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
94 memorials
Latest Memorials
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Chingford Mount Cemetery
E4, Old Church Road, 121
Chingford Mount Cemetery Developed in 1884 by the Abney Park Cemetery Company on land originally called "Caroline Mount", named after the...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
New Gravel Pit Chapel - names
E9, Mead Place
Given that the garden behind this wall was part of the graveyard around New Gravel Pit Chapel we think these names might have been record...
10 subjects commemorated
New Gravel Pit Chapel - plaque
E9, Mead Place
In our photo the plaque is lost behind the bramble branches to the right of the right-most panel. We have captured 2 of the c.5 sculpted ...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
New Gravel Pit Chapel - sculpture
E9, Mead Place
In our photo the plaque is lost behind the bramble branches to the right of the right-most panel. We have captured 2 of the c.5 sculpted ...
1 subject commemorated
Sycamore House
SW4, Old Town, 4
In our photo the plaque can be seen between the trees and above the car.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Latest Subjects
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Chingford Mount Cemetery
Laid out on the site of the house and grounds of Caroline Mount, it was opened as a sister site to the already established Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington (see Abney House and Park). Among ...
1 memorial
Cazenove Architects Co-operative
From their website: "Established in its present form in 1998, Cazenove Architects is an award winning team of architects and designers based in East London.".
1 memorial
New Gravel Pit Chapel
The first Gravel Pit Chapel was built for a Presbyterian congregation in 1715–16 at what is now the corner of Chatham Place and Ram Place, a short distance from the plaque, to the north. In 1809 t...
2 memorials
Sycamore Laundry
It began as a business run by a Mrs. Buckland, who was said to have collected laundry in a barrow and washed and ironed it at home. In l880, Alexander Leman, married Mrs Buckland's daughter, and he...
1 memorial
Sycamore House
Benjamin Bentley was the first occupant of the house, and presumably was responsible for the original interior which was in the classical style of the Adam brothers. From 1898 to 1994 it was occupi...
1 memorial
Seriously Famous
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Lost Memorials
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Died on this day
George Skanderbeg
Died: 17/1/1468, 557 years ago
Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, Balkans
1 memorial
Puzzle-corner
John Horne Tooke
Born Newport Street, Westminster. Lived a full life the low point of which was probably being held in the Tower of London for high treason, but he was quickly acquitted. Died at home in Chester L...
2 memorials