This terracotta-coloured plaque is now in Australia (see eHive) with one of the chimney pots. See Captain Cook's house for information and a photo of the house with plaque.
Our image comes from the Spitalfields Life article.
E1, Mile End Road, 88
The address was 7 Assembly Row when Cook and his family moved in, 1764.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Captain Cook - E1 plaque - gone
Note: this is not Cooks' Cottage - that started life in North Yorkshire and i...
Maritime explorer and cartographer. Born near Middlesbrough. The first to map...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Captain Cook - E1 plaque - gone
In the photograph of the current building the plaque is behind the portico.
There are 10 memorials in this area around the the war memorial building in our photo. The two pier heads are to the right of the buildin...
The two dates indicate the beginning and end of construction, often marked with two different stones, but here they've just added some te...
The main entrance to the church is in Russell Street, built into the facade of the much later Fortune Theatre. Behind this door there mu...
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