Miriam Moses, OBE JP, social reformer and first woman Mayor of Stepney, 1931 - 1932, was born here in 1886.
The ODNB gives her birth year as 1884 not 1886.
E1, Princelet Street, 17
Next door is 19 Princelet Street, open to the public and well worth a visit.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Miriam Moses
Social reformer, OBE, JP. Born 17 Princelet Street. (The Oxford Dictionary of...
Below the first floor bay window a large stone frieze is beginning to crumble but still reads: "Stepney & Bow Foundation Coborn Girls...
Orwell was in lodgings here for a brief period: from late 1927 to Spring 1928, when he moved to Paris.
The remaining, Keats, plaque is on the left hand side of the entrance hall. Francis Frith has a photo of the station in 1945, showing th...
Wesley lived here in the winters from 1779 until his death, here.
Both memorial stones were originally located in the nearby St James's Church (in Fore Street, south of Cowper Road), which has been conve...
Law reformer. Born in Frith Street. Solicitor-General 1806. Caroline's Miscellany has done the research on his campaign to reduce the number of crimes with a mandatory death penalty. Kept 2 pet le...
This bouquet of dried flowers was tied to a tree in the garden not too far away. The writing was illegible or uninformative so we have n...
Actor. Born 174 Sutherland Avenue. Roles in 'The Good Life', 'Yes Minister' and 'Yes, Prime Minister'. Died London.
Naval officer. RN Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital. We think this is Broderick Robert Hartwell - born Ireland, with the dates we've given.
MP and Prime Minister in the 1830s and 40s. Reorganised the London police force and hence gave rise to the expressions "Peelers" and "Bobbies" for the police. He based the new structure on that of ...
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