Richardson Evans
Bombs 7/7/05 - Piccadilly line - WC1
D. H. Lawrence - Addiscombe
Charlton Athletic F.C. war memorials
British Library- Foundation Stone
St Philip's Stepney
Herbert Columbine VC
Olive Morris 1

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

334 memorials

Fountain

Fountain

131 memorials

Gates

Gates

19 memorials

Ghost bike

Ghost bike

29 memorials

Ghost building

Ghost building

9 memorials

Keystone

Keystone

24 memorials

Monument

Monument

317 memorials

Mural

Mural

86 memorials

Latest Memorials

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Limehouse Library

Limehouse Library

E14, Commercial Road, 638

A Grade II Listed building, the Limehouse District Public Library opened in November 1901 and closed in 2003. It has since been redevelop...

12 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn

E11, Fillebrook Road, 21

Born Whitechapel, Albarn lived here until he was aged 9. He unveiled his own plaque and the local Guardian quoted him: "I remember cows c...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Joseph Grimaldi grave for dancing on

Joseph Grimaldi grave for dancing on

N1, Pentonville Road

Left - right: Dibdin - Grimaldi. 2018: we could not get the graves to produce any music but having now seen this Londonist video we need...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Charles Dibdin grave for dancing on

Charles Dibdin grave for dancing on

N1, Pentonville Road

Left - right: Dibdin - Grimaldi. 2018: we could not get the graves to produce any music but having now seen this Londonist video we need...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Park Royal station

Park Royal station

W5, Western Avenue

Oh, dear, both the architect's names are misspelt on this plaque.

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

Latest Subjects

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Gorillaz

Gorillaz

Virtual rock band. Created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. The 'group' consists of four animated members called: 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Russel Hobbs. Their music is provided primarily by...

Group, Music / songs

1 memorial
Blur

Blur

Rock band. The group originally comprised Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree, and were central to the so-called 'Britpop' music genre. They broke up in 2003 and reformed in 2008.

Group, Music / songs, Seriously Famous

1 memorial
Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn

Musician, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer. Born Whitechapel, son of artist Keith Albarn (1939 - ). Co-founder of the band Blur and the virtual group Gorillaz.

Person, Music / songs, Seriously Famous

1 memorial
Charles Dibdin

Charles Dibdin

Dramatist, composer, writer and theatre proprietor. Employed Grimaldi at Sadler's Wells. Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin was known professionally as Charles Pitt or Charles Dibdin the younger. Born in R...

Person, Music / songs, Theatre

1 memorial
Henry Krokatsis

Henry Krokatsis

Born and works in London.

Person, Art

2 memorials

Seriously Famous

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Sir John Dankworth
T. S. Eliot
Piet Mondrian
Alan Turing
Sir Walter Raleigh
Moby Dick

Lost Memorials

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Winifred Atwell - blue plaque
St Stephen Walbrook church
General Gordon on a camel
Holocaust Memorial Day - W5
Indian doctors in the NHS
Bentley Motor Car - first lost plaque

Died on this day

Raymond Chandler

Died: 26/3/1959, 64 years ago

Person, Literature, Canada, France, USA

1 memorial
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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
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