EAST HAM
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V08,
Page 833
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
EAST HAM
, a municipal See also: - BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
in the southern parliamentary division of Essex, England, contiguous to West Ham, and thus forming geographically part of the eastward extension of London
.
Pop
.
(1901) 96,018
.
Its modern growth has been very rapid, the population being in the main of the artisan class
.
There are some chemical and other factories
.
The ancient parish See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
of St Mary Magdalen retains Norman work in the chancel, which terminates in an eastern apse
.
There is a monument for Edmund Neville who claimed the earldom of Westmorland in the 17th century, and See also: - WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
, the antiquary, was buried in the churchyard
.
East Ham was incorporated in 1904, and among its municipal undertakings is a technical college (1905)
.
The corporation consists of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors
.
Area, 33202 acres
.
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