Corner shops like this one in Leggatt Road, Stratford were the life blood of the local community.
Forest Gate in early 1900s. This view shows a variety of styles of houses in Landowne Road.
Located between Green Street and Katherine Road this is a typical turn-of-the-last-century street scene of lower middle class housing. Some developers only bought small plots of land - enough to build few houses. This gave rise to a variety of architectural styles, instead of an an unrelieved 'samenes'. The group of four mid-terrace houses have a cottage-like appearance to them. Note the iron railings to the front walls and the figure in the 'Mary Poppins' dress. At this time East Ham was still an Urban District.
Civic pride is displayed in this Coats of Arms on the gable end of a Council building.
The Canning Town church was badly damaged by bombing in 1941, it re-opened in 1942 and finally closed in 1948, Trinity Church was demolished in 1957.
The Congregational Church in Grove Crescent was built in 1866-7 at a cost of £11,500, most of the money lent by William Settles a city merchant. His creation was nicknamed 'Settle's Folly'. It was sold in 1948 and became a furniture factory. It was gutted by fire in 1952 and later demolished.
Newham Heritage & Archives Ref 29/3/10 AD40. Photo in West Ham 1886-1986
Hyde House in High Street Plaistow probably dated from the 16th century, it was probably the mansion to which a tenement called The Hyde belonged in 1605. In the later 17th century Hyde House was the seat of Sir Thomas Foot, lord mayor of London, one of the few men knighted by Cromwell when Lord Protector, he was also made a baronet by Charles II. In 1742 it wasan old boarded house occupied by Aaron Hill the dramatist and poet. It was demolished shortly before 1811.
Photo in West Ham 1886-1986
By Kathy Taylor
This fine building at 383-385, High Street , Stratford (previously numbered 377) was built in 1901 by the West Ham Club and Restaurant Company. During the First World War it became the Officer's Mess of the West Ham Pals, the 13th (Service) Battalion of the Essex Regiment. We know that from the 1940s it was West Ham Council's housing department, and in the 1980s the environmental health offices of Newham Council. Since 1998 the building has been used by Discover childrens centre.
Wood Plaque from the Memorial Chapel dedicated to Stewart Smyth, Th. AKCL (Theology Associate Kings College London) He is in the 1896 & 1902 Kellys directory at St Marks Vicarage Victoria Dock. It is likely that this was a side chapel in St Marks dedicated to his memory.
Part of Newham Heritage & Archives collection
Painting by H. Smart 1903
The Spotted Dog Inn, it is the only ancient building to have survived in Forest Gate. It is a timber framed building from the 16th century or earlier. It has been much restored and altered over the years and has been neglected and is not in use at the moment.
Part of Newham Heritage & Archives collection