This former Whitbread pub was acquired by Youngs in 1984 along with the property next door. The pub’s name is taken from Mrs Priscilla Coborn who left funding in her will for the poor in Bow. Originally it was a Lacon Brewery pub.

The Coborn Arms featured on the Ornaments of the Orient: Daytime Crawl of Bow and Docklands in October 2009.