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...
2019: Eileen Brown informed us that this plaque is mentioned in the novel, 'The L-Shaped Room' by Lynne Reid Banks which means it was ere...
London County Council Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N., 1774 - 1814, explorer and navigator, lived here.
Poe Unveiled by Steven Berkoff on 4 June 2011. The Flicker Club The Edgar Allan Poe Society
Site of the 13th century Hospital of St Anthony and of the French Protestant Church, demolished 1840. The Corporation of the City of London
Norway cut swing bridge This footbridge, with its granite paving, formerly stood across the entrance lock to South Dock and dates from ab...
