Building    From 1901  To 1962

Bow Library

Categories: Community / Clubs

One of many public libraries founded by John Passmore Edwards. Designed by S. B. Russell, it is a Grade II listed building and features the ornate 'Macullum' clock, which is named after a local philanthropist. After its opening, it soon proved to be too small and was extended. 1962 the library moved out to another extension in Stafford Road leaving this building as Vernon Hall. In 2002 it reopened as the first 'Ideas Store', offering adult education classes, library services and a café. The picture shows an original drawing for the library, although the cartouche plaque on the gable and the cupola were not included in the finished building.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Bow Library

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Bow Library

{On the central plaque:} This stone was laid by J. Passmore Edwards Esq 19 Oc...

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Vernon Hall

Vernon Hall Roman Road Formerly Bow Library from 1901 to 1962. Two thirds of ...

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Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group

Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group

Founded to focus attention on the historic environment of the borough and to record, preserve and enhance its historic buildings.

Group, Architecture, Community / Clubs, History

16 memorials
Max Wall Society

Max Wall Society

A society with the objective of perpetuating the memory of Max Wall by uniting individuals in shared recollection through regular meetings, events and the publication of a newsletter called the Wal...

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Rainbow Corner

Rainbow Corner

Club for the American forces in the UK during WW2. Also known as the American Red Cross Club. This is where those "oversexed, overpaid and over here" GIs hung out. From British History online: The...

Building, Armed Forces, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Beryl Brownsword

Beryl Brownsword

Architect and conservationist. After WW2 she worked in the architectural practice run by Richard Sheppard. She was particularly active in the Bedford Park Society where she monitored planning appli...

Person, Architecture, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Joseph da Costa Andrade

Joseph da Costa Andrade

This person's grave was destroyed by a WW2 bomb. The name is on the south-west face of the pedestal. Joseph da Costa Andrade was born circa 1836 in London. He was the fifth of the eleven children ...

Person, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Liveries & Guilds

1 memorial

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04 Croydon - Francis Bacon

04 Croydon - Francis Bacon

CR9, Katharine Street, Croydon Public Library

Built in 1892 by Charles Henman Jr. this heavily decorated group of buildings makes up Croydon's Municipal buildings complex. The buildin...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
J. J. Ramsay

J. J. Ramsay

Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
George Read Davy

George Read Davy

Co-churchwarden of St Jude's in 1871. He was born c.1828 in Hornby, Yorkshire, the second of the six children of George Gibson Davy (1788-1849) and Martha Davy née Tacon (1798-1886). His father wa...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Chris Butcher

Chris Butcher

Artist blacksmith working with George James & Sons Blacksmiths.

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Cyril Mann

Cyril Mann

WC1, Cruickshank Street, Bevin Court

Mann lived here in a very small flat, only 500sq ft. But it had superb light for his work.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator