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Bow Common is a small area near Bow in the borough of Tower Hamlets, London, located to the south-east of Mile End.

It has historically been a poor, industrial district - a gas works remains in the area. 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.' Many slums were cleared during the course of the 20th century, a process hastened by bomb damage in the Second World War.

St Paul's Church dates from 1960 (replacing one damaged in the war) and is now a Grade II listed building.

External links

• Small article about Bow Common

References

1. Willey, Russ. Chambers London Gazetter, p 53-4.
2. Willey, Russ. Chambers London Gazetter, p 53-4.
3. Willey, Russ. Chambers London Gazetter, p 53-4.
4. Willey, Russ. Chambers London Gazetter, p 53-4.

v t e London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Wards	Bethnal Green Blackwall and Cubitt Town Bow East Bow West Bromley North Bromley South Canary Wharf Island Gardens Lansbury Limehouse Mile End Poplar Shadwell Spitalfields and Banglatown St Dunstan's St Katharine's and Wapping St Peter's Stepney Green Weavers Whitechapel
Notable locations	Brick Lane Christ Church, Spitalfields Dennis Severs' House East Smithfield Fish Island Fournier Street London Museum Docklands Museum of Immigration and Diversity Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Ragged School Museum Royal London Museum and Archives Jack the Ripper Museum St Katharine Docks Spitalfields City Farm Stepney City Farm Tower Bridge Tower of London Traitors' Gate Whitechapel Art Gallery Young V&A
Street markets	Petticoat Lane Brick Lane Columbia Road Old Spitalfields Roman Road
Parks and open spaces	Altab Ali Park Bartlett Park Island Gardens Langdon Park Mile End Park Mudchute Sir John McDougall Gardens Tower Hamlets Cemetery Victoria Park
Governance	London borough council Directly elected mayor Civic mayor/speaker of council Constituencies: Bethnal Green and Bow Poplar and Limehouse
Bridges and tunnels	Blackwall Tunnel Greenwich foot tunnel Rotherhithe Tunnel Tower Bridge
Tube and rail stations	Aldgate East  All Saints  Bethnal Green  Bethnal Green  Blackwall  Bow Church  Bow Road  Bromley-by-Bow  Cambridge Heath  Canary Wharf (DLR)  Canary Wharf (Elizabeth line)  Canary Wharf (tube)  Crossharbour  Devons Road  East India  Heron Quays  Island Gardens  Langdon Park   Limehouse  Mile End  Mudchute  Poplar  Shadwell  Shadwell  South Quay  Stepney Green  Tower Gateway  Tower Hill  Wapping  West India Quay  Westferry    Whitechapel
Other topics	Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools
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