20th Century

Park Grove, No. 18

Typical older mid-terrace house once found in many parts of West Ham.

Park Grove, No. 18

Leggatt Road

Corner shops like this one in Leggatt Road, Stratford were the life blood of the local community.

Leggatt Road

Women Workers -2

Working in a jam-making factory was hard work, read the account of one woman's experience, who also lost her job because of her suffragette activities.

Claypole Road -2

Another view of houses in Claypole Road. These bear a tablet in the gable end naming them as King George Terrace - 1911. Note the gas lamp on the street corner.

Claypole Road -2

Claypole Road -1

Neat terrace of houses in Claypole Road, Stratford. The buiding in the far left of the photograph is the old Abbey Lane School.

Claypole Road -1

Rathbone Market

The "new" market was opened on this site in 1963. The view, taken in 1965, looks eastwards, with Thomas North Terrace in the background (named after a former Borogh Engineer).

Rathbone Market

War Damage - East Ham

Summary information of air raid casualties and damage in the County Borough of East Ham, 1940-45.










































Number of bomb incidents:  1,454
      High Exolosives:     742
      Mines:       37
      Incendiaries (approx 11,610 on records) Estimated total: 60,000
      V1 "Fly"       36
      V2 "Long Range Rockets" (LRR):       20
      Unexploded high explosives and anti-aircraft shells:     237
Number of Civil Defence Personnel enrolled 12,347
Casualties in the Civil Defence Services:  
      Killed:      10
      Injured:      46
Houses Damaged: 29,000
Houses Destroyed:  2,000





















Worst night of bombing 19th April, 1941
Number of bombs that fell that night:  
      High Explosives:     40
      Parachute mines:     21
      Incendiary Bombs (approx): 3,057
 Number of casualities reported:  

Modern Town

Modern Newham is the creation of East London's industrial revolution, the population "explosion" of London in the second half of the century and particularly by the Metropolitan Building Act of 1864.

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