London Troops - Fulham - WW1
Highbury Quadrant Congregational Church - 3 Smith
Wall of the Ancestors - leftmost
Cornhill pump
First flying bomb
Lord Randolph Churchill
W.S. Gilbert - SW7
Grey Coat School - Eddy

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

342 memorials

Fountain

Fountain

135 memorials

Gates

Gates

20 memorials

Ghost bike

Ghost bike

29 memorials

Ghost building

Ghost building

9 memorials

Keystone

Keystone

26 memorials

Monument

Monument

319 memorials

Mural

Mural

90 memorials

Latest Memorials

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LCC Jubilee tree

LCC Jubilee tree

N4, Finsbury Park

The LCC began in March 1889 so this tree commemorates 50 years. The only reference we can find to a celebration of this jubilee is a refe...

1 subject commemorated
Glennis Stevenson tree

Glennis Stevenson tree

N4, Finsbury Park

In memory of Glennis Stevenson, 1937 - 2007. Our love is always with you.

1 subject commemorated
Erasmus weathervane

Erasmus weathervane

E1, Whitechapel High Street, 77-82

This weathervane, Allegory of Folly, was brought to our attention by Londonist. It is based on a story that Erasmus wrote Moriae Encomium...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Isaac Rosenberg - Whitechapel

Isaac Rosenberg - Whitechapel

E1, Whitechapel High Street, 77-82

Originally the 1892 Passmore Edwards Library this building is now part of the Whitechapel Art Gallery, based in the building next door wi...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Cardinal Griffin School crest

Cardinal Griffin School crest

E14, Canton Street, Church Green

Presumably Da Mihi Animas was the school moto, Latin for 'Give me souls'.  Love the cardinal's hat at the top.

1 subject commemorated

Latest Subjects

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Rodney Graham

Rodney Graham

Canadian artist and musician.

Person, Music / songs, Sculpture, Canada

1 memorial
Cardinal Griffin School / Blessed John Roche Catholic School

Cardinal Griffin School / Blessed John Roche Catholic School

British History Online provides: The school was designed by David Stokes and was constructed 1950-2. The buildings were placed on the northern half of the site and the southern half was landscaped....

Building, Education

2 memorials
Bernard William Griffin

Bernard William Griffin

Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop of Westminster 1943 - his death. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1946. His twin, Basil, was a monk. The photo shows him in 1953.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Edmund Payne

Edmund Payne

Actor, comedian and singer. Born in Hackney. He used his short stature and malleable features to create a popular comic persona. On stage he was often partnered by George Grossmith junior. See ther...

Person, Humour, Music / songs, Theatre

1 memorial
Act of Parliament - 1751-2 - licensing

Act of Parliament - 1751-2 - licensing

"Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament of the Twenty fifth of King George the Second." This is a form of words that we have found at three 19th century places of entertainment, two physically and...

Concept, Food & Drink, Law, Music / songs, Theatre

1 memorial

Seriously Famous

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Senator Robert Kennedy
Robert Louis Stevenson
Paul Newman
Barbara Hepworth
Peter Sellers
John Singer Sargent

Lost Memorials

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All Hallows the Less - lost
London Bridge - information/viewing panel
Lee Rigby - pavement plaque
Winifred Atwell - blue plaque
St Stephen Walbrook church
General Gordon on a camel

Ended on this day

Croydon airport

Ended: 30/9/1959, 64 years ago

Place, Aviation, Transport

3 memorials
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Puzzle-corner

Duchess of Sutherland and Countess of Cromarty

Active in 1885. Visit the picture source and you will see that Ron Hodgkinson, the owner of the painting, is trying to verify the identification of the sitter. So we are not certain that it is t...

1 memorial
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