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
139 memorials
Gates
21 memorials
Ghost bike
31 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
27 memorials
Monument
322 memorials
Mural
91 memorials
Latest Memorials
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Thames Tidal Defences memorial
SE7, Westmoor Street, Thames Barrier Control Centre
This memorial was designed by a team led by senior technical advisor Jas Dhariwal, with materials coming from firms who already supply th...
4 subjects commemorated
Second Millennium - The Brewers
EC2, Aldermanbury Square
There is a cross on the reverse of the monument.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Myddelton House - London Bridge, or Waterloo Bridge
EN2, Bulls Cross, Myddelton House Gardens
Londonist have an old photo of these balusters showing the purpose of the horizontal grove in their sides. When first installed here the ...
2 subjects commemorated
Alec Roy
EN2, Bulls Cross, Myddelton House Gardens
These are the gardens around Myddelton House. In 1968 the house and the gardens were sold to the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, who ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
E. A. Bowles - Myddelton House
EN2, Bulls Cross, Myddelton House Gardens
Myddelton House. Edward Augustus Bowles, 1865 - 1954, botanist & horticulturist, lived here. London Borough of Enfield
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Latest Subjects
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Martyn Rowson
Rowson was the security manager at the Thames Barrier. He had worked at the site in Charlton, since 1994. Source: News Shopper.
1 memorial
Saint Monica
Born between 322 and 331. Known as Monica of Hippo she is assumed to have been born in Thagaste (present-day Souk Ahras), Algeria. Mother of Saint Augustine.
1 memorial
Worshipful Company of Brewers
Livery company. Their first royal charter was granted in 1438, although they had existed from the 13th century.
1 memorial
Alec Roy
Roy was Chair of the Lee Valley Park 1981-6. We can't find any information on him so we looked into the Park instead. The Park is huge, 10,000 acres, more than four times the size of Richmond Park...
1 memorial
Charles Thomas Page Metcalf
Charles Thomas Page Metcalf was born on 4 June 1809 the eldest of the eight children of Joseph Metcalf (1785-1839) and Sarah Elizabeth Metcalf née Cubitt (1787-1855). He was baptised on 30 June 180...
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 the ...
1 memorial