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Eventually the beggar is revealed to be Henry de Montfort, thought dead at the Battle of Evesham. There she meets a number of suitors who she says must ask her father, the beggar, for her hand. She goes off in search of adventure eventually getting to Romford. It tells the story of a blind man with a dog who has a beautiful daughter.

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It’s full name is ‘ The Rarest Ballad that Ever was Seen of the Blind Beggar of Bednall Green‘. The story itself is thought to stem from the time of Elizabeth I and it was a ballad. It’s taken it’s own place in the history of the East End as a result and the name of the Blind Beggar is now forever linked to gangland history. This was the place where George Cornell was shot dead by Reggie Kray in 1966. Nowadays the most famous place associated with the story of the Blind Beggar is the pub in Whitechapel which bears it’s name. Starting it’s life positioned on the Roman Road it was moved to it’s present and intended site on the Cranbrook Estate in May 1963. The man strides forward with an outstretched hand whilst the dog strides ahead. The elongated figures of man and dog are stepped on a concrete plinth. The Blind Beggar and his dog by Elisabeth Frink Blind Beggar and his DogĮlisabeth Frink’s sculpture of the Blind Beggar and his Dog draws on the lore surrounding the Blind Beggar. That was until 1965 when it merged with the boroughs of Stepney and Poplar to become Tower Hamlets. It shows him walking with his daughter and his dog. Up until 1965 the blind beggar was included on the common seal of the council. The story of the Blind Beggar is a popular one in East London and indelibly linked with the identity of Bethnal Green. The sculpture was made in 1958 and is one of Frink’s earliest commissions.

It can be found in the enclosed garden of Tate House on the Cranbrook Estate in Bethnal Green. Blind Beggar and his Dog is a sculpture by Elisabeth Frink.