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A History of the County of Essex
… running from Temple Mills, down the Lea, and along the Thames to North Woolwich; and except for Bristol West Ham was … of the parish. The shipyard of C. J. Mare & Co. (later the Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding, and Engineering Co.), opened … brought industry to Canning Town. Farther south, on the Thames, the factory of S. W. Silver & Co., rubber …
A History of the County of Essex
… chemicals, and food. The ancient parish extended from the Thames north for about 4 miles. The eastern boundary marched … with East Ham from Wanstead Flats down Green Street to the Thames. The western boundary, which divided Essex from … with Wanstead in 1790, and of that with East Ham, near the Thames, in 1857. 3 In the 1860s the ancient parish of West …
A History of the County of Essex
… ditch or 'cut' running alongside the Victoria Dock to the Thames at Gallions Reach. This had originally been planned to … force in spite of an attempt in 1863 to revoke it. 42 The Thames conservancy board and the river Lee trust (later Lee … other large firms, notably the Victoria Dock Co. and the Thames Ironworks Co., which were important as ratepayers and …
A History of the County of Essex
… against flooding, probably near the confluence of the Thames and the Lea. It was originally held in fee of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… wall' which probably lay near the confluence of the Thames and the Lea. 22 In 1563 West Ham was under the … populated. Silvertown, lying in a hollow between the Thames and the docks, was especially vulnerable. If the worst … to be the catchment authority for the area between the Thames and the north side of the docks, but the rest of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Plaistow. Some of the larger local firms, for example the Thames Ironworks Co., 3 provided recreational facilities for …
A History of the County of Essex
… and Lett Road. 18 STRATFORD c. 1930 The course of the Thames, forming West Ham's southern boundary, appears to have … the situation. The new industries at Bow creek and Thames side came there primarily to take advantage of … own wharfs. The shipyard of C. J. Mare & Co. (later the Thames Ironworks) had by 1848 been equipped with a quay 1,050 …
A History of the County of Essex
… area it is less impressive. Between Barking Road and the Thames their congregations numbered only 1,300 (some of whom … and movement of population after the closing of the Thames Ironworks weakened the church about this time, but it … Reformers, at Coke Oven Cottages, on the site of the later Thames Ironworks. 258 At least two of its early members, J. …
A History of the County of Essex
… branch originated in 1846, when the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction railway, originally intended for coal traffic … taken over by the London Passenger Transport Board. 20 A Thames ferry was established in 1811 between Charlton (Kent) …
A History of the County of Essex
… both of Stratford; Charles Mare (181598), founder of the Thames Ironworks at Canning Town 23 and Arnold F. Hills … earlier amateur clubs, St. Luke's, Old Castle Swifts, and Thames Ironworks. 98 A. F. Hills, of the Thames Ironworks, was the principal founder of the …