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
143 memorials
Gates
21 memorials
Ghost bike
32 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
27 memorials
Monument
338 memorials
Mural
94 memorials
Latest Memorials
view moreVintners' Place
EC4, Three Barrels Walk, Vintners' Place
'Mystery' is from the Latin meaning 'professional skill'.
Laurence Cowen
WC2, Russell Street
The dates on the plaque indicate the anticipated period of construction, but in the event the theatre did not open until November 1924.
Hester Leggatt
WC2, Russell Street
A musical comedy 'Operation Mincemeat' with a plot based on the WW2 Operation Mincemeat has been performed at the Fortune Theatre since M...
Fortuna figure
WC2, Russell Street
Known as Terpsichord/e, Fortune or Fortuna. Searching for information on this lovely lady we included 'Nude Girl' in our Google search t...
Fortune Theatre - WC2
WC2, Russell Street
The SWET plaque is towards the left of the building. The blue plaque is over at the right, near the corner. The grand entrance with the ...
Latest Subjects
view moreLaurence Cowen
Scriptwriter, playwright, film and theatre director, and author. Born Laurence Cohen and also wrote as Lesser Columbus. Born Hull, or Newcastle-upon-Tyne (sources differ). Died Hampstead. Married t...
Hester Leggatt
Hester May Murray Leggatt was a vital contributor to MI5's 1943 Operation Mincemeat - see there for the full story. Born in India, her family brought her back to the UK before WW1. She attended T...
Carlton House / Salisbury Club
The house and gardens of what is now 694a High Road E11 have had a complicated series of uses which we have not bottomed out. The house and/or either of the two buildings in the front garden and/or...
Group, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games
Joseph Cotton
Joseph Cotton FRS was a mariner and merchant, a director of the East India Company, Chairman of the East India Dock Company and deputy-master of Trinity House. Born St Albans. Briefly in the Roya...
Agnes Cotton
Social reformer and philanthropist. Youngest daughter of William Cotton, remained unmarried. Opened a Home for Friendless Girls in 1865, at Forest Glade, in Whipp's Cross Road. Then 1876, she boug...