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Plaque

Bow Fair Field

Inscription

Bow Fair Field
Site of the annual Whitsun fair stopped in 1823 due to rowdyism and vice.
Bow Heritage Trail

Site: Bow Fair Field (1 memorial)

E3, Fairfield Road

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

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Bow Fair

Known as the Green Goose fair, it was held on the Thursday after Pentecost. A...

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Tower Hamlets Council

The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...

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