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EAST HAM

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 833 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EAST See also:HAM , a municipal See also:borough in the See also:southern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Essex, See also:England, contiguous to See also:West Ham, and thus forming geographically See also:part of the eastward See also:extension of See also:London. Pop. (1901) 96,018. Its See also:modern growth has been very rapid, the See also:population being in the See also:main of the See also:artisan class. There are some chemical and other factories. The See also:ancient See also:parish See also:church of St See also:Mary Magdalen retains See also:Norman See also:work in the See also:chancel, which terminates in an eastern See also:apse. There is a See also:monument for See also:Edmund See also:Neville who claimed the earldom of See also:Westmorland in the 17th See also:century, and See also:William See also:Stukeley, the See also:antiquary, was buried in the See also:churchyard. East Ham was incorporated in 1904, and among its municipal undertakings is a technical See also:college (1905). The See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 33202 acres.

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