Erection date: 1995
The plaque shows a shuttle and two bobbins, representing the local weaving trade. It is placed close to Dennis Severs' House and was made using items found in that house.
This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details.
E1, Folgate Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - Shuttle and Bobbins
The origins of the East End textile industry can be traced to the 14th centur...
Many of the Huguenots that arrived here in the 16th and 17th centuries were s...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - Shuttle and Bobbins
We cannot find any information about Bowler himself, only that in c.1990-2010...
This was the London home of G. Lowes Dickinson, author and humanist, He was born 1862 and died 1932.
See the plaque at the entrance for more information about these 5 plaques.
English Heritage Vera Brittain, 1893 - 1970 Winifred Holtby, 1898 - 1935 writers and reformers, lived here.
Miss Rose 1966 Quae in hac æde regnabat et nunc et æternum regnat in cordibus nostrum. {Latin: She ruled in this house and rules now an...
John Lindley, 1799 - 1865, botanist and pioneer orchidologist, lived here from 1836 and died here. English Heritage
This is visually just a modern information board but the information is more interesting than usual so we've collected it. For our photo...
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