Erection date: 1995
This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details.
E1, Commercial Street, Spitalfields Market
The plaque is in the pavement very close to the corner of the fruit and vegetable market building.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - Apples and Pears
1638 King Charles I gave a licence for flesh, fowl and roots to be sold on Sp...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - Apples and Pears
We cannot find any information about Bowler himself, only that in c.1990-2010...
The plaque is not clear about what was constructed. The piers look original so we guess it was just the gates themselves.
The Cherub Gate The cherub above is a gift to Trinity Church from the church of St Mary le Bow in London which was designed by Sir Christ...
Patrick MacDowell, R.A., 1799 - 1870, eminent sculptor, lived here for many years.
{Left most double plaque - top:} LCC Lord Palmerston, 1784 - 1865, statesman, lived here. {Lower:} Tablet fixed - 1907 Premises rebuilt ...
The plaque is at the top of the grey column to the right of the central door. Presumably there is evidence that Blanke performed at Green...
Born Northamptonshire. Apprenticed as a scrivener (like a secretary). Entered business and then set up a bank. Made a fortune from his connections with the slave trade and entered politics. Lord Ma...
Person, Lord Mayor, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues
When Ben was a child his family lived at number 1 Pilgrim's Lane, 1904-6. His time at 2b was during the 1970s and 80s.
These plaques are attached to the north-west tower and also the south-east tower, all duplicated except for "opened to the public" which ...
Called to attend a fire in a restaurant in the King’s Road, Chelsea, he entered the building in breathing apparatus, along with his colleague Fireman Colin Comber, to locate the seat of the fire. O...
In 1940, after briefly being in Mayfair and Victoria, de Gaulle moved here with his French National Committee. On 18 June that year he ma...
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