Richard Burton
St Jude - enlargement
Marcus Garvey - Beaumont Crescent
King George's Field - SE16 - lion
Smith and Littlejohn - heroes
Wright and Docking
Swan Wharf
Sir Thomas More - birth

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

352 memorials

Fountain

Fountain

142 memorials

Gates

Gates

21 memorials

Ghost bike

Ghost bike

32 memorials

Ghost building

Ghost building

9 memorials

Keystone

Keystone

27 memorials

Monument

Monument

330 memorials

Mural

Mural

93 memorials

Latest Memorials

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St George's Camberwell war memorial

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

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

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
Novo Beth Chaim Cemetery - WW2 bomb

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

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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Arild Rosenkrantz

Arild Rosenkrantz

Danish painter/illustrator/stained glass artist, and, rarely, sculptor. "Although born in Denmark, Rosenkrantz grew up from the age of three in Scotland and settled in London at twenty eight. He ha...

Person, Art, Sculpture, Denmark, Scotland

1 memorial
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Organisation responsible for the collection, conservation, and interpretation of Pennsylvania's historic heritage.

Group, History, USA

1 memorial
Gulielma Maria Springett

Gulielma Maria Springett

First wife of William Penn. Born in Sussex. Married 1672 and had three sons and five daughters.

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial
Kingston Hospital - flying bomb

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...

Event, Tragedy

1 memorial
Royal Festival Hall

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...

Building, Dance, Music / songs

1 memorial

Seriously Famous

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Tony Blair
William Wilberforce (abolitionist)
King Charles I
William Blake
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Barbara Hepworth

Lost Memorials

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J. Lyons war memorial - second location
J. Lyons war memorial - original location
Middlesex Hospital - Broderip Ward
Thomas Cubitt - N16
Lawrence Chubb shelter - lost plaque
Keith Richards - Dartford temporary plaque

Born on this day

Emile Ford

Born: 16/10/1937, 87 years ago

Person, Music / songs, Caribbean Islands

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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