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West Ham is a district in East London, England and is in the London Borough of Newham. It is an inner-city suburb located 6.1 mi (9.8 km) east of Charing Cross. The area, which lies immediately east of the River Lea, was originally an ancient parish formed to serve parts of the older Manor of Ham, and it later became a County Borough.
Jun 24, 2024 · Guide to West Ham, Essex ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
West Ham was a local government district in the extreme south west of Essex from 1886 to 1965, forming part of the built-up area of London, although outside the County of London. It was immediately north of the River Thames and east of the River Lea.
West Ham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex. Other places in the parish include: Maryland Point, Hudson’s Town Church Street, Hallsville, Grove, Forest Gate, Canning Town, Canning New Town, Silvertown, Upton, Victoria Docks, Stratford, and Stratford with the Grove. Alternative names: Ham. Parish church:
"HAM (WEST), a parish in the hundred of BECONTREE, county of ESSEX, 4 miles (E. by N.) from London, comprising the wards of All Saints, Church-street, Plaistow, and Stratford-Langthorne, and containing 9753 inhabitants.
West Ham is an area in East London, located 6.1 mi east of Charing Cross in the west of the modern London Borough of Newham. The area, which lies immediately to the north of the River Thames and east of the River Lea, was originally an ancient parish formed to serve parts of the older Manor of Ham, and it later became a County Borough. Map.
West Ham, parl. bor., par., and local government dist., Essex, on N. bank of river Thames, opposite Greenwich, and in E. of London, 4667 ac., pop. 128,953; contains Stratford town and has several industrial establishments in connection with the Victoria Docks; ship-building, silk-printing, brewing, leather-cloth mfr., &c., See STRATFORD.
