Memorials in the United Kingdom

The initials "GW" mark where one of Scotland's most important Protestant martyrs was burned at the stake.

In memory of the assassinated, now-canonized Salvadoran archbishop who is the namesake of nearby Romero Place.

This modest site memorializes a World War II mission described without hyperbole as “the greatest raid of all.”

A monument honoring 81 residents of this Scottish town who were executed for witchcraft in the 16th century.

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

A famed admiral left behind this 17th-century house key when he joined the British Navy.

An ingenious way to immortalize the inventor of universal time.

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.

A bronze sculpture of last Sikh maharaja of the Punjab, outside the English estate where he once lived.

It holds a fabulously designed tribute to astronomer Edmond Halley.

On May 2, 1845, crowds gathered to watch a clown and four geese sail upstream in a bathtub. Then disaster struck.

A scene of a heinous act during a troubled period of Scottish history.

A memorial to two dedicated postal workers who lost their lives delivering mail.

The grave of a man who spent 23 days trapped underground after a mine collapse.

This unassuming stone is possibly the oldest Scottish memorial to the 13th-century knight.

Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.