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
142 memorials
Gates
21 memorials
Ghost bike
32 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
27 memorials
Monument
330 memorials
Mural
93 memorials
Latest Memorials
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St George's Camberwell war memorial
SE5, Wells Way, St George's Church
This sculptured face is remarkably modern, almost mask-like. The statue was stolen in August 1991 but was found 2 weeks later in a Brixto...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
William Penn - Rickmansworth
WD3, High Street Rickmansworth, 46, Basing House, The Three Rivers Museum
Here William Penn (1644 - 1718) Quaker statesman and man of vision, founder of Pennsylvania and planner of Philadelphia, friend of the In...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Kingston Hospital - flying bomb
KT2, Kingston Hospital
Brought to our attention by John Arnold who believes the building was the Medical Superintendent's house.
Civilian war dead | WW2
4 subjects commemorated
4 subjects commemorated
Novo Beth Chaim Cemetery - WW2 bomb
E1, Mile End Road, Queen Mary College
A bomb fell here in WW2 destroying a number of graves. This circular walled enclosure and the stone pedestal at the centre commemorate th...
34 subjects commemorated
Clement Attlee - Royal Festival Hall
SE1, Belvedere Road, Below the Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
This film shows what looks like a time capsule being buried, and Attlee laying this foundation stone.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Latest Subjects
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Organisation responsible for the collection, conservation, and interpretation of Pennsylvania's historic heritage.
1 memorial
Gulielma Maria Springett
First wife of William Penn. Born in Sussex. Married 1672 and had three sons and five daughters.
1 memorial
Kingston Hospital - flying bomb
The bomb landed on a tennis court by the nurses’ home. It destroyed the outpatients' department and badly damaged many other areas including the casualty department. On this 1940 map the building...
1 memorial
Royal Festival Hall
A 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre. The first post-war building to be protected with a Grade 1 Listing, in 1981. The project was led by London County Council's the...
1 memorial
Seriously Famous
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Lost Memorials
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Born on this day
Emile Ford
Born: 16/10/1937, 87 years ago
Person, Music / songs, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
Puzzle-corner
C. F. K.
Could this be? No, surely not. Could it be.... Charles Foster Kane?Funded the erection of a water trough shortly after 1901.
1 memorial