Plaque

Central Foundation Girls School

Inscription

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

Site: Central Foundation Girls School (1 memorial)

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".

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Central Foundation Girls School

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Central Foundation Girls School

Moved from Spital Square in 1975 to the building in Bow Road.  Spitalfields L...

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Coborn Girls School

From the picture source website: "Prisca Coborn, the widow of a brewer, found...

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Tower Hamlets Council

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