Lynch Green Martyrs
Tattersall's auction yard
Elizabeth I statue - Harrow - Hamilton plaque
Camp Griffiss, Block D, NE corner
Bow Heritage
PP - 3O - Drake
Cosmo Restaurant
Lyons war memorial - WW1

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

355 memorials

Fountain

Fountain

142 memorials

Gates

Gates

21 memorials

Ghost bike

Ghost bike

32 memorials

Ghost building

Ghost building

9 memorials

Keystone

Keystone

27 memorials

Monument

Monument

338 memorials

Mural

Mural

94 memorials

Latest Memorials

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Founders Hall - Cloth Fair, Coade coat of arms

Founders Hall - Cloth Fair, Coade coat of arms

EC1, Bartholomew Passage

The coat of arms is supported by cannons and what must be cannonballs (despite appearing to have finger holes like those used in ten-pin ...

4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette

SW8, Wilcox Road, 11

Although not specified on the plaque, it was erected by Wandsworth LGBTQ+ Forum.

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Valentine Poole Houses - Southgate

Valentine Poole Houses - Southgate

N14, The Green, 28

23 - 31 The Green, built 1780 by Valentine Poole Trust for the poor of Barnet.  Architect: Michael Searles (1750 - 1813).  Saved from dem...

4 subjects commemorated
Queen Adelaide's Dispensary

Queen Adelaide's Dispensary

E2, Pollard Row, 41-45

From Looking at Buildings: This dispensary was "founded in 1849 by the Vicar of St James-the-Less in Bethnal Green. Its foundation follow...

1 subject commemorated
King William IV Asylum

King William IV Asylum

SE20, St John's Road

The plaque is in the pavement towards the right of the frontage of the asylum site.

3 subjects commemorated, 2 creators

Latest Subjects

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Stephen Frears

Stephen Frears

Film and television director. Born Stephen Arthur Frears in Leicester. His many works include My Beautiful Laundrette, 'Prick up Your Ears' and 'The Queen'.  He had worked with The Scaffold early i...

Person, Cinema, TV & Radio

1 memorial
My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette

1985 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Gordon Warnecke, written by Hanif Kureishi and directed by Stephen Frears. The story concerns Omar, a young Pakistani man living in London, and his reunion a...

Media, Cinema

1 memorial
Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi

Novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Born in Bromley, Kent. He started his career as a pornography writer, but progressed to writing plays for several London fringe theatres. His novels include '...

Person, Cinema, Literature, Theatre

1 memorial
Valentine Poole Trust

Valentine Poole Trust

A charity founded when Valentine Poole left various properties he owned to the parishioners of Chipping Barnet, where he was born. It now provides relief to the needy and poor. We can find nothing...

Group, Philanthropy

1 memorial
King William IV Naval Asylum

King William IV Naval Asylum

Also known as the King William IV Cottages. Commissioned by Queen Adelaide widow of King William IV and designed by Philip Hardwick. They provided housing for twenty destitute widows and families o...

Building, Philanthropy

1 memorial

Seriously Famous

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Catherine of Aragon
Ludwig van Beethoven
Harry Secombe
Isabella Beeton
Herman Melville
Dame Judi Dench, CH

Lost Memorials

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George Jeffreys
Plaque to Milton erected by Bentham
Streatham Bus Garage - WW1 plaque
Organ donors
J. Lyons war memorial - second location
J. Lyons war memorial - original location

Started on this day

East End Maternity Hospital

Started: 6/12/1884, 140 years ago

Group, Medicine

2 memorials
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Puzzle-corner

Grosvenor Hotel - head 05

This 1860 building, by architect James Knowles Snr, is studded with many portrait busts of which we believe only these 14 are representat...

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