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Plaistow 1855
Plaistow – Plaistow
ward is a suburb of London, adjoining West Ham, and comprises the larger portion
of West Ham parish, in the bishopric of London, South Essex, Beacontree Hundred,
West Ham Union, and the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal court and
metropolitan police, being a tract of rich marsh land, extending south to the
Thames. The most inhabited part of the district is 4 ½ miles from Whitechapel
church, by the Commercial and East India Dock roads. The Eastern Counties branch
line to North Woolwich steamboat station has a station on the Barking road; and
the iron bridge was constructed over the river Lea in 1810; a toll of one
halfpenny is demanded for all foot passengers. Plaistow was on the 19th
June, 1844, constituted an ecclesiastical district, and in 1851 it contained a
population of 2,668. A new church was completed at Plaistow in 1830, at a cost
of £4,800, in a Tudor style; the Rev Richard William Bishop Marsh is the
incumbent. The Society of Friends and Independents have each places of worship;
and there are also schools for the education of boys, girls and infants on the
National and British systems. The Victoria Docks are in Plaisto marsh, around
which is a population of 3,000. Here are National Schools, in which service is
performed on Sundays. There is an increasing population also about Mr Silver’s
India-rubber clothing factory, near North Woolwich.
Gentry
Anderson the Misses
Bathurst John esq
Beale John esq
Blood Mrs, Green Gate
Street
Caulier Henry esq
Chapman Edward esq,
High Street
Clark Mrs, Balaam
Street
Clinker Wm G esq,
Balaam Street
Cotton William esq,
Barking Road
Curtis Charles esq,
Balaam Street
Curwin Rev John,
Balaam Street
Dale Richard esq,
Balaam Street
Day Richard esq
Forsyth Alexander esq,
Green Gate Street
French John esq,
Barking Road
Gardner Mr
Griffiths Robert esq
Hamilton William esq,
Barking Road
Haverson John Thomas
esq, Barking Road
Hodgkinson Wm esq,
Clarendon Place
Kelland John esq
Marsh Rev Richard
William Bishop, MA, Balaam Street
Millington Thomas esq,
Howards Road
Newman Mrs, Green Gate
Street
Pelly Capt Richard
William RN
Perry Rev Alfred John
BA, Balaam Street
Pond John esq, Howards
Road
Poynter William esq,
Balaam Street
Price Joseph esq,
Howards Road
Redpath Josiah,
Richmound House
Richardson Frederick
esq, Howards
Riles Samuel esq,
Balaam Street
Roberts Thomas esq,
Green Gate Street
Robinson Alfred esq,
Balaam Street
Seal Elijah John esq,
Balaam Street
Sewell William esq
Spain William esq,
Green Gate Street
Spooner Mrs, Barking
Road
Stock Mrs, Broadway
Strickland Thomas esq,
Balaam Street
Sutton John esq,
Balaam Street
Webb James esq, Balaam
Street
Wenham Ebenezer esq
Whyte John Ballinghall
esq, Balaam Street
Commercial Traders
Adams William, market
gardener & farmer
Ayres George Samuel,
Essex Arms, Marsh
Beale John Evans,
surgeon & registrar of births * deaths
Boddy Henry, grocer,
High Street
Bright Edward, butcher
Burrell William,
wheelwright, High Street
Burton Obadiah,
butcher, Balaam Street
Cable Thomas, beer
retailer, Broadway
Catton Samuel,
druggist & grocer, Broadway
Cocks James,
bricklayer, Green Gate Street
Cohu Jane (Mrs),
Black
Lion, High Street
Covell Samuel, omnibus
proprietor, Broadway
Crowest Thomas, boot &
shoe maker, High Street
Dawson William,
Abbey
Arms, Barking Road
Duck Joseph, market
gardener
Eastwick William,
grocer, High Street
Edridge William,
grocer, Balaam Street
Emmerson John,
Green
Gate, Barking Road
Fisher John Holwill,
builder, Balaam Street
Fisher John Tullock,
auctioneer & surveyor, Barking Road
Gilvray John, hair
dresser, Balaam Street
Goodman Mary (Mrs),
market gardener
Graves William, boot &
shoe maker, High Street
Gritland John, tailor,
Balaam Street
Grout Abraham, beer
retailer
Hull Samuel, boot &
shoe maker, Broadway
Ireland Elizabeth &
Sons, farmers & market gardeners
King Susannah (Mrs),
stationer, Balaam Street
Low Abraham, cattle
salesman
McClean Peter,
Victoria Tavern, Barking Road
McPherson Robert &
Son, nurserymen, seedsmen & florists
Mare Charles John &
Co, iron works
Martin John,
Royal
Oak, Barking Road
Mason John, grocer,
Broadway
Maywood Ann & Mary
(Misses), painters & plumbers, Broadway
Norman George, boot &
shoe maker, Balaam Street
Perfect Huntley,
plumber & painter, Balaam Street
Peto, Brassey & Betts,
contractors for the Victoria London Docks, Marsh
Pigrome John,
carpenter, Balaam Street
Pope William, harness
maker, Barking Road
Puryer Hadassah (Mrs),
grocer, Balaam Street
Rance Richard, grocer,
Green Gate Street
Rayner Sarah & Eliza
(Misses), bakers, High Street
Richardson Frederick,
Bell & Anchor, Marsh
Rowe William, farrier,
Balaam Street
Sale Abraham, baker,
Balaam Street
Silver J B, India
rubber works, near North Woolwich
Smith William,
carpenter
Sorrell Martha (Mrs),
linen draper, High Street
Stewart Ann (Mrs),
linen draper & post mistress, Balaam Street
Stonard Jane (Mrs),
wheelwright, Barking Road
Straight William,
wheelwright, North Street
Todd Robert, academy,
Balaam Street
Tothill Charles & Co,
manufacturing chemists, Plaistow works
Turner James, beer
retailer, Balaam Street
Vause Robert, butcher,
Broadway
Post Office – Mrs Ann
Stewart, receiver. Letters dispatched at ½ past 8 am, ½ past 12 & 4 pm;
delivered at 8 am, 11 am, 3,6 & 8 pm. The nearest money order office is at
Stratford
Insurance Agent –
General Fire & Life, William Edridge
Registrar of Births &
Deaths for the West ham District, John Evans Beale
Places of Worship:-
St Mary’s Church, Rev
Richard William Bishop Marsh, MA, incumbent; Rev Alfred John Perry, curate
Friends’ Meeting
House, North Street
Independent Chapel,
North Street, Rev John Curwen, minister
Public Schools:-
Infants, Miss Sarah
McDowall, mistress
National (for boys &
girls), St Mary’s lodge, John Reid, master; Mrs Mary Reid, mistress
British & Infant,
North Street, Alfred Brown, master; Miss Elizabeth Malchar, mistress
Conveyance to London –
omnibuses from the Coach & Horses, ½ past every hour
Carriers to London –
John Perry, daily, except Wednesday; William Lucy, passes through from East Ham,
daily, except Tuesday & Thursday
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