Bow Common
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| Bow Common | |
|---|---|
 Regent's Canal, Bow Common | |
  Bow Common Location within Greater London | |
| London borough | |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | E3, E14 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| London Assembly | |
Bow Common is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London. The area takes its name from a common that lay off Bow Common Lane, and which survived until the mid-nineteenth century. It includes the southern housing estates of Burdett Estate,[1] and Lincoln Estate.
Historically it has been an industrial district producing and supplying London's town gas demands – the former Victorian Gas works site at Bow Common[2] is one of a few remaining following the surrounding area's ongoing transformation. In 1883 anti-poverty campaigner Andrew Mearns commented on the lack of church attendance amongst locals, and Charles Booth described it as 'worse than almost any district in London.'[2] Slums were cleared during the course of the 20th century, most hastened by bomb damage in the Second World War when Bow was targeted for it being an important artery to feed the demands of the city at that time.[2]
St Paul's Church was rebuilt in the fashionable 'new brutalism' style of 1960 (replacing one damaged in the war) and is now a Grade II* listed building.[2]
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