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
148 memorials
Gates
21 memorials
Ghost bike
32 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
27 memorials
Monument
340 memorials
Mural
100 memorials
Latest Memorials
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James Middleton House
E2, Middleton Street, James Middleton House
We've given the inscription as "Donald Hamilton, Wakeford & Partners - Chartered Architects" but it's actually carved as "Wakeeord" ...
22 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
London Bridge station award
SE1, Tooley Street, London Bridge underground station
Princess Anne is mentioned on the plaque but we suspect she did not actually visit this rather dismal and utilitarian corner of the stati...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Hare Court rebuilt - east
EC4, Hare Court
The sculpture, 'Hands of Justice' by Tanya Russell, is not a memorial, as far as we know. The decorative plaque is on the wall behind, t...
2 subjects commemorated
William Palmer
N1, Wilks Place, Hoxton Hall
Both plaques are in very good condition with crisp inscription which suggests either that they have previously been indoors or that they ...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Archibald Mackirdy
N1, Wilks Place, Hoxton Hall
The Mackirdy Room was created at the same time that Hoxton Hall converted from being a music hall into an Institute which accommodated th...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Latest Subjects
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London Bridge station
One of the world's oldest train stations, it opened as part of the London and Greenwich Railway. By the early 21st century it had become distinctly tatty, and 2009-17 it underwent a complete transf...
1 memorial
William Isaac Palmer
Manufacturer and philanthropist. Member of the Palmer family in the Huntley and Palmer biscuit company. He funded a free library in Reading. In 1876, he purchased Hoxton Hall in Hackney on behalf o...
1 memorial
Joseph Allen Baker
Engineer and politician. Born at Maple Ridge Farm in Trenton, Ontario. He came to London in 1878 and with his brothers, established a company specialising in machinery for the confectionery and bak...
1 memorial
Olive Christian Malvery
Born in Lahore in the Punjab to parents of European and Indian ancestry, Thomas Barber Malvery and Jessie Anderson. She came to London in 1900 and trained as a singer at The Royal College of Music....
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Music / songs, Philanthropy, India
1 memorial
Harold Ridley
Ophthalmologist. Born Nicholas Harold Lloyd Ridley in Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire. Died in Salisbury, Wiltshire. In WW2, he treated Royal Air Force casualties with eye injuries. He noticed t...
1 memorial
Seriously Famous
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Lost and Relocated Memorials
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Puzzle-corner
Jaimie Tapper
Jaimie Tapper's Linkedin page gives: "I am the Head of Performance Coaching and Development at the Royal Ballet Company, London. I also work as a consultant Psychologist for a range of clients, inc...