveiled|newspaper=The Guardian|date=21 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Barrister and women's rights advocate Helena Normanton receives blue plaque|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about-us/search-news/helena-normanton-blue-plaque/ |access-date=2021-10-21|website=English Heritage}}</ref>
 
In June 2022, a blue plaque at 4 Clifton Place, Brighton where Normanton lived as a teenager in the 1890’s1890s, following a campaign by teenage Brighton twins, after they learned of Normanton in a school project.<ref name=":0" />
 
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