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
143 memorials
Gates
21 memorials
Ghost bike
32 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
27 memorials
Monument
338 memorials
Mural
95 memorials
Latest Memorials
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Nathaniel Acton mosaic
E8, Haggerston Road, Acton Estate
Funded by the firm that has recently redeveloped part of the 1970 Acton Estate. Our photos do not do this charming mosaic justice. Spital...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Arthur Haynes
W5, Gunnersbury Avenue, 74
Arthur Haynes, 1914 - 1966, comedian and King Rat, lived here 1961 - 1966. The Dead Comics Society
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
5 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Simon Milton statue - Paddington
W2, Merchant Square
Unveiled by Eric Pickles. To our eyes, Milton's jacket looks too big for him making him appear a small man.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Karl Marx - NW3 - lost
NW3, Maitland Park Road
The image of this lost plaque comes from Wikipedia, where the story of this plaque on 41 Maitland Park Road is told. First erected on 22 ...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Latest Subjects
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Tessa Hunkin
A member of the talented Hunkin family (brother Tim, mother Sally). 1989 Joined Emma Biggs at the Mosaic Workshop. 2011 she set up the Hackney Mosaic Project. We were surprised to see on her websit...
1 memorial
Hackney Mosaic Project
The Hackney Mosaic Project is a community project based in Hackney, London that helps people with addiction and mental health problems by teaching them to create mosaic artworks, Started by Tessa H...
1 memorial
Nathaniel Acton
Nathaniel Acton was a wealthy successful Suffolk landowner. British History Online describes the land he owned in and around Shoreditch, stretching into Hackney and Bethnal Green. The painting is b...
1 memorial
Arthur Haynes
Comedian. Born in Fulham. In the 1950/60s he was one of the most popular TV performers, but is now virtually forgotten. His television show ran from 1956 - 1966. He appeared in the film 'Strange Be...
1 memorial
Lady Margaret Macdonald Casson
Born as Margaret Macdonald Troup on 26 September 1913 in Pretoria, South Africa, she was the second of the three daughters of Dr James Macdonald Troup (1867-1945) and Alberta Beatrice Caroline Trou...
Person, Craft / Design, Education, Friend / family, South Africa
1 memorial
Seriously Famous
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Lost and Relocated Memorials
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Puzzle-corner
Cornhill head 4
These 4 portrait medallions are above the ground floor windows. We have numbered them left to right (west to east); two men and two women...