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
151 memorials
Gates
21 memorials
Ghost bike
32 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
27 memorials
Monument
341 memorials
Mural
100 memorials
Latest Memorials
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King Charles I pub
N1, Northdown Street:, 55-57, King Charles I pub
From Islington Tribune, 2021: "Residents living nearby saved it six years ago when rumours spread it could be turned into “just another c...
1 creator
Sir William Beveridge
W8, Bedford Gardens, 27
Sir William Beveridge, 1879 - 1963, architect of the welfare state, lived here 1914 - 1921. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Mercers' School - in courtyard
EC1, Holborn, Barnard’s Inn
The blue plaque can be seen in our photo to the right of the entrance. To see the large slate plaque you must walk into the alleyway, aro...
5 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Mercers' School - blue plaque
EC1, Holborn, Barnard’s Inn
The blue plaque can be seen in our photo to the right of the entrance. To see the large slate plaque you must walk into the alleyway, aro...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Notting Hill Carnival pioneers
W10, 103a Wornington Road, Faraday House, Venture Community Association Centre
Claimed to be the world's largest blue plaque - and we ain't arguing. Three of these names on the plaque are highlighted in yellow: Russ...
70 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Latest Subjects
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Sir William Beveridge
Economist and social reformer. Born William Henry Beveridge in Rangpur, India (now in Bangladesh). He is remembered for the 1942 report 'Social Insurance and Allied Services' (known as the Beveridg...
Person, Economist, Politics & Administration, Indian Sub-continent
1 memorial
Old Mercers’ Club
From Old Mercers' Club: "The Club was formed as the Mercers’ School Old Boys Association ... in 1904 and grew out of the Old Mercers’ Football Club which had been formed in 1901. ... The first annu...
1 memorial
Mercers' School
An independent school in the City of London dating back to at least 1542. Operated by the Worshipful Company of Mercers. In 1542 the Mercers’ Company purchased the site of the Hospital of St Thoma...
2 memorials
Daddy Vego
Barrington Adams, aka Daddy Vego - the first Jamaican to set up a static sound system, the Peoples Sound System, at the Notting Hill Carnival. In 1988 he founded his shop, the People’s Sound Recor...
1 memorial
Martha Fevrier
Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. "Flamingo Carnival Arts was founded in 1983, in common with many small groups, The organisation which is Flamingo began in someone's front room. Ma...
Person, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design, Race Issues, Theatre
1 memorial
Seriously Famous
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Lost and Relocated Memorials
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Puzzle-corner
Count Simon Woronzow
It's odd that the plaque is placed here rather than at the almshouses at the other end of the road. Possibly the Count had a house here,...
7 subjects