Prisca Coborn was a wealthy widow (her husband was a brewer) who established a coeducational school in Bow in 1701, namely Coopers' Company and Coborn School

Coopers' Company and Coborn School

The Coopers' Company and Coborn School is a 11-18 school in Upminster, in the London Borough of Havering, and is part of Essex.-Admissions:The school is a non-selective voluntary aided state comprehensive school describe by Ofsted as "an exceptional school of real excellence". The school excels at...

 through the terms of her will (dated 6th May 1701). She also gave money to help the poor of Bow

Bow, London

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 and Stepney

Stepney

Stepney is a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London's East End that grew out of a medieval village around St Dunstan's church and the 15th century ribbon development of Mile End Road...

 in the East End of London

East End of London

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.

She was baptized at St Mary’s Church, Bow

Bow Church

Bow Church is the parish church of St Mary and Holy Trinity, Stratford, Bow. It is located on an island site in Bow Road , in Bow, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. There has been a church on the same site for approximately 700 years...

on 30 August 1622.

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