The origins of the East End textile industry can be traced to the 14th century when Flemish artisans set up dye works on the River Lea. In the late 17th century the Huguenots arrived in Spitalfields bringing their skills with silk-weaving, lace-making, fan-making, etc. Then the Jewish tailors arrived and enriched the area further.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
garment and textile industries in the East End
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Bowler plaque - Scissors and Buttons - Brick Lane north
We failed to find this plaque in Dec-Jan 2017, but it is identical to that fu...
Bowler plaque - Scissors and Buttons - Brick Lane south
There is meant to be another identical plaque further north in Brick Lane but...
Bowler plaque - Shuttle and Bobbins
The plaque shows a shuttle and two bobbins, representing the local weaving tr...
Whitechapel Threads sculpture
The artists worked with the Rope Makers Guild to produce this image of two sk...
Other Subjects
W. H. Fowler
Director of the Brilliant Sign Company in 1938.
1 memorial
2 memorials
2 memorials
Sir Henry Tate
Merchant and philanthropist. Born at White Coppice, near Chorley, Lancashire. By the time he was thirty-five he had established a successful chain of grocery stores. In 1872 he purchased the patent...
1 memorial
Herbert Stern
Son of Baron de Stern. Started in his father's banking business but left in about 1910 to form his own, Herbert Stern & Co. First Baron Michelham. Died 26 Prince's Gate.
2 memorials
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Holy Trinity - Clapham - WW1 names
SW4, Rookery Road, Clapham Common
Apart from the actual names the two plaques are the same. Our photo shows the one on the left.
War dead | WW1
139 subjects commemorated
139 subjects commemorated
Whitworth at IC
SW7, Prince Consort Road, Imperial College
This building, the Royal School of Mines, (1906, Aston Webb). has 34 memorials: a foundation stone, 2 busts and 30 scientists' surnames p...
1 subject commemorated
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
members of the air forces who died in WW2 in Europe with no known grave
This text is taken from a steel plaque at the entrance to the memorial: The Runnymede Memorial commemorates by name those who lost their lives during the Second World War while serving with the Ai...
1 memorial
John McCormack
NW3, Ferncroft Avenue, 24
John McCormack, 1884 - 1945, lyric tenor, lived here, 1908 - 1913. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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