Prisca Coborn

Prisca Coborn (1622-1701) was a wealthy widow (her husband was a brewer) who established the Coborn School for Girls in Bow in 1701, through the terms of her will (dated 6 May 1701).[1] She also gave money to help the poor of Bow and Stepney in the East End of London.[2]

She was baptized at St Mary’s Church, Bow on 30 August 1622.[2]

Locally, she is remembered by the street names, Coborn Road and Coborn Street, The Coborn Arms public house and the The Coborn Centre for Adolescent Mental Health.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1, p. 290
  2. 1 2 East End Talking
  3. ↑ The Coborn Centre for Adolescent Mental Health


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