COUNTY BOROUGH OF EAST HAM

'East Ham' was a local government district in the far south west of Essex from 1894 to 1965. It extended from Wanstead Flats in the north to the River Thames in the south and from Green Street in the west to Barking Creek in the east. It was part of the London postal district and Metropolitan Police District.
It was first created as an urban district by the Local Government Act 1894, covering the civil parishes of East Ham and Little Ilford, however, in 1900 Little Ilford parish was abolished and its area absorbed into an enlarged East Ham. In 1904 the district gained further status as a municipal borough and in 1915 the borough gained independence from county administration as a county borough.
The borough included most of the current-day London Borough of Newham east of Green Street including Little Ilford, Manor Park, East Ham and Beckton. It excluded North Woolwich, as historically this was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, in the County of London. The borough ran its own tram services until they became the responsibility of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933.^[1] The borough ran its own fire brigade which was absorbed into the London Fire Brigade in 1965. East Ham's Town Hall now serves as Newham Town Hall.
The county borough, along with the County Borough of West Ham, was abolished and became part of the London Borough of Newham in 1965 when Greater London was created. For the benefit of historians it should be noted that, although the County Borough was administratively independent from Essex, it did form part of the county, and so like the other Essex authorities incorporated into Greater London, the majority of its public records up to 1965 are held in the Essex County Record Office in Chelmsford. Discussions are continuing between county and London Borough archivists which may lead to the return of records to their originating districts.
'Population of East Ham from 1801 to 1911'

Year[2]	1801	1851	1861	1881	1891	1901	1911
Population	<2000	<2000	2,858	10,706	32,713	96,018	133,487
Dwellings	n/a	n/a	497	1,930	5,818	17,937	25,694

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References

1. Reed, J., ''London Tramways'', (1997)
2. Alfred Stokes ''East Ham from village to County Borough''


★ Local Government Act 1894

★ London Government Act 1963

External links

★ A Vision of Britain - East Ham

★ Victoria County History