This terracotta-coloured plaque is now in Australia (see eHive) with one of the chimney pots. See Captain Cook's house for information and a photo of the house with plaque.
Our image comes from the Spitalfields Life article.
E1, Mile End Road, 88
The address was 7 Assembly Row when Cook and his family moved in, 1764.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Captain Cook - E1 - lost plaque
Note: this is not Cooks' Cottage - that started life in North Yorkshire and i...
Maritime explorer and cartographer. Born near Middlesbrough. The first to map...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Captain Cook - E1 - lost plaque
Attlee's house on this site was number 18.
For information about the church, including a good range of photographs see A London Inheritance.
English Heritage Constant Lambert, 1905 - 1951, composer, lived here, 1947 - 1951.
English Heritage Henry Pelham, c 1695 - 1754, Prime Minister, lived here.
The plaque shows a detail from a design for the silk fabric produced in Spitalfields. We believe the design shows a pomegranate in the Ja...
Hymn writer (e.g. wrote the words for the carol "Ding dong merrily on high"). Born: Birkenhead, Cheshire. Died: Highgate. Buried: Little Walsingham, Norfolk, where he had been a vicar. He retir...
4th and last baronet. In 1798 he built a country villa in Highgate which later was known as "The Holly Lodge" on Highgate West Hill, and became the property of Baroness Burdett-Coutts.
Ascended throne in 1216, aged 9. Son of King John. Resurrected the Magna Carta. Married Eleanor of Provence who became consort queen. Began the building of the current Westminster Abbey in 1245 ...
Firm of sculptors. Founded by William Farmer (1825-1879) and William Brindley. Worked on many buildings including the Natural History Museum, the Albert Memorial and Holborn Viaduct. In 1929 the fi...
