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
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bow Library
One of many public libraries founded by John Passmore Edwards. Designed by S...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bow Library
Builders. An unusual name, so we are assuming that this is the company founde...
Architect, Born Samuel Bridgman Russell. Father of Robert Tor Russell who des...
Chairman of Bow vestry in 1900. In this instance, 'vestry' refers to a commit...
Political and social reformer, politician, peace activist, and anti-slavery c...
Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man: Francis Knibbs was born i...
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Bow Library
{Below the City of London crest:}The Great Conduit lies beneath this spot.Bui...
Built by Sir Ernest George, Royal Academician, President Royal Institute of B...
