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
148 memorials
Gates
21 memorials
Ghost bike
32 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
27 memorials
Monument
340 memorials
Mural
100 memorials
Latest Memorials
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Edmund Clerihew Bentley
NW6, Lymington Road, 28
Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875 - 1956) author, journalist and originator of the 'Clerihew', lived here 1911 - 1927.
1 subject commemorated
Bolingbroke Hospital - 1901
SW11, Wakehurst Road
This is the 1901 Victoria Memorial wing of Bolingbroke Hospital. It was built to house the Out-Patients Department and was named for the ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Bolingbroke Hospital - 1925
SW11, Bolingbroke Grove
The foundation stone is directly below the Shepherd memorial. Both can be seen to the right of our photo, on the stair tower, partially h...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Bolingbroke Hospital - 1925, William Shepherd
SW11, Bolingbroke Grove
The foundation stone is directly below the Shepherd memorial. Both can be seen to the right of our photo, on the stair tower, partially h...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Bolingbroke Hospital - 1880, founded
SW11, Wakehurst Road
This is the 1937 central administration block and main entrance for the Hospital.
2 subjects commemorated
Latest Subjects
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Sir James Carmichael
Owned the building firm James Carmichael Ltd in Trinity Road Wandsworth Common. Director-General of Housing in England and Wales. He was a generous benefactor and in his lifetime gifted £40k to th...
1 memorial
Reverend Canon John Erskine Clarke
Clergyman. He issued the first parish magazine and established several other religious publications. Responsible for founding churches, schools and hospitals in Battersea. Born in India to an offi...
1 memorial
Bolingbroke Hospital
Instigated by Canon John Erskine Clarke, Bolingbroke House (see below for more information) was acquired and opened in 1880 as Bolingbroke Self-Supporting Hospital and House in Sickness. The buildi...
5 memorials
Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife
Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife was the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra; she was a younger sister of King George V. On her marriage in 1889 she bec...
1 memorial
Winchester Cathedral
The original building was founded to the north of the present one. Work began on a new cathedral in 1079 and was consecrated in 1093. It has the longest nave of any Gothic cathedral in Europe. See ...
1 memorial
Seriously Famous
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Lost and Relocated Memorials
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Puzzle-corner
Royal Festival Hall
A 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre. The only remaining building from the Festival of Britain and the first post-war building to be protected with a Grade 1 Listing,...
1 memorial