Mont Blanc restaurant
Church House - opened
J. R. Ackerley
Fawcett frieze - 09, Despard
PP - 4O - Blake
Jacqueline Cockburn - lost sculpture
Sir Henry Cole - SW7
V&A façade - Barry

What is London Remembers?

The aim of this website is to document all the memorials in London. That's the plaques, monuments, statues, fountains, etc, that commemorate a person, an event, a building, etc. It's an aim we don't think we will ever achieve but we will enjoy the attempt.

Memorial types

Bust

Bust

347 memorials

Fountain

Fountain

137 memorials

Gates

Gates

21 memorials

Ghost bike

Ghost bike

30 memorials

Ghost building

Ghost building

9 memorials

Keystone

Keystone

27 memorials

Monument

Monument

321 memorials

Mural

Mural

91 memorials

Latest Memorials

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John Thelwall

John Thelwall

WC1, Bedford Place, 40

John Thelwall, 1764 - 1834, political orator, writer and elocutionist, lived and worked here 1806 - 1813. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Henry Hicks

Henry Hicks

N7, Roman Way

The small building with the mural is UK Power Network's Wheelwright Street sub-station, with Pentonville Prison behind.

1 subject commemorated
Jim Henson - NW3

Jim Henson - NW3

NW3, Downshire Hill, 50

Henson purchased this house in 1979 after ITV commissioned the Muppet series, filmed at Elstree Studios. From the Camden New Journal: "T...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Wembley Lion

Wembley Lion

HA9, Wembley Hill Road

{Plaque on the front of the plinth, beneath a drawing of a lion:} The lion was the emblem for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 - 192...

5 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
The Regal, Edmonton

The Regal, Edmonton

N18, Sterling Way, 6 - 16

{On the mosaic mural:} The Regal, Edmonton souvenir, 8th March 1934. {On the brown plaque:} The Regal, Edmonton 1934 - 1986 Opened on 8t...

1 subject commemorated, 3 creators

Latest Subjects

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John Thelwall

John Thelwall

Orator, writer and elocutionist. Born in Covent Garden. It was as a political activist that he became well known. He was tried for treason and spent some time in the Tower of London and Newgate. He...

Person, Literature, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Henry Hicks

Henry Hicks

From the Islington Gazette: "Henry Hicks, 18, died of head injuries when his moped crashed in Wheelwright Street, next to Pentonville Prison off Caledonian Road, on December 19, 2014. In June 2016 ...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Maxwell Ayrton

Maxwell Ayrton

Architect. Born Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton. His best known work was the former Wembley Stadium, designed with Sir John Simpson, which was originally part of the British Empire Exhibition. He was a pione...

Person, Architecture, Scotland

1 memorial
British Empire Exhibition

British Empire Exhibition

The exhibition was held in Wembley Park. It was a showcase of aspects of many of the British colonies at the time. It had 18 million visitors in 1924, but failed to break even. The main stadium was...

Event, Museums / Libraries

1 memorial
Brettenham Primary School
1 memorial

Seriously Famous

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Dame Judi Dench, CH
Nancy Mitford
Thomas Gainsborough
H. G. Wells
Queen Victoria
Rudyard Kipling

Lost Memorials

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Lawrence Chubb shelter - lost plaque
Keith Richards - Dartford temporary plaque
Willesden Boer War memorial - lost
Holloway Road bus garage - WW1 memorial - lost
All Hallows the Less - lost
London Bridge - information/viewing panel

Died on this day

Commissioner Adelaide Cox

Died: 19/3/1945, 79 years ago

Person, Social Welfare

1 memorial
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Puzzle-corner

Ainsworth & Sharp

We could find nothing about this incident, until we asked Richmond Council's Local Studies Library and Archive. They very quickly found t...

5 subjects
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