Ewer Street bomb shelter
Dan Parkes at St John's
Vera Atkins
Fred Haines
Leonard and Virginia Woolf
Tinworth pillar
Robert Stephenson statue
Lincoln Stanhope Wainright

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

371 memorials

Fountain

Fountain

148 memorials

Gates

Gates

21 memorials

Ghost bike

Ghost bike

32 memorials

Ghost building

Ghost building

9 memorials

Keystone

Keystone

27 memorials

Monument

Monument

340 memorials

Mural

Mural

100 memorials

Latest Memorials

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Edmund Clerihew Bentley

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Person, Benefactor, Property

1 memorial
Reverend Canon John Erskine Clarke

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...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Religion, India, Scotland

1 memorial
Bolingbroke Hospital

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...

Group, Medicine

5 memorials
Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife

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...

Person, Royalty

1 memorial
Winchester Cathedral

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 ...

Building, Religion

1 memorial

Seriously Famous

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George Eliot
Barbara Hepworth
Ian Fleming
Charles de Gaulle
Alan Turing
George Washington

Lost and Relocated Memorials

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G. F. Watts - W14
Lord Byron - SW1
Edmond Lord Sheffield
Columbia Dwellings clock tower
Barber Beaumont tomb
George Jeffreys

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
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