Talk:Beckton

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Until 1965 Beckton was part of Essex and had been historically divided between the parishes of Barking, East Ham, West Ham and Woolwich.

Loads of problems with this sentence. Firstly no part of Woolwich (north or south) was in Essex. It was in Kent until 1889 and the County of London until 1965. No part of Beckton was in the County Borough of West Ham. The boundary between East Ham and West Ham was Green Street/Boundary road. Beckton just doesn't stretch that far. I'd also suggest it does not go as far as North Woolwich either. Do you have a source for this? Mrsteviec 12:42, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

East Ham UD map, Barking UD map, West Ham MB map These maps definitely show no part of Beckton in West Ham. However, Woolwich MetB map shows some was in Kent/County of London. Odd thing is that ABCounties do not recognise Beckton or North Woolwich as having any link to Kent. Mrsteviec 13:04, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Beckton as officially defined does include part of the former County Borough of West Ham. The source is the Beckton District Plan published 1984; Beckton was defined in the plan as extending south of the A13 between Prince Regent Lane and Barking Creek, as far as the Dock walls of the Royal Albert and Royal Victoria Dock. Everything west of Stansfeld Road was originally part of West Ham. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.194.86.1 (talk • contribs) .

Thanks for that. Mrsteviec 22:00, 29 June 2006 (UTC)