Central Foundation Girls School (founded 1726) moved from Spital Square in 1975 to this building which the Coborn Girls School (founded 1701) had occupied since its opening in 1898.
Historic Buildings of Bow
E3, Bow Road
Below the first floor bay window a large stone frieze is beginning to crumble but still reads: "Stepney & Bow Foundation Coborn Girls School".
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Central Foundation Girls School
Moved from Spital Square in 1975 to the building in Bow Road. Â Spitalfields L...
From the picture source website: "Prisca Coborn, the widow of a brewer, found...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Central Foundation Girls School
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On this site lived William Wilberforce, statesman and emancipator, 1759 - 1833.
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This image comes from the 1946 short documentary film 'Prisoners of the Tower'. It is shown laid into the ground at the centre of a cobbl...
We learnt about this lost plaque from the information panel attached to the Portico, the only remains of Wilson's home, Woodlands. Britis...
Actor, Henry Irving, (John Henry Brodribb), 1838 - 1905, lived on this site, 1881 - 1889.
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