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
148 memorials
Gates
21 memorials
Ghost bike
32 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
27 memorials
Monument
340 memorials
Mural
100 memorials
Latest Memorials
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Church Street pavement plaque - 1940 - WW2
NW8, Salisbury Street, Morris House
Layers of London's map confirms the extent of the bomb damage.
1 subject commemorated
Nightengale Street Buildings
NW8, Salisbury Street, Morris House
Nightingale Street Buildings are marked on this 1939 map having what seems to be exactly the same footprint as the existing 2 rows of red...
1 subject commemorated
Church Street pavement plaque - 1855 - shops
NW8, Salisbury Street, Morris House
The eleven pavement plaques can be seen randomly distributed over this paved area. The Nightingale Street Buildings plaque can just be se...
2 subjects commemorated
Church Street pavement plaque - 1812 - Canal
NW8, Salisbury Street, Morris House
The eleven pavement plaques can be seen randomly distributed over this paved area. The Nightingale Street Buildings plaque can just be se...
1 subject commemorated
Church Street pavement plaque - 1960 - school
NW8, Salisbury Street, Morris House
The eleven pavement plaques can be seen randomly distributed over this paved area. The Nightingale Street Buildings plaque can just be se...
1 subject commemorated
Latest Subjects
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William Henry Berkeley, Viscount Portman
Lord William Henry Berkeley Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman, of the Portman family. Seems he did not use 'William' but went by 'Henry'. He had 6 sons but they must have been less successful at produ...
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Alfies Antique Market
Bennie Gray bought Jordan's department store and founded Alfie's Antique Market, naming it after his father. Alfies Antiques gives the size as 30,000 sq.ft. The 2016 photo shows that today's (202...
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Bell Street School / Rutherford School
From Local History: 1870 "The newly formed London School Board was searching actively for sites, so a block of dilapidated houses in Lisson Street, next to an existing Ragged School, must have been...
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St Mary on Paddington Green
From Know Your London: "The first parish church existed as a chapel before 1222. It was dedicated to St Catherine and stood on the same site. In 1678 the second parish church of Paddington was buil...
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Portman Market
From UCL "{J. T.} Parkinson ... designed the new part-covered Portman Market for hay, fruit, vegetables, meat, and also pigs, erected in 1829–30 in Church Street off Edgware Road. Run by the agent ...
1 memorial
