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See also:WEST See also:HAM , a municipal, See also:county, and See also:parliamentary See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:Essex, See also:England, forming an eastward suburb of See also:London. Pop. (1891) 204,903, (1901) 267,358. The See also:parish stretches See also:north and See also:south from See also:Wanstead and See also:Leyton to the See also:Thames, and See also:east and west from East Ham to the See also:river See also:Lea. It is divided into four wards—See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church See also:Street, See also:Stratford-Langthorne, Plaistow and Upton. The church of All See also:Saints has a See also:good Perpendicular See also:tower, but the See also:remainder is extensively restored. There are a number of old monuments. In the restoration of 1866 some See also:early mural See also:painting was discovered, and a transition See also:Norman See also:clerestory was discovered, remaining above the later See also:nave. There are several See also:modern churches, and a Franciscan monastery and school (St Bonaventure's). West Ham See also:Park (8o acres) occupies the site of Ham See also:House and park, for many years the See also:residence of See also:Samuel See also:Gurney, the banker and philanthropist. The See also:place was See also:purchased for £25,000, and vested in the See also:corporation of London for the use of the public. Of this amount the Gurney See also:family contributed £Io,000 and the corporation the same sum, the remaining £5000 being collected from the inhabitants of West Ham. The house was taken down, and the park was opened in 1874. Mrs See also:Elizabeth See also:Fry lived in a house in Upton See also:Lane, on the confines of her See also:brother's park. In 1762 the number of houses in West Ham parish was sta ted to be 700, of which " 455 are mansions and 245 cottages." Now few large houses remain, but the smaller houses have greatly increased. There are numerous chemical and other manufactures which have been removed from London itself; and the large See also:population can also be traced in See also:part to the See also:foundation of the See also:Victoria and See also:Albert docks at Plaistow. Included within the borough are the extensive railway See also:works of the See also:Great Eastern railway at Stratford. This See also:industrial centre is continued eastward in the See also:urban See also:district of East Ham (pop. 96,018), where the old See also:village church of St See also:Mary Magdalene retains Norman portions. West Ham is governed by a See also:mayor, 12 aldermen and 36 councillors. See also:Area 4683 acres.
At the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the See also:Conquest West Ham belonged to Alestan and Leured, two freemen, and at Domesday to See also:Ralph Gernon and Ralph Peverel. West Ham village was included in the part which descended to the Gernons, who took the name of Montfichet. The See also:manor of West Ham was settled upon Stratford-Langthorne See also:Abbey, founded by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William de Montfichet in 1135 for monks-of the Cistercian See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order. The abbey stood in the marshes, on a See also:branch of the Lea known as the Abbey See also:Creek, about z m. south of Stratford Broadway. West Ham received the See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of a See also:market and See also:annual See also:fair in 1253. The lordship was given to the abbey of Stratford, and, passing to the See also:crown at the See also:dissolution, formed part of the See also:dowry of See also:Catherine of See also:Portugal, and was therefore called the See also:Queen's Manor. In 1885 the urban sanitary district was erected into a parliamentary borough, returning two members for the See also:northern and See also:southern divisions respectiyely. It was incorporated in 1886.
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