See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

WEST See also:

• HAM

HAM  , a municipal, See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, and See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary 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)

borough of See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, forming an eastward suburb of See also:

• LONDON

London . Pop . (1891) 204,903, (1901) 267,358 . The See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish stretches See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south from See also:

• WANSTEAD

Wanstead and See also:

• LEYTON

Leyton to the See also:

• THAMES

Thames, and See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west from East See also:

• HAM

Ham to the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• LEA, HENRY CHARLES (1825–1909)

Lea . It is divided into four wards—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)

Church See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, See also:

• STRATFORD
• STRATFORD, JOHN DE (d. 1348)

Stratford-Langthorne, Plaistow and Upton . The church of All See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints has a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good Perpendicular See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower, but the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder is extensively restored . There are a number of old monuments . In the restoration of 1866 some See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early mural See also:

• PAINTING

painting was discovered, and a transition See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• CLERESTORY, or CLEARSTORY (Ital. chiaro piano, Fr. clairevoie, claire etage, Ger. Lichtgaden)

clerestory was discovered, remaining above the later See also:

• NAVE

nave . There are several See also:

• MODERN

modern churches, and a Franciscan monastery and school (St Bonaventure's) . West Ham See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park (8o acres) occupies the site of Ham See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House and park, for many years the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• GURNEY
• GURNEY, EDMUND (1847—1888)

Gurney, the banker and philanthropist . The See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased for £25,000, and vested in the See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation of London for the use of the public . Of this amount the Gurney See also:

• FAMILY

family contributed £Io,000 and the corporation the same sum, the remaining £5000 being collected from the inhabitants of West Ham .

The house was taken down, and the park was opened in 1874 . Mrs See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth See also:

• FRY
• FRY, ELIZABETH (178o-1845)
• FRY, SIR EDWARD (1827– )

Fry lived in a house in Upton See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane, on the confines of her See also:

• BROTHER

brother's park . In 1762 the number of houses in West Ham parish was sta ted to be 700, of which " 455 are mansions and 245 cottages." Now few large houses remain, but the smaller houses have greatly increased . There are numerous chemical and other manufactures which have been removed from London itself; and the large See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population can also be traced in See also:

• PART

part to the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria and See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert docks at Plaistow . Included within the borough are the extensive railway See also:

• WORKS

works of the See also:

• GREAT

Great Eastern railway at Stratford . This See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial centre is continued eastward in the See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban See also:

• DISTRICT

district of East Ham (pop . 96,018), where the old See also:

• VILLAGE

village church of St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary Magdalene retains Norman portions . West Ham is governed by a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, 12 aldermen and 36 councillors . See also:

• AREA

Area 4683 acres . At the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest West Ham belonged to Alestan and Leured, two freemen, and at Domesday to See also:

• RALPH (d. 1122)

Ralph Gernon and Ralph Peverel . West Ham village was included in the part which descended to the Gernons, who took the name of Montfichet . The See also:

• MANOR

manor of West Ham was settled upon Stratford-Langthorne See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey, founded by 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

William de Montfichet in 1135 for monks-of the Cistercian See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order .

The abbey stood in the marshes, on a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Lea known as the Abbey See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek, about z m. south of Stratford Broadway . West Ham received the See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market and See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• FAIR

fair in 1253 . The lordship was given to the abbey of Stratford, and, passing to the See also:

• CROWN

crown at the See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution, formed part of the See also:

• DOWRY (in Anglo-Fr. dowarie, O. Fr. douaire, Med. Lat. dotaria, from Lat. dos; from root of dare, to give; in Fr. dot)

dowry of See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine of See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, and was therefore called the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen's Manor . In 1885 the urban sanitary district was erected into a parliamentary borough, returning two members for the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern and See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern divisions respectiyely . It was incorporated in 1886 .