54-647: The East London Cemetery and Crematorium are located in Plaistow in the London Borough of Newham . It is owned and operated by the Dignity Funeral Group . The cemetery was founded in 1871 and laid out in 1872 to meet the increasing demand from the eastern suburbs of London. The first interment was in August 1872 and the cemetery remains open. The cemetery covers 33 acres (0.13 km) next to
108-693: A local government district of Greater London. The area forms the majority of the London E13 postcode district. Plaistow North and Plaistow South are two of the ten electoral wards making up the UK parliamentary constituency of West Ham . The main roads are the A112 ; Prince Regent Lane, Greengate Street, The Broadway, High Street and Plaistow Road, which is a former Roman road ; and the A124 (Barking Road), which passes south west/ north east through Plaistow and past
162-604: A 550 yards (500 m) long, self-acting incline known as "The Steep", with a maximum gradient of 1 in 5. The railway was probably the first metre gauge railway in the world. Cliff Quarry closed in 1957, though it restarted at the western end until 2010 when it was mothballed. The eastern end was bought by the Tramway Museum in 1959. Hilt's Quarry closed in 1933 and is derelict. For 38 years, Rolls-Royce used it for dumping low-level radioactive waste such as enriched uranium , cobalt-60 and carbon-14 . Following
216-537: A National Heritage Lottery grant between February and August 2011 as part of a larger restoration project. In 1921, the YMCA opened Greengate House on Greengate Street. Now a grade II listed building, it was once used as an Art college by the University of East London and students included Jake and Dinos Chapman . In 2010 the building was demolished but the grand and ornate façade was retained and modernised and
270-681: A campaign and blockades by villagers in the Crich and District Environment Action Group, dumping ceased in 2002. In 2004 the Government backed an Environment Agency document banning further dumping, and Rolls-Royce will be required to restore and landscape the site. The memorial tower ('Crich Stand') was completed in 1923 as a memorial to the 11,409 soldiers from the Sherwood Foresters Regiment who died in World War I ,
324-592: A chapelry as well as an Anglican parish in its own right, split off from All Saints Church, West Ham ; Plaistow's chapel of ease St Mary's became the new parish's church. Curwen also started a printing business in Plaistow in 1863. In the 1870s, John Marius Wilson described it in his Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales as a village, a chapelry and a ward in the Parish of West Ham in Essex. The population of
378-407: A dedication that was later extended to include World War II . It was built on an limestone outcrop above the village, at an altitude of 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level. The location is symbolic because it is widely visible across, and gives views of, both of the two counties from which the regiment was raised ( Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire ). It is the destination of an annual pilgrimage on
432-533: A new block of flats built behind it. The area was heavily damaged during the Blitz in the Second World War . The Plaistow North area is largely made up of a local authority housing estate constructed in the 1960s on a bomb-damaged site. The estate used to include five 14-storey 1960s tower blocks but much has changed and the area has undergone a major redevelopment programme. The Black Lion public house
486-543: A quarry to supply limestone to their new ironworks at Butterley . This became known as Hilt's Quarry, and the stone was transported down a steep wagonway , the Butterley Company Gangroad , to the Cromford Canal at Bullbridge . Near there they also built lime kilns for supplying farmers and for the increasing amount of building work. Apart from a period when it was leased to Albert Banks,
540-645: Is a Tudor Revival house on the road from Crich to Whatstandwell . It was designed by Benjamin Ferrey and built in 1859–61. Geologically, Crich lies on a small inlier of Carboniferous limestone (an outcrop on the edge of the Peak District surrounded by younger Upper Carboniferous rocks). Quarrying for limestone probably began in Roman times. In 1791 Benjamin Outram and Samuel Beresford bought land for
594-491: Is a inner city area of East London , England, within the London Borough of Newham . It adjoins Upton Park to the north, East Ham to the east, Beckton to the south, Canning Town to the south-west and West Ham to the west. It was originally a ward in the parish of West Ham, hundred of Becontree , and part of the historic county of Essex . Since 1965 , Plaistow has been part of the London Borough of Newham,
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#1732783406036648-470: Is a part of Transport for London (TfL)'s cycle network, numbered Cycleway 22 . Cycle Superhighway 2 (CS2) runs along the northern edge of Plaistow, through Stratford. The route runs non-stop and mostly traffic-free westbound towards the City, via Bow , Mile End , and Whitechapel . Cycle Superhighway 3 (CS3) runs along the southern edge of Plaistow. The route runs non-stop and mostly traffic-free towards
702-481: Is a song from the highly acclaimed album New Boots and Panties!! by Ian Dury and the Blockheads released in 1977. Voice of Africa Radio (VOAR) was a multilanguage internet and local radio station broadcasting from Plaistow. It was set up on 1 January 2000 and began as an unlicensed broadcaster, not obtaining a broadcast licence until 16 February 2006. It was the first licensed African radio station in
756-671: Is in fact a Walter Balame. In 1353, Sir Richard de Playz gave the manor of Plaistow to the abbot of Stratford-Langthorne . When this abbey was dissolved the manor was appropriated by the Crown, and granted to Sir Roger Cholmeley in 1553. Daniel Defoe 's 1724 work, "Tour of the Eastern Counties" (part of his A Tour Thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain ), mentions Plaistow as a town in which there had been much new building as well as repairs to existing houses since
810-533: Is in the south-east, near the hospital. The Terence McMillan Stadium, named for the first mayor of Newham , Terence McMillan, who occupied the position 1965 to 1966, is located in Plaistow, close to the hospital and the college. It is the former home of the Newham and Essex Beagles track and field athletics club and part of the Newham Leisure Centre. East End Road Runners is a running club based at
864-523: Is less than one mile from High Street Plaistow, in London fare zones 2 and 3. The station is on the Jubilee line and Docklands Light Railway (DLR), which links the area directly to several key destinations and interchanges, including Stratford International , London City Airport ( [REDACTED] ), London Bridge , and Waterloo . Stratford station is also nearby, to the north of the district, which
918-775: Is located at the rear of the Black Lion public house in High Street. The 59 Club , a charitable motorcycle club, is based in Plaistow and located in the Swift Centre in Barking Road. Nathan Kemp, assistant headteacher at Tollgate Primary School in Plaistow, won Teacher of the Year in the 2012 annual national Teaching Awards, the first ever overall Teacher of the Year instead of there being separate awards for primary and secondary schools. Michael Patient of Tollgate
972-734: Is on the London Buses network, served by routes: 5 , 69 , 115 , 147 , 241 , 262 , 276 , 300 , 325 , 330 , 473 , 678 , N15 . Routes 69 and night bus N15 run overnight through Plaistow. The Greenway , a shared-use path , runs through Plastow. The route runs unbroken from Hackney Wick to Plaistow via the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park , Stratford , and West Ham . Eastbound, the route runs towards Newham University Hospital , East Ham , Beckton , and Cycle Superhighway 3 towards Barking. The Greenway runs atop Joseph Bazalgette 's Northern Outfall Sewer . It
1026-640: Is served by the Central and Jubilee lines, DLR, and National Rail trains. This links the area to destinations across North East London, Essex , and East Anglia . Canning Town station is to Plaistow's south-west on the Jubilee line and the DLR. Since 2022, the area has also been linked directly to London Heathrow Airport and Reading via the Elizabeth line from the nearby Custom House station . Plaistow
1080-504: The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary are Norman , with later Decorated Gothic and Perpendicular Gothic alterations from the 14th century. Crich has also a Wesleyan Chapel that was built in 1770. A workhouse was opened in 1734 on the edge of Nether Common. It could accommodate 40 inmates, and accepted paupers from other parishes, including Melbourne , Pentrich , Willington , Mercaston and Denby . Chase Cliffe
1134-493: The Glorious Revolution . Plaistow is connected with the legend of notorious highwayman Dick Turpin (born 1705; executed 1739). Several stories state that among Turpin’s first crimes was the theft of two oxen from his employer, a Mr Giles of Plaistow, in 1730. Turpin is alleged to also have run a smuggling gang which operated between Plaistow and Southend . In Aaron Hill's time there (1738–1750) Plaistow
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#17327834060361188-753: The Greenway and has two Gothic chapels built at the end of the 19th century that remain in use: a burial chapel dedicated to Church of St Michael and All Angels, and a non-denominational chapel for cremations. A total of 244 Commonwealth service casualties from World War I and 132 from World War II are buried in this cemetery, in addition to three Dutch merchant seamen from the latter war. Disaster victims: CWGC memorials: 51°31′37″N 0°00′54″E / 51.527°N 0.015°E / 51.527; 0.015 Plaistow, Newham Plaistow ( / ˈ p l ɑː s t oʊ / PLAHST -oh or / ˈ p l æ s t oʊ / PLAST -oh )
1242-623: The North Midland Railway , discovered deposits of coal at Clay Cross and formed what later became the Clay Cross Company . He realised that burning lime would provide a use for the coal slack that would otherwise go to waste. He leased Cliff Quarry and built limekilns at Bullbridge. In 1841, he built the Crich Mineral Railway to connect the quarry to the limekilns at Ambergate station . This included
1296-622: The Canning Town ward. That constituency was subsumed into the West Ham constituency in 1950. The Memorial Baptist Church was built in 1921 as a monument to the dead of the First World War. Opened in 1922, it is now a grade II listed building. Its ten Memorial Bells bear the names of more than 150 men who died in the fighting (the largest number of names on any set of bells in the world). The bells were cleaned and restored using
1350-463: The City, via Canning Town , Poplar , and Limehouse . The route continues beyond the City traffic-free to Lancaster Gate ( Hyde Park ), via Westminster and Buckingham Palace , providing Plaistow with a direct, continuous cycle link to destinations in the West End . Eastbound, CS3 runs to Barking. Crich Crich / ˈ k r aɪ tʃ / is a village and civil parish in
1404-701: The English county of Derbyshire . Besides the village of Crich, the civil parish includes the nearby villages of Fritchley , Whatstandwell and Wheatcroft . The population of the civil parish at the 2001 census was 2,821, increasing to 2,898 at the 2011 census. The village is home to the National Tramway Museum and, at the summit of Crich Hill above, a memorial tower for those of the Sherwood Foresters regiment who died in battle, particularly in World War I . In 1009 King Æthelred
1458-470: The Forest Gate and Plaistow SRB5 got under way, with the aim of renewing and revitalising neighbourhoods, creating jobs, building new homes and improving many existing ones. West Ham and Plaistow New Deal for Communities ("NDC"), part of a government programme designed to tackle social exclusion, community safety, unemployment and low educational attainment in areas of severe need throughout the country,
1512-564: The Newham Leisure Centre and was the recipient of England Athletics' award for London Development Club of the Year in 2011. Non-league football teams Athletic Newham (formerly Lopes Tavares) and Fire United Christian play at the Terence McMillan Stadium, which also became the home ground of Clapton , rivals of Athletic Newham in the Essex Senior League , in 2020. The West Ham Boys' Amateur Boxing Club
1566-538: The Stratford & East London Music Festival – the oldest English music festival – in 1882), published a paper called “Old Plaistow” in 1891 describing houses of the area. It was not until 1905 that Plaistow was connected to the telephone network, though it became its own UK Parliamentary constituency in 1918, consisting of the Plaistow and Hudsons wards of the County Borough of West Ham , plus part of
1620-487: The UK but had its licence revoked by Ofcom on 4 March 2016 for persistent failure to broadcast. Aaron Hill , writer and dramatist, lived at Hyde House during his retirement and until his death in 1750. William Holl the Younger , noted portrait and figure engraver, was born in Plaistow in 1807. Singers David Essex , Ronnie Lane , Sandra Kerr , Jade Ewen , Mumzy Stranger and Alison Hinds were born in Plaistow, as
1674-652: The Unready signed a charter at the Great Council which recognised the position and boundaries of Weston-on-Trent and several other manors including Crich. The charter shows that Weston controlled the nearby crossings of the Trent. The land was listed as eight hides at Weston upon Trent, and a hide at Crich, Morley , Smalley , Ingleby and Kidsley. This land was then given to Morcar , the King's chief minister, and he
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1728-561: The area include the 9.5 acres (3.8 ha) Plaistow Park (known as Balaam Street Recreation Ground from its opening in 1894 to its renaming in 1999 ), and the 10 acres (4 ha) Memorial Park which merges into the East London Cemetery . There are several small parks in the area, with the large West Ham Park 1 mile (1.6 km) north. In Plaistow are Newham Leisure Centre, Balaam Street Leisure Centre and Newham University Hospital . Newham Sixth Form College 's main campus
1782-606: The book concentrates on the names of London railway stations, Harris could have confused Plaistow in Essex (and later London) with the Plaistow near Crich in Derbyshire , which is recorded as Plagestoue in the Darley Charters of 1200. Nevertheless, the derivation from pleg + stowe could apply equally to all places named Plaistow, Plaister, etc. Plaistow in Essex is reported as appearing as Playstowe in
1836-535: The chapelry was recorded as 11,214 in 1861. James Thorne, in his 1876 work "Handbook to the Environs of London" , mentions Plaistow, Essex, as a village and ecclesiastical district of West Ham parish with a population of 6,699. Thorne recounts the changes to the old village of Plaistow, with the gentry, merchants and others of renown having gone and the occupations of the residents changed from agricultural and pastoral to manufacturing. In 1886 Plaistow became part of
1890-453: The county's Patent Rolls of 1414. This is also quoted by James Kemble, another who cites the derivation from pleg + stowe – a 'place for playing'. The book Fifty Years a Borough, 1886-1936, The Story of West Ham , compiled by Donald McDougall on behalf of West Ham County Borough Council, leans towards the derivation from Hugh de Plaiz, as Lord of the Manor, and that Plaistow
1944-595: The district. Both are served by the London Underground District and Hammersmith & City lines, which link the area directly to destinations in Central London , including the City , King's Cross , St. Pancras International, Westminster , and Paddington . Both stations are in London fare zone 3 . Eastbound trains run towards Barking , Dagenham , and Upminster . West Ham station
1998-468: The district. It is she who is reputed to have named it the Manor of Plaiz. However, in his book What's in a Name? , first published in 1977, author Cyril M. Harris states that c. 1200 Plaistow was recorded as Plagestoue, derived from the Old English pleg , meaning 'sport' or 'playing', and stowe 'place'. It was a place where miracle plays were performed so it was a 'playing place'. While
2052-781: The first Sunday in July. Besides the main dedication, two further plaques dedicate the memorial to those who died serving in the Sherwood Foresters regiment from 1945 to 1970, and to those who died serving the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment from 1970 to 2007 and the Mercian Regiment since 2007. A nearby small plaque is dedicated to Brigadier J.H.M. Hackett, 'Last Colonel The Sherwood Foresters 1965 – 1970 and First Colonel The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment'. Beneath Crich Stand, at
2106-594: The former West Ham United football ground . Commercial and retail premises are on the A112 at Greengate Street leading north and Prince Regent Lane south, leading 0.3 miles (0.5 km) to Newham Sixth Form College and along the A124. The name Plaistow is believed by some to come from Sir Hugh de Plaiz or Plaitz who, in 1065, married Philippa de Montfitchet , of the Mountfitchet Castle family, who owned
2160-526: The museum's collection of trams are operational, and carry passengers on journeys through the period street and out into the local countryside on a 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) long running track. Along the way are the preserved 1763 facade of the Derby Assembly Rooms , a recreated Victorian public park, a woodland sculpture trail and a display on the local lead mining industry. A collection of title deeds relating to land and property in Crich
2214-513: The new County Borough of West Ham . The area gained several new Anglican churches in the second half of the 19th century – St Philip's in 1860, St Andrew's in 1868, St Katherine's in 1891, St Martin's in 1894 and St Thomas's in 1898. Only St Martin's and St Andrew's survive; St Andrew's is mentioned in Thorne's work and, like its adjoining vicarage (1871), is a grade II listed building . John Curwen's son, John Spencer Curwen (who founded
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2268-481: The northern end of Crich village, is the National Tramway Museum (also known as Crich Tramway Village) which is the UK's largest and most comprehensive museum of trams and tramways . The museum contains over 80 trams built between 1873 and 1982 and includes several exhibitions and a recreated period street containing a working pub, cafe, shop and various pieces of period street furniture. Many of
2322-526: The quarry and kilns were operated by the Butterley Company until 1933. The gangroad, descending some 300 feet in about a mile, was at first worked by gravity, a brakeman "spragging" the wheels of the wagons, which were returned to the summit by horses. However, in 1812 the incline was the scene of a remarkable experiment, when William Brunton, an engineer for the company, produced his Steam Horse locomotive . In 1840 George Stephenson , in building
2376-819: The work carried out over the 10 years of the NDC Programme. Newham NDP works in partnership with the East London Business Alliance, East Thames Group, London Borough of Newham and One Housing Group to provide community benefits to the area either directly or in partnership with other stakeholders. In March 2011 the Memorial Community Church was awarded money by the Big Lottery Fund Reaching Communities programme, to improve community facilities there. On 10 December 2012, Plaistow South
2430-514: Was a rural village described as a day's coach journey from Westminster, despite it being a distance of only some 8 miles (13 km). The Black Lion public house in the High Street is one of the oldest landmarks in Plaistow and is reputed to date back to at least 1742. Newly-appointed as pastor to a Congregationalist church in Plaistow, John Curwen opened the Plaistow Public School in 1844. That year also saw Plaistow become
2484-656: Was also Chairman of the British Speedway Promoters' Association . Edward Temme , born in Plaistow, was a member of the British Olympic Water Polo teams of 1928 and 1936 and was the first man to swim the English Channel in both directions. He is reputed to have swum non-stop in both directions and to have achieved this feat twice. Other famous residents have included: Plaistow and Upton Park tube stations are in
2538-478: Was awarded £54.6 million to bring about improvements to the local area over a 10-year period to 2010, with the intention of improving the quality of life and providing more opportunities for residents in the West Ham and Plaistow area. In March 2010, the NDC set up Newham New Deal Partnership ("Newham NDP"), a Not-for-Profit organisation , to continue providing community benefit to the NDC area and beyond, and continue
2592-459: Was born in Plaistow, as were actors Jimmy Akingbola , Ron Pember and Roberta Taylor and comedian, actor and playwright Andi Osho . Multi-times Olympic athlete Fred Alsop was born in Plaistow in 1938. England international footballers Sol Campbell , Tony Cottee , Rob Lee and Martin Peters were born in Plaistow. England international speedway rider Reg Fearman was from Plaistow. He managed England and Great Britain national teams, and
2646-525: Was comedian and folk singer Richard Digance . Singer and entertainer Joe Brown was born in Lincolnshire but lived in Plaistow from the age of two. Record producer Norman Newell was born in Plaistow. A number of grime MCs and DJs have origins in Plaistow, including Ghetts , Durrty Goodz and Crazy Titch . Rapper 21 Savage was born in Plaistow and moved as a youth to Atlanta in the United States. Actor Terence Stamp attended Tollgate Primary School and Plaistow Grammar School . Actor Honor Blackman
2700-430: Was frequented by West Ham United football players especially such as Bobby Moore in the 1960s and '70s with several West Ham footballers spotted in the area since. In 1965 Plaistow became part of the new London Borough of Newham, formed when West Ham joined with the County Borough of East Ham and small parts of Barking and Woolwich . Just before the end of the 1990s a £92 million regeneration programme known as
2754-447: Was named as one of fifty areas of England to share in a Big Lottery Scheme grant of £200 million. Plaistow South received £1 million to fund locally-designed projects to improve the area. In January 2013, councillors approved a new housing development of both private and affordable homes on the site of the old Plaistow Hospital. Construction began in March 2013 with completion of Phase 1 in 2015 and Phase 2 in 2016. Places of interest in
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#17327834060362808-408: Was one of the winners of a Pearson teaching award in 2014, winning a silver award for outstanding new teacher of the year. The location for the video shoot of " (Keep Feeling) Fascination " by the Human League was a house, painted entirely in orange and surrounding terraced streets at the corner of First Avenue and Third Avenue in Plaistow. The area has since been redeveloped. "Plaistow Patricia"
2862-399: Was the Stow or village of the de Plaiz family. Hugh de Balun was a property-owner in the area in the 12th century and belonged to the same family as Hamelin de Balun . Known as Balostret in the 1371 Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous , Balaam / ˈ b eɪ l ə m / Street is one of the oldest roads in Plaistow and is probably named after de Balun, though some argue its namesake
2916-457: Was unusually given rights that were normally reserved for the King alone. He was given the responsibility for justice and exemption from the Trinoda necessitas , he alone could decide a fate of life or death without the need of the authority of the King or his sheriff. Morcar was given further lands in Derbyshire. Weston (and Crich?) again come under the control of Æþelræd Unræd, when Morcar and his brother were murdered by Eadric in 1015. Parts of
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