Holy Trinity Clapham - Clapham Sect
Mydiddee
Jack (Kid) Berg - Noble Court - replaced
Kensington Town Hall - Churchill
Stewart Headlam
Octavia Hill Housing Trust
BBC Tower
John Stuart Mill statue

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

350 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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Micky Powell

Micky Powell

EC1, Grand Avenue, Smithfield Market

The 'plaque' is to the right of the circular 'City Heritage Award' plaque.

1 subject commemorated
Spencer Perceval bust - Pitzhangar

Spencer Perceval bust - Pitzhangar

W5, Mattock Lane, Pitzhanger Manor

Unusually neither of the memorials is visible in our photo of the location, but we hope you agree that the house is worthy of a picture f...

1 subject commemorated
John Soane at Pitzhanger

John Soane at Pitzhanger

W5, Mattock Lane, Pitzhanger Manor

Unusually neither of the memorials is visible in our photo of the location, but we hope you agree that the house is worthy of a picture f...

2 subjects commemorated
Walpole Park - opened

Walpole Park - opened

W5, Walpole Park

Walpole Park Opened for the use of the public, 1st May 1901 by the Rt. Hon. Lord George Hamilton, MP for the Ealing Division of Middlesex...

22 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Reading Room stone

Reading Room stone

W5, Walpole Park

This stone comes from the porch of the south wing of nearby Pitzhanger Manor. The 1770 wing was designed by George Dance but the porch, w...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

Latest Subjects

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Micky Powell

Micky Powell

Former Smithfield Market worker.

Person, Food & Drink

1 memorial
W. H. C. Groome

W. H. C. Groome

Member of the Ealing District Council in 1899. Bear Alley has a full biography of Groome by Robert J Kirkpatrick, with many illustrations: ""W.H.C. Groome was one of the most prolific children’s b...

Person, Art, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Edward Montague Nelson

Edward Montague Nelson

Businessman and local politician. Born Warwick but spent most of his working life in London. His businesses tended to have colonial, especially Australian, connections. Lived at Hanger Hill House,...

Person, Commerce, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Spencer Walpole

Spencer Walpole

Sir Spencer Walpole KCB, FBA was an English historian and civil servant. The son of Spencer Horace Walpole he was descended from one of the brothers of Robert Walpole. Through his mother he was a ...

Person, History, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Lord George Hamilton

Lord George Hamilton

Lord George Francis Hamilton was a Conservative politician. First Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary of State for India. MP for the Ealing Division of Middlesex Third son of James Hamilton, 1st D...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

Seriously Famous

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George Washington
Franz Liszt
Spock
King Wilhelm II of Germany
Steve Biko
Celia Johnson

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

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
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