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
Fountain
130 memorials
Gates
19 memorials
Ghost bike
29 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
24 memorials
Monument
317 memorials
Mural
85 memorials
Latest Memorials
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General Gordon on a camel
WC2, St Martin's Place
To commemorate Gordon, the Corps of Royal Engineers, Gordon's own Corps, commissioned a statue from Edward Onslow Ford. The original spec...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Holocaust Memorial Day - W5
W5, Uxbridge Road, 14 - 16, Perceval House, Ealing Council offices
Our plaque photograph is borrowed from this website.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
John Hunter bust - Tooting
SW17, St George's Hospital, Hunter Wing
This is a far better sculpture than our photo shows. Two versions of this bust exist at St George's: this one and one outside, on an arch...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
John Hunter statue - Tooting
SW17, St George's Hospital, Hunter Wing
The corridor with the two busts, plaque and glass display area is on the ground floor of the Hunter wing.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
St George's Hospital - Tooting
SW17, St George's Hospital, Hunter Wing
The corridor with the two busts, plaque and glass display area is on the ground floor of the Hunter wing.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Latest Subjects
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Sir Sidney Nolan
Artist. Born Sidney Robert Nolan in Carlton, Melbourne. He is best known for his paintings of Australian people, particularly Ned Kelly. He moved to London in 1951.
1 memorial
Barbican Horticultural Society
From their website: "Our Aims: Provide information and practical help to Barbican gardeners of all experience levels; Encourage the cultivation of plants in window-boxes, terraces and public spaces...
1 memorial
John Sullivan
Television comedy scriptwriter. Born John Richard Thomas Sullivan in Balham. He had his first break with the sitcom 'Citizen Smith', and 'Dear John' and 'Just Good Friends' followed. His outstandin...
1 memorial
Grant Museum of Zoology
A natural history museum that is part of University College London. It was established by Robert Edmond Grant (1793 – 1874, anatomist and zoologist) as a teaching collection of zoological specimens...
1 memorial
Institute of Making
A multidisciplinary research club based at University College London. Its work focuses on hands-on research into materials and making from many different perspectives. It was founded by Mark Miodow...
1 memorial
Seriously Famous
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Lost Memorials
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Died on this day
Ernest Beatie
Died: 29/1/1994, 29 years ago
Person, Armed Forces, War Memorial WW2, USA
1 memorial
Puzzle-corner
C. F. K.
Could this be? No, surely not. Could it be.... Charles Foster Kane?Funded the erection of a water trough shortly after 1901.
1 memorial