Place    From 1886  To 1965

County Borough of West Ham

Former outer London borough. It included Plaistow, West Ham, Stratford, Canning Town, Silvertown and the current Borough of Newham west of Green Street. It was amalgamated with other areas to form the London Borough of Newham.

The photo shows the proud 37 members of the first West Ham Borough Council, 1886-7.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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County Borough of West Ham

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County Borough of West Ham - crest

'Deo Confidimus' means 'In god we trust'.

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County Borough of West Ham

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County Borough of West Ham - foundation stone

The composer of this plaque has been very mean with first names and initials.

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Old Town Hall Stratford - 1885 extension

Town Hall Extension, 1885. George Rivett, Esq., Chairman of the Local Board. ...

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West Ham court house - 1884 construction

This stone was laid by George Rivett, Esqre. chairman of the West Ham Local B...

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West Ham court house - 1901 extension

County Borough of West Ham This stone was laid by Councillor Abednego Bishop ...

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Other Subjects

Richard Gordon Scriven, JP

Richard Gordon Scriven, JP

Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Hyam Alvarez

Hyam Alvarez

Warden of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Hospital. 

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Councillor C. Sleigh

Councillor C. Sleigh

Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1952.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Joseph Kesterton

Joseph Kesterton

Co-churchwarden of the Surrey Chapel parish in 1820.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Don Cook

Don Cook

St Pancras Rent strike: In 1960 the Tory council of the old borough of St Pancras (now part of Camden) attempted to impose large rent increases. The tenants, the generation who had fought in WW2, ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Hedley Hope-Nicholson

Hedley Hope-Nicholson

Barrister, literary critic and Charles I obsessive. He hyphenated his Nicholson with his wife's Hope. Andrew Behan researched this eccentric character, bur first a preamble from Andrew: "I couldn'...

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials