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
147 memorials
Gates
21 memorials
Ghost bike
32 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
27 memorials
Monument
340 memorials
Mural
99 memorials
Latest Memorials
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Southwark Cathedral - famous names
SE1, Cathedral Street, Montague Close
Southwark Cathedral For over 1,000 years Christians have worshipped here. AD 606 - a convent AD 1106 - a priory AD 1540 - a parish church...
11 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Winifred Cullis
WC1, Hunter Street, 8
Winifred Cullis (1875 - 1956) CBE Physiologist, Sophia Jex-Blake Chair of Physiology, University of London from 1926 - 1941, a pioneer of...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Royal South London Dispensary for the Working Poor
SE1, Lambeth Road, 52, School of Historical Dress
Bethlem Museum of the Mind holds: "Register of outpatients attending the Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Bethlem's outpatient department b...
2 creators
Brian Haw
SE1, Lambeth Road, 52, School of Historical Dress
Permission to erect a statue in Parliament Square was, unsurprisingly, not granted. The alternative placement chosen is opposite the Impe...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Latest Subjects
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Lancelot Andrewes
Cleric. Born near All Hallows, Barking. He served successively as Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester, and oversaw the translation of the King James Version of the Bible.
1 memorial
John Fletcher
Dramatist. Born in Rye, Sussex. His solo works are now virtually forgotten, and he is best remembered for his collaborations, particularly on Shakespeare's 'Henry VIII' and 'The Two Noble Kinsmen'.
1 memorial
Philip Massinger
Dramatist. His mainly forgotten plays include 'A New Way to Pay Old Debts', 'The City Madam' and 'The Roman Actor'.
1 memorial
John Gower
Poet. Born circa 1330. He is known for three major works, 'The Mirour de l'Omme', 'Vox Clamantis', and 'Confessio Amantis'.
1 memorial
Southwark Cathedral
Its full name is the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie. Any claim that there was a convent here before 1106 are apparently unproven. 1106 - 1538 it was the church of...
1 memorial
Seriously Famous
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Lost and Relocated Memorials
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Puzzle-corner
Sister Dorothy Louise Thomas, GC
Nurse. Born East London, died Chelmsford. From Stephen's Study Room: "At the time of her EGM award she was a Nursing Sister at the Middlesex Hospital {Foley Street}, London. On the 26 January 19...
1 memorial