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
144 memorials
Gates
21 memorials
Ghost bike
32 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
27 memorials
Monument
338 memorials
Mural
97 memorials
Latest Memorials
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Sir William Powell's Almshouses
SW6, Church Gate
Founded in 1680 by Sir William Powell to house twelve widows. Rebuilt in 1793, and again in 1869. Residency is still reserved for older w...
1 subject commemorated
Madge Gill - plaque
E17, Walthamstow High Street, 71
Madge Gill, née Maud Eades, artist (1882 - 1961) lived here between 1882 - 1890. Waltham Forest Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Madge Gill - mural
E17, High Street Walthamstow, 121
{On an accompanying information board:} LDN WMN Madge Gill by Pang LDN WMN is a series of free public artworks across London this a...
1 subject commemorated,
4 creators
Victor mosaic
SW1, Carteret Street
Ian Visits corrected the wide-spread miss-attribution of this advertisement to the Victor Talking Machine Company. He has, correctly we'...
1 subject commemorated
William Lovely
W12, Askew Road, 1
A rejected planning application provides some history for the house: "The building dates from pre-1860 and would have formed part of the ...
1 subject commemorated
Latest Subjects
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Tate Galleries
Four art galleries. The original was founded in Millbank in 1897, as the National Gallery of British Art. It was renamed in 1932 after Henry Tate who had laid the foundations for the collection. Ta...
1 memorial
Wood Street Walls
Group which produces street artwork in various formats.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Madge Gill
Artist. Born in a flat at the site of the plaque as Maude Ethel Eades. Being illegitimate she was an embarrassment to her family, who sent her to a Dr Barnado's orphanage. She later went to Canada ...
2 memorials
Victor Tyre Company
See Ian Visits for the history of this short-lived company and an advertisement with the same image as the mosaic. Our advertisement, from Grace's Guide - a magnificent resource, shows a different ...
1 memorial
Seriously Famous
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Lost and Relocated Memorials
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Died on this day
Samuel Morse
Died: 2/4/1872, 153 years ago
Person, Art, Science, France, Italy, Switzerland, USA
1 memorial
Puzzle-corner
Sanctuary - head on right - Albert
The building is Grade II listed, a terrace of Bath stone buildings incorporating gateway to Dean's Yard. 1853-54 by Sir George Gilbert Sc...
Bust,
1 subject