Erection date: 1995
We're read that this plaque, showing a map of the world, is intended to honour the mosque, which seems odd. To us it seems more symbolic of immigration from many countries into Spitalfields.
This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details.
E1, Brick Lane, Brick Lane mosque
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - World Map
Spitalfields has experienced a number of waves of immigration from other coun...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bowler plaque - World Map
We cannot find any information about Bowler himself, only that in c.1990-2010...
Cecil Hepworth (1874 - 1953) British film pioneer, lived in this house as a child. Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema, 1996. In associ...
Unveiled on what would have been Menezes' 32nd birthday. This replaced the pavement shrine of flowers, candles, pictures and newspaper a...
John McCormack, 1884 - 1945, lyric tenor, lived here, 1908 - 1913. English HeritageÂ
Bragansas This two-dimensional form is a bragansa, a Cognate word which can be crudely translated as "spirit door" or "tombshadow," but r...
The Listing entry gives the history of the building: "... On the Tithe map of 1801 there are narrow rectangular buildings in the plot now...
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