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It was originally a ward in the parish of West Ham, hundred of Becontree, and part of the historic county of Essex. Since 1965, Plaistow has been part of the London Borough of Newham, a local government district of Greater London. The area forms the majority of the London E13 postcode district.
Plaistow Essex. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Plaistow like this: PLAISTOW, a village, a chapelry, and a ward, in West Ham parish, Essex.
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Plaistow, a village, two chapelries, and a ward in the municipal borough of West Ham, Essex, 1½ mile SSE of Stratford, and 6½ miles E by N of St Paul's, London. Plaistow is within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Courts and Metropolitan Police, and is in the Eastern Metropolitan postal district. It is a thickly-populated and busy ...
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Early History. Between the 1500s and the 1800s, West Ham was home to rich merchants and professionals who worked in the city. As a result, by the mid-18th and mid-19th centruies, Plaistow was the richest and largest village in the parish of West Ham.
Plaistow is a suburban area of East London, England, within the London Borough of Newham. It adjoins Upton Park to the north, East Ham to the east, Beckton to the south, Canning Town to the south-west and West Ham to the west. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. Wikipedia. Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
PLAISTOW, a ward and district chapelry, in the parish and union of West Ham, hundred of Becontree, S. division of Essex, 5 miles (E. by N.) from London. It comprises 1967a. 2r. 14p., of which about 500 acres are under cultivation, or occupied with houses and gardens, and the remainder is chiefly marshy pasture; on the south is the Thames, and ...
