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
139 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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Myddelton House - London Bridge, or Waterloo Bridge
EN2, Bulls Cross, Myddelton House Gardens
Londonist have an old photo of these balusters showing the purpose of the horizontal grove in their sides. When first installed here the ...
2 subjects commemorated
Alec Roy
EN2, Bulls Cross, Myddelton House Gardens
These are the gardens around Myddelton House. In 1968 the house and the gardens were sold to the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, who ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
E. A. Bowles - Myddelton House
EN2, Bulls Cross, Myddelton House Gardens
Myddelton House. Edward Augustus Bowles, 1865 - 1954, botanist & horticulturist, lived here. London Borough of Enfield
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Metcalf fountain
N8, Middle Lane, Priory Park
No attractive detail to show so we've taken the opportunity to show the metal door that most fountains of this date have, presumably givi...
1 subject commemorated
Micky Powell
EC1, Grand Avenue, Smithfield Market
The 'plaque' is to the right of the circular 'City Heritage Award' plaque.
1 subject commemorated
Latest Subjects
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Alec Roy
Roy was Chair of the Lee Valley Park 1981-6. We can't find any information on him so we looked into the Park instead. The Park is huge, 10,000 acres, more than four times the size of Richmond Park...
1 memorial
Charles Thomas Page Metcalf
Charles Thomas Page Metcalf was born on 4 June 1809 the eldest of the eight children of Joseph Metcalf (1785-1839) and Sarah Elizabeth Metcalf née Cubitt (1787-1855). He was baptised on 30 June 180...
1 memorial
1 memorial
W. H. C. Groome
Member of the Ealing District Council in 1899. Bear Alley has a full biography of Groome by Robert J Kirkpatrick, with many illustrations: ""W.H.C. Groome was one of the most prolific children’s b...
1 memorial
Edward Montague Nelson
Businessman and local politician. Born Warwick but spent most of his working life in London. His businesses tended to have colonial, especially Australian, connections. Lived at Hanger Hill House,...
1 memorial
Seriously Famous
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Lost 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