Memorials and Monuments Archives - Living London History https://livinglondonhistory.com/category/londno-memorials/ A blog sharing London's curiosities, hidden gems and historical walks Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:54:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/livinglondonhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-Living-London-HIstory-3.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Memorials and Monuments Archives - Living London History https://livinglondonhistory.com/category/londno-memorials/ 32 32 181957101 St Katharine Cree: A Jacobean Treasure That Survived The Great Fire https://livinglondonhistory.com/st-katharine-cree-a-jacobean-treasure-that-survived-the-great-fire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=st-katharine-cree-a-jacobean-treasure-that-survived-the-great-fire https://livinglondonhistory.com/st-katharine-cree-a-jacobean-treasure-that-survived-the-great-fire/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:18:19 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=252550 Just around the corner from Fenchurch Street Station, amid the glass and steel of the financial district, you will find one of the few churches to have survived the Great Fire of London: St Katharine Cree. It also only suffered minor damage in the Blitz and therefore is a wonderfully preserved gem, with a fascinating […]

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]]> https://livinglondonhistory.com/st-katharine-cree-a-jacobean-treasure-that-survived-the-great-fire/feed/ 4 252550 A Country Church In The Heart Of The City: St Olave Hart Street https://livinglondonhistory.com/a-country-church-in-the-heart-of-the-city-st-olave-hart-street/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-country-church-in-the-heart-of-the-city-st-olave-hart-street https://livinglondonhistory.com/a-country-church-in-the-heart-of-the-city-st-olave-hart-street/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:29:53 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=252001 Nestled amongst the skyscrapers and ceaseless energy of the City of London lies a small pocket of stillness, steeped in history: the church of St Olave Hart Street. It can be found on the corner of Seething Lane and Hart Street and looks almost out of place today, like a countryside parish church in the […]

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]]> https://livinglondonhistory.com/a-country-church-in-the-heart-of-the-city-st-olave-hart-street/feed/ 5 252001 A Visit To Methodist Central Hall: Where History Happened https://livinglondonhistory.com/a-visit-to-methodist-central-hall-where-history-happened/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-visit-to-methodist-central-hall-where-history-happened https://livinglondonhistory.com/a-visit-to-methodist-central-hall-where-history-happened/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:51:34 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=251260 There are so many incredible historic buildings in a relatively small area in Westminster. Many, quite reasonably, are focussed on Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament and do not pay a huge amount of attention to Methodist Central Hall. It is just on the other side of the road from Westminster Abbey and is […]

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]]> https://livinglondonhistory.com/a-visit-to-methodist-central-hall-where-history-happened/feed/ 3 251260 The Stafford Hotel: A War Legend And 17th Century Wine Cellars https://livinglondonhistory.com/the-stafford-hotel-a-war-legend-and-17th-century-wine-cellars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-stafford-hotel-a-war-legend-and-17th-century-wine-cellars https://livinglondonhistory.com/the-stafford-hotel-a-war-legend-and-17th-century-wine-cellars/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:54:38 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=250758 Picture the scene. It is 2001 and you wander off the streets of St James’s into the American Bar of the Stafford Hotel. You grab a drink and sit at the bar. At the other end of the bar is an elderly lady, with an enraptured crowd around her, gathered to listen as she regales […]

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]]> https://livinglondonhistory.com/the-stafford-hotel-a-war-legend-and-17th-century-wine-cellars/feed/ 3 250758 The Albert Memorial: Decoding The Details https://livinglondonhistory.com/the-albert-memorial-decoding-the-details/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-albert-memorial-decoding-the-details https://livinglondonhistory.com/the-albert-memorial-decoding-the-details/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:14:18 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=250243 If you have ever walked along the Southern edge of Kensington Gardens, you will have not been able to miss The Albert Memorial. An exuberant Victorian display of commemoration, it has got to be the most elaborate memorial, to one man, in all of London. It depicts a 14ft statue of Prince Albert, seated in […]

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