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
138 memorials
Gates
21 memorials
Ghost bike
31 memorials
Ghost building
9 memorials
Keystone
27 memorials
Monument
321 memorials
Mural
91 memorials
Latest Memorials
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Susan Garth
W11, Portobello Road, 169, Red Lion Antiques Market
"Antiques market" might means a shop with multiple stalls inside selling antiques, run by different people. A date would have been helpfu...
1 subject commemorated
Iyengar Yoga Institute
SE14, New Cross Road, 470
The decorative shield is in the pediment. The Iyengar plaque is below the window on the left. Although the New Cross (Equitable) Buildin...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
New Cross (Equitable) Building Society
SE14, New Cross Road, 470
New Cross (Equitable) Building Society was established in 1866 but did not move into this building (and presumably erect the shield) unti...
1 subject commemorated
Cheistha Kochhar
EC1, Clerkenwell Road
The campaign to make this road safer has been running for 10 years.
2 subjects commemorated
8 subjects commemorated
Latest Subjects
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Iyengar Yoga
A form of Hatha Yoga in which there is a focus on the structural alignment of the physical body through the development of asanas. It aims to unite the body, mind and spirit for health and well-being.
1 memorial
B. K. S. Iyengar
Founder of Iyengar Yoga. Born Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar in Bellur, Kolar district, Karnataka, India. Throughout his childhood, he suffered with a number of diseases, until his brothe...
1 memorial
New Cross (Equitable) Building Society
Established in 1866 this Building Society was closed down in 1984 by the Registrar of Friendly Societies for what were then considered unsafe business practices. From This Is Money: "The New Cross ...
1 memorial
Cheistha Kochhar
Born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India, Cheistha Kochhar was a PhD student at the London School of Economics. She had already worked in a range of roles including business start-ups and with variou...
1 memorial
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Lost Memorials
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Grosvenor Hotel - head 03
This 1860 building, by architect James Knowles Snr, is studded with many portrait busts of which we believe only these 14 are representat...