Central Foundation Girls School (founded 1726) moved from Spital Square in 1975 to this building which the Coborn Girls School (founded 1701) had occupied since its opening in 1898.
Historic Buildings of Bow
E3, Bow Road
Below the first floor bay window a large stone frieze is beginning to crumble but still reads: "Stepney & Bow Foundation Coborn Girls School".
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Central Foundation Girls School
Moved from Spital Square in 1975 to the building in Bow Road. Spitalfields L...
From the picture source website: "Prisca Coborn, the widow of a brewer, found...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Central Foundation Girls School
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
Site of the City of London School, 1835 - 1882 The Corporation of the City of London
Alec Dickson, 1914 - 1994, founder VSO & CSV, lived and died here. Bedford Park Society
An information board has been installed near the stink pipe. This explains stink pipes and also gives some information about the River Ef...
2017: Our colleague, Alan Patient, informs us that this plaque has gone.
June 2016: We were astonished to see that not only had this plaque gone but the entire run of buildings has evaporated into thin air. The...
