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Plaistow, Newham history

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Medieval and Tudor

Hugh de Balun was a property-owner in Plaistow in the 12th century. He belonged to the same family as Hamelin, Hamelin and Hamelin. The manor was given to the abbot of Stratford-Langthorne when it was dissolved in 1553.

18th century

Daniel Defoe’s 1724 work, “Tour of the Eastern Counties” mentions Plaistow as a town in which there had been much new building as well as repairs to existing houses since the Glorious Revolution. The Black Lion public house in the High Street is reputed to date back to at least 1742.

19th century

Plaistow, Essex, was a chapelry as well as an Anglican parish in its own right in 1861. The population of the chapelry was recorded as 11,214 in 1861, with a population of 6,699. The area gained several new Anglican churches in the second half of the 19th century – St Philip’s in 1860, St Andrew’s in 1868, St Katherine’s, St Martin’s and St Thomas’s in 1898.

1900–1995

Memorial Baptist Church was built in 1921 as a monument to the dead of the First World War. Memorial Bells bear the largest number of names on any set of bells in the world. In 1965 Plaistow became part of the new London Borough of Newham, formed when West Ham joined with the County Borough of East Ham.

1995–present

West Ham and Plaistow New Deal for Communities was awarded £54.6M to bring about improvements to the local area over a 10-year period to 2010. In March 2010, the NDC set up Newham New Deal Partnership (“Newham NDP”), a Not-for-Profit organisation, to continue providing community benefit to the area and beyond. In January 2013, councillors approved a new housing development of both private and affordable homes.

Plaistow, Newham toponymy

The name Plaistow is believed by some to come from Sir Hugh de Plaiz or Plaitz. In 1065, he married Philippa de Montfitchet, of the Mountfitchet Castle family, who owned the district. It is she who is reputed to have named it the Manor of Plaiz. However, the derivation from pleg + stowe means a ‘place for playing’

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Plaistow, Newham has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Plaistow, Newham’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Plaistow, Newham’s information audio spots:

North Woolwich North Woolwich is located on the northern bank of the River Thames, across the river from Woolwich. It is connected to Woolwich by the Woolwich Ferry and Woolwich foot tunnel. Despite lying on the north, Essex side of the Thames, the area is within the historic county of Kent. It was part of the parish of Woolwich in the Blackheath hundred.

Beckton Beckton is within the London Borough of Newham and is 8 miles (12.9 km) east of Charing Cross. Historically part of Essex, Beckton was unpopulated marshland adjacent to the River Thames until the development of major industrial infrastructure in the 19th century. Housing was created in Beckton for workers of the gas and sewage works.

East Village, London East Village is a housing development in Stratford, East London that was designed and constructed as the Olympic Village of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The area was formerly contaminated waste land and industrial buildings to the north of Stratford town centre.

Upton Park, London Upton Park is an area of the East London borough of Newham, centred on Green Street which is the boundary between West Ham and East Ham. West Ham United Football Club formerly played at the Boleyn Ground, commonly known as Upton Park.

St Francis of Assisi Church, Stratford St Francis of Assisi Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Stratford, London. It was founded from a mission that started in 1770. The Franciscan Order of Friars Minor arrived in 1873 and built a friary next door to the church in 1876.

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