Credit for this entry to:
Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
{On the central plaque:}
This stone was laid by J. Passmore Edwards Esq
19 October 1900
Mark Dalton - Chairman of Vestry
Arthur H. Valentine - Chairman of Committee
Francis Knibbs - Clerk
{Low, on the decorative frame:}
Kingerlee Sons - Oxford
S. B. Russell - London
E3, Gladstone Place, 1
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Bow Library
One of many public libraries founded by John Passmore Edwards. Designed by S...
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Bow Library
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Chairman of Bow vestry in 1900. In this instance, 'vestry' refers to a commit...
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