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West Ham history

Ham(me): Pre-partition origins & toponymy

The first known written use of the term ‘Hamme’ is in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 958 in which King Edgar granted the land to Ealdorman Athelstan. The place name derives from Old English ‘hamm’ and means ‘a dry area of land between rivers or marshland’

Urbanisation

West Ham underwent rapid growth from 1844 following the Metropolitan Building Act. The Act restricted dangerous and noxious industries from operating in the metropolitan area. Many of these activities were relocated to the other side of the river and to West Ham. West Ham became one of Victorian Britain’s major manufacturing centres for pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and processed foods.

First World War – West Ham Pals

The Mayor and Borough of West Ham raised the 13th (Service) Battalion (West Ham) of the Essex Regiment. The West Ham Pals were assigned to the 6th Infantry Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division. The disbandment occurred as the British Army was so short of manpower that it could no longer maintain as many units.

Second World War

The Borough of West Ham was one of the areas of London worst affected by bombing during the Second World War. There were officially 1186 civilians killed, but this may have been around 500 higher due to the disputed death toll at South Hallsville School.

Post-war

In March 1976, an IRA terrorist planted a bomb on a Metropolitan Line train, but it exploded prematurely, at West Ham station, injuring seven. The perpetrator shot and injured a member of the public and fled. The train driver, Julius Stevens, gave chase but was shot and killed. The terrorist turned the gun on himself but survived.

  

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