A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Ham, West, parl. bor., par., and local government dist., Essex, on N. bank of river Thames, opposite Greenwich, and in E. of London, 4667 ac. (159 water) and 270 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 128,953; returns 2 members to Parliament -- 2 divisions, viz., North and South, 1 member for each division; it was made a parl. bor. in 1885. See West Ham.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parliamentary borough, parish, and local government district" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Essex AncC |
| Place names: | HAM | HAM WEST | WEST HAM |
| Place: | West Ham |
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