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The Environs of London
… lies in the hundred of Becontree; and is bounded on the east by Eastham; on the north by Wansted and Leyton; on the … Plaistow, another large hamlet, is about a mile east of the church. Upton, another hamlet, lies nearly a mile north-east. Wards. Land-tax. This parish is divided into three …
A History of the County of Essex
… likely that this was forest clearance. In the manor of (East) Ham, also held by Robert Gernon, there was a large … 8 Much that is said about the medieval agriculture of East Ham applies to West Ham, since the manorial boundaries … by the Domesday lords had continued. West Ham, like East Ham, also suffered from flooding in the 14th and 15th …
A History of the County of Essex
… a smock windmill. 27 In 1819 the water-mill stood on the east of the site, the windmill on the west, and an engine … Railway, which offered it for sale in 1838. 59 The East London Waterworks Co. were the owners by 1853. 60 In … 1752, was possibly that shown on 18th-century maps, on the east bank of Pudding Mill river, about m. north of High …
A History of the County of Essex
… between the vestry and the West Ham manor court, lay east of the churchyard. 4 James Cooper (d. 1743) left 200 for … North Woolwich by trustees appointed by the boroughs of East Ham, West Ham, and Woolwich. In 1966 73 was spent on …
A History of the County of Essex
… and flint rubble, with white brick on the south and east, Reigate stone in the tower, and red brick in the north … about 1547. In 1803 the south aisle, south chapel, and east wall were refaced with yellow brick. During the 18th … a dormer-window in the nave. 69 A drawing from the north-east, made in 1794, shows three dormers in the north aisle …
A History of the County of Essex
… which is described elsewhere. 4 New Barns farm, which lay east of New Barn Street, at the south end of Plaistow, was … smaller addition, partly weatherboarded, was built to the east. 26 In the later 19th century the Spotted Dog's … areas. 133 A writer of c. 1900, in a book on the East End, could even state that 'poor people and dirty …
A History of the County of Essex
… church, but in 1731 a proper building was erected on the east side of the churchyard, and at the same time the … 60 girls. 16 In 182630 a new boys school was built to the east of the existing premises, with aid from the National … 1861 a new boys school was built about 200 yards farther east, at a total cost of over 3,000, about a third of which …
A History of the County of Essex
… Essex (1839); Kelly's Dir. Essex (185290); W. G. Crory, East London Industries, 207; W.H.L., C. Whitwell, 'Dictionary … 14 Oct. 1862; Kelly's Dir. Essex (1866 f.). W. G. Crory, East London Industries, 2531; Stratford Express, Jubilee … Bull. Apr. 1911; E.R.O., T/M 287 (plan of works); Cat. East London Trades, Industries, and Arts Exhibition (1896), …
A History of the County of Essex
… p. 144. Charities, p. 157. West Ham, about 5 miles east of the City of London, is part of the London borough of … north for about 4 miles. The eastern boundary marched with East Ham from Wanstead Flats down Green Street to the Thames. … of the boundary with Wanstead in 1790, and of that with East Ham, near the Thames, in 1857. 3 In the 1860s the …
A History of the County of Essex
… and enforcing the assize of bread and ale on his manor in East and West Ham. 1 He also set up gallows, probably at … including, for some periods, the associated manors of East Ham Burnells, East West Ham, and Plaiz. 17 A court leet was held for West …