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...
In a house on this site lived Gregory de Rokesley, eight times Mayor of London, 1274 - 1281 and 1285. The Corporation of the City of London
We failed to find this plaque in Dec-Jan 2017, but it is identical to that further south so see there for more details.
2019: MansionGlobal reported that the house was for sale for £16 million, with an aspirational night-time photo of the pool at the back.
This house is on the corner of the street in which Ida Mann was born, Fordwych Road, number 67. She lived in Minster Road aged 9 - 41.
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