Erection date: 1995
We're read that this plaque, showing a map of the world, is intended to honour the mosque, which seems odd. To us it seems more symbolic of immigration from many countries into Spitalfields.
This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details.
E1, Brick Lane, Brick Lane mosque
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - World Map
Spitalfields has experienced a number of waves of immigration from other coun...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - World Map
We cannot find any information about Bowler himself, only that in c.1990-2010...
Muswell Hill was not developed until the late 19th century so when Tegetmeier lived here he was probably surrounded by farmland. The hous...
Frank Matcham (1854 - 1920), theatre architect, designed this theatre. Frank Matcham Society
The poppy and the British Legion crest both suggest that this memorial is commemorating the British dead of WW1 and WW2 and other wars si...
The wonderful Ornamental Passions has reached this building (now a hotel) and answered the questions we had about it. To quote: "The buil...
You can just see the left edge of this plaque in our photo, on the pillar at the left.
"No greater honour..etc." is surely a quotation but we cannot source it.
This garden was once the site of a Roman bath house. A nearby modern information board explains: As a result of wartime bombing of the Ci...
Founded Foyles Bookshop in 1903. Born Shoreditch, the 7th child of a 7th child of a 7th child. William and brother Gilbert opened their first bookshop in Islington, moved to Peckham and then Ceci...
Artist. Founder member of the short-lived British Vorticist group and a WW1 war artist.The William Roberts Society's website (see Picture Source) has much information, especially on the house in...
Sir Geraint Evans, 1922 - 1992, opera singer and producer, lived here. The London Borough of Bromley
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