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
The Three Cripples public house
Pub in Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist".
1 memorial
Joseph Sebag Montefiore
Banker, stockbroker and politician. Born and died in London. Son of Solomon Sebag and his wife Sarah Montefiore. In 1885 his surname was supplemented with royal permission with that of his mother's...
1 memorial
1 memorial
1 memorial
Joseph Salter
Salter was auditor to the Vestry of St Pancras and gave College Gardens to the Vestry in his will. From the estate agent, Salter Rex's website: Salter Rex was founded in 1854 by Joseph Salter. He s...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
1 subject commemorated
Storm Tree - Charing Cross
WC2, Strand
When we first saw the plaque it was in the pavement close to the tree but is now affixed to a nearby pillar.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Sir Robert Walpole
First Prime Minister of Great Britain. An early political victim of satire, the target of Swift, Pope, Fielding, Johnson, Hogarth and Thomas Gay. Walpole responded by setting up the office of the...
3 memorials
Frederick Parslow VC
N1, Islington Green
More information about the VC plaque project at Centenary News.
War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
QPR in the Community Trust
Charity. Founded to use the power of the Queen's Park Rangers football club to forge connections with its community.
1 memorial
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