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Newham
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West Ham
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, historically '''Stratford Langthorne''', is a place in the
London Borough Of Newham in
East London .
Until the arrival of the railways in 1839 much of Stratford was open countryside in the of
West Ham . With the formation of
Greater London in 1965 Stratford became a part of the
London Borough Of Newham .
North of modern Stratford is Stratford
New Town , initially called "Hudson Town" after
George Hudson the railway entrepreneur, and it was the location of the
Eastern Counties Railway 's railway works at
Temple Mills . It was closed in 1963, but a small depot still exists.
Stratford was the home of the former fruit and vegetable market which bore the same name and closed at the end of the twentieth century.
The church of St John in Stratford Broadway, designed by
Edward Blore , contains in the churchyard the elaborate Martyrs' Memorial to those
Essex Protestants burnt in the
Marian Persecutions as documented by
John Foxe .
Stratford is a major shopping centre and contains Newham's cultural quarter centred around the
Theatre Royal Stratford East and
Stratford Circus .
Stratford Station and adjacent bus station is a major transport hub. The area is considered up and coming with a growing street cafe culture.
Stratford will be the location of
Stratford International Station on the
Channel Tunnel Rail Link and in 2012 the location of the main
Olympic Park , which will contain a significant number of venues to be used in the
2012 Summer Olympics , including the
Olympic Stadium ,
Aquatics Centre , and
London Velopark .
Stratford has been a focus of regeneration for some years and
As Of 2006 the 73 hectare brownfield railway lands to the north of the town centre as far as
Temple Mills are to be redeveloped in a multi-billion pound scheme called
Stratford City . This will form a new purpose-built community of 5,000 homes, offices, retail spaces, schools, public spaces, municipal and other facilities. It is hoped that this will become a major metropolitan centre for East London. Part of Stratford City will serve as the
Olympic Village . There are also plans for several residential and office skyscrapers to be built in the area, including a 55-storey tower designed by architects
Allies And Morrison opposite Stratford station. John Lewis and Waitrose are building new superstores in Stratford area with completion expected in 2008.
Stratford is in the
London Borough Of Newham , which has the fifth highest crime rate of any borough in London and, according to government indices, Newham is also the eleventh most "deprived" district in Britain. Ten years ago Newham was indexed as the second most deprived borough in Britain, which either shows that great strides in
Urban Regeneration and
Social Inclusion have taken place, or that a large-scale process of
Gentrification is underway.
- Jim Barrett , Footballer
- Stan Earle , Footballer
- Bryan Forbes , Actor, Screenwriter, Film Producer
- Ernie Gregory , Footballer
- Peter Grotier , Footballer
- Walter Hancock , Inventor
- Gerard Manley Hopkins , Poet
- Luke Howard , Meteorologist
- Anna Kingsford , Theosophist & Author
- Nina Frances Layard , Archaeologist and Poet (birthplace)
- Joan Littlewood , director of the Theatre Workshop , at the Theatre Royal
- Dawn Neesom , journalist
- David Webb , Footballer
