Bow Quarter perimeter wall
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Bow Quarter perimeter wall by Jim Osley as part of the Geograph project.
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Bow Quarter perimeter wall
Image: © Jim Osley Taken: 10 May 2020
Bow Quarter is a gated housing complex developed from the Bryant and May match factory in Fairfield Road, Bow. The site is an important site in labour and union history, for it here in 1888 that the match girls, organised by Annie Beasant, went on strike. The perimeter wall shown in the image is Grade II listed - https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1065188.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.531035
Longitude
-0.022226