Place Name This is not named after an obscure Biblical character but is a corruption of Hugh de Balun’s name.…
Place Name Named after Earlham Hall, near Norwich, which was the seat of the Gurney family and now forms part…
Place Name Named after Elizabeth Beauchamp who inherited the Manor of Bretts in Plaistow sometime around 1719 from her brother, Peter Courtney,…
Place Name Directional. Both Forest Gate and Wanstead Park Station are nearby. Forest Gate opened in 1840 by Eastern Counties Railway,…
Place Name Named after the 22-acre West Ham Cemetery which was opened in 1857 and contains a large area for…
Place Name Named after local landholders the Dames family, who owned the western part of Forest Gate, between Woodford Road and…
Place Name There are two churches on this road but the church referred to in this street name is, by…
Place Name Remembering Frederick John Redman, who was awarded the George Medal (the highest honour of civilians) during the Second World…
Place Name Named in honour of scholar and journalist, Samuel Harvey Reynolds (1831 – February 7, 1897) who lived in…
Place Name Built on the former grounds of Plashet Hall, by Cameron Corbett, a large scale Victorian developer responsible for much…