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The Environs of London
… along the road towards London, as far as Bow-bridge. Plaistow, another large hamlet, is about a mile east of the … wards, called Church-street, Stratford-Langthorne, and Plaistow wards; each of which has a churchwarden and … to the land-tax; Stratford-Langthorne ward, 546l. 10s.; Plaistow ward, 784l. 10s. The proportion in the pound is …
A History of the County of Essex
… to Richard Sagore. John James's 18th-century survey of Plaistow shows that Bradymead was in New marsh. 17 By then it … Lane opposite Bradymead. 20 All the above 'leazes' were at Plaistow, but there was at least one such field at Stratford: … bishop of Norwich was granted lodging for his horses at Plaistow and West Ham. 25 The few figures available 26 …
A History of the County of Essex
… divided equally between the three wards (Church Street, Plaistow, and Stratford) as early as the 16th century. In … given to each alms-woman and the remainder to the poor of Plaistow. Thomasin Gouge, by will dated 1754, left the … was controlled by the vicar. The land, at Middle marsh, in Plaistow, was then let for 21, and the penny loaves were …
A History of the County of Essex
… the ancient rectorial glebe, formerly called New Barns, at Plaistow. When Gilbert Foliot ordained the vicarage, he … of Essex, built West Ham's first two new churches, at Plaistow and Stratford. Canon Abel Ram (184568), Canon Thomas … Anglican place of worship until the building of St. Mary, Plaistow (1830), and St. John, Stratford (1834), both of …
A History of the County of Essex
… Ham Domestic buildings DOMESTIC BUILDINGS. 1 A survey of Plaistow ward carried out in 1742 lists 152 houses, of which … which probably means 16th century or earlier. At that date Plaistow had about 29 per cent of the houses in the parish. 3 … which lay east of New Barn Street, at the south end of Plaistow, was part of the rectorial glebe of West Ham. 5 The …
A History of the County of Essex
… only one remained. 6 A new council secondary school, at Plaistow, in the south of the borough, was opened in 1926. … 1702, for teaching the poor children of Stratford and Plaistow to read. 11 The school appears to have been held at … girls of the parish. 17 District schools were opened for Plaistow in 1830 and for Stratford in 1835: these remained in …
A History of the County of Essex
… seems to have flourished. 10 Paul Fox, a silk-weaver of Plaistow, was said in 1645 to have lived there for many … had been the tanner there, was also leasing property at Plaistow and elsewhere, and probably continued to ply his … the cordwainers, from whom Cordwainer (now High) Street, Plaistow, was named. 32 Since that street is mentioned in …
A History of the County of Essex
… ('southern manor'). Sudbury, a lost name, was in the Plaistow area. In the 13th century part of it, with other … the manor of Bretts, the manor-house of which was in Plaistow village. About m. north and west of West Ham village … were in Church Street (West Ham village), Stratford, and Plaistow. Plaistow first appears in records in 1414. 30 Its …
A History of the County of Essex
… three headboroughs and three aleconners, one of each for Plaistow, Church Street, and Stratford wards. 8 It also … for Stratford ward and the others for Church Street and Plaistow, but from 1651 those three wards had one each, the … cattle pounds, in Stratford Broadway and in Barking Road, Plaistow. For West Ham Burnells the earliest surviving court …
A History of the County of Essex
… in small scattered parcels in the southern marshes, at Plaistow, Stratford, and near Bow Bridge. The only … by gavelkind. 47 The manor of BRETTS, which was centred at Plaistow, but included tenements at Upton, Stratford, and … near the Three Mills, and in Upton Lane, as well as at Plaistow. Some of the free and copyhold tenements lay in …