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...
The blue plaque is next to the lower right window of the building, and the foundation stone is on the right of the doorway. The Hunt and...
The dates given on the plaque are about the time that the church ceased functioning and was demolished but we can't explain the exact dates.
The plaque to Rev. Douglas is in the covered walkway, accessed via the arch at the right of our photo. Displayed close to the plaque is a...
Members of the civil defence services who lost their lives in Bermondsey 1939 - 1945.
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
Led the modern development of Burtons Menswear, and was a generous benefactor of the Jewish Museum in London and the University of York. Identical twin to Arnold - see there for a photo of the 4 B...
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