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
135 memorials
Gates
20 memorials
Ghost bike
29 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
26 memorials
Monument
319 memorials
Mural
90 memorials
Latest Memorials
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LCC Jubilee tree
N4, Finsbury Park
The LCC began in March 1889 so this tree commemorates 50 years. The only reference we can find to a celebration of this jubilee is a refe...
1 subject commemorated
Glennis Stevenson tree
N4, Finsbury Park
In memory of Glennis Stevenson, 1937 - 2007. Our love is always with you.
1 subject commemorated
Erasmus weathervane
E1, Whitechapel High Street, 77-82
This weathervane, Allegory of Folly, was brought to our attention by Londonist. It is based on a story that Erasmus wrote Moriae Encomium...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Isaac Rosenberg - Whitechapel
E1, Whitechapel High Street, 77-82
Originally the 1892 Passmore Edwards Library this building is now part of the Whitechapel Art Gallery, based in the building next door wi...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Cardinal Griffin School crest
E14, Canton Street, Church Green
Presumably Da Mihi Animas was the school moto, Latin for 'Give me souls'. Love the cardinal's hat at the top.
1 subject commemorated
Latest Subjects
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1 memorial
Cardinal Griffin School / Blessed John Roche Catholic School
British History Online provides: The school was designed by David Stokes and was constructed 1950-2. The buildings were placed on the northern half of the site and the southern half was landscaped....
2 memorials
Bernard William Griffin
Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop of Westminster 1943 - his death. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1946. His twin, Basil, was a monk. The photo shows him in 1953.
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
Seriously Famous
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Lost Memorials
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Puzzle-corner
Duchess of Sutherland and Countess of Cromarty
Active in 1885. Visit the picture source and you will see that Ron Hodgkinson, the owner of the painting, is trying to verify the identification of the sitter. So we are not certain that it is t...
1 memorial