Bush House
Carnegie - Islington West Library
Berlin Airlift
Shakespeare's tree
Barbican frieze
Knightsbridge - 2 - Queen Alexandra
Roman amphitheatre
Verlaine 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

349 memorials

Fountain

Fountain

138 memorials

Gates

Gates

21 memorials

Ghost bike

Ghost bike

31 memorials

Ghost building

Ghost building

9 memorials

Keystone

Keystone

27 memorials

Monument

Monument

321 memorials

Mural

Mural

91 memorials

Latest Memorials

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Don Luigi Sturzo

Don Luigi Sturzo

W2, Gloucester Terrace, 213

Don Luigi Sturzo, 1871 - 1959, Italian political leader, lived here in exile from Italy between 1926 and 1933 as a guest of his friends B...

3 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Brick Lane, Brixton and Soho bombs

Brick Lane, Brixton and Soho bombs

E1, Brick Lane, 25, Police Office

The plaque was unveiled by John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets and Mark Healey founder of Hate Crime Awareness Week.

3 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Marcus Garvey - Willesden Library

Marcus Garvey - Willesden Library

NW10, High Road, 95, Willesden Green Old Library Building

The bust was unveiled on Garvey's 129th birthday, and is now inside a glass case in the museum at the library, but we cannot discover who...

1 subject commemorated
Willesden Library - Shakespeare

Willesden Library - Shakespeare

NW10, High Road, 95, Willesden Green Old Library Building

We think that hiding below hundreds of layers of whitewash is a fine relief bust of Shakespeare. This is at the top of the pargeting (dec...

1 subject commemorated
Willesden Library - 1894

Willesden Library - 1894

NW10, High Road, 95, Willesden Green Old Library Building

Willesden Green Library was established in 1894 following a poll of the ratepayers of Willesden.

1 subject commemorated

Latest Subjects

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Barbara Barclay Carter

Barbara Barclay Carter

A Catholic convert who translated Italian writing and promoted the Italian democratic cause. Born California, but brought up in England and studied in France. From TerraNouvelle: "... she intervie...

Person, Friend / family, Literature, France, Italy, USA

1 memorial
Don Luigi Sturzo

Don Luigi Sturzo

Italian Catholic priest and prominent politician, one of the fathers of the Christian democratic platform. One of the founders of the Italian People's Party in 1919, but was forced into exile in 19...

Person, Politics & Administration, Religion, Italy

1 memorial
John Biggs

John Biggs

John Robert Biggs is a Labour Co-op politician who was the directly elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets 2015-22.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Brick Lane bomb

Brick Lane bomb

The bomb was planted by Neo-Nazi David Copeland, who was also responsible for the attacks in Brixton (17 April) and the Admiral Duncan pub (30 April) in Soho. Brick LaneĀ  has a large Bangladeshi c...

Event, Race Issues, Terrorism

1 memorial
Willesden Library

Willesden Library

The newly built up Willesden area was provided with a library, completed in 1894. It was extended at the back in 1907, part funded by Andrew Carnegie. The whole back section was rebuilt with addit...

Building, Museums / Libraries

1 memorial

Seriously Famous

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William Wilberforce (abolitionist)
John Lennon
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Marie Sklodowska-Curie
Amy Winehouse
Victor Hugo

Lost Memorials

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Lawrence Chubb shelter - lost plaque
Keith Richards - Dartford temporary plaque
Willesden Boer War memorial - lost
Holloway Road bus garage - WW1 memorial - lost
All Hallows the Less - lost
London Bridge - information/viewing panel

Died on this day

Sir Carol Reed

Died: 25/4/1976, 48 years ago

Person, Cinema

1 memorial
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Puzzle-corner

Sanctuary - king on left - Edward the Confessor

Have we correctly identified this king?

1 subject
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