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Ernest Raymond

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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Edmund Payne

Edmund Payne

NW11, West Heath Avenue, 16

Edmund Payne (1863 - 1914) actor & comedian, lived here. The Theatre and Film Guild of Great Britain and America

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Lopping Hall - licensed

Lopping Hall - licensed

IG10, Station Road, Lopping Hall

Initially we thought this inscription referred to the 1878 Epping Forest Act of Parliament but then we came across another community buil...

3 subjects commemorated
Lopping Hall - foundation stone

Lopping Hall - foundation stone

IG10, Station Road, Lopping Hall

The erection of Lopping Hall, a community building, was funded by the City of London as compensation for the loss of lopping rights. See ...

9 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Lopping Hall - High Road

Lopping Hall - High Road

IG10, High Road, 189

Lopping Hall stretches between the High Street and Station Road, where there is a foundation stone. See there for more information about ...

1 creator
West Hackney National Schools

West Hackney National Schools

N16, Evering Road, 9a

We weren't expecting the investigation into this plaque to turn up anything particularly interesting but go to the page for vicar Birch a...

2 subjects commemorated

Latest Subjects

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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
Samuel Lloyd Howard, DL, JP

Samuel Lloyd Howard, DL, JP

1883, Trustee of Lopping Hall, Loughton. Born Tottenham. Died Menton, France. From "Photographic pedigree of the descendants of Isaac and Rachel Wilson" (1912) via Flickr: "Samuel Lloyd Howard, of...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, France

1 memorial
Sir Henry Knight

Sir Henry Knight

Henry Edmund Knight was born in St Marylebone. 1882-3 the Lord Mayor of London. Sources: Wikitree, Grogono.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Rev. Thomas Hugo

Rev. Thomas Hugo

British antiquary and collector. Curate at St Botolph without Bishopsgate 1851-8. Rector at St Pauls West Hackney  1872. Member the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Linnean Society and the Roy...

Person, History, Religion

1 memorial

Seriously Famous

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W. B. Yeats
Richard D'Oyly Carte
William the Conqueror
Sir John Gielgud
Bloomsbury Group
Harrison Ford

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

Born on this day

Charles Barry, Jnr

Born: 21/9/1823, 200 years ago

Person, Architecture

3 memorials
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Puzzle-corner

Caxton Hall - head 5 - unidentified

The foundation stone is low down at the right hand side of the building. Above each of the two statues is a bust, both of the Greek god v...

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