A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Stratford.-- town (ry. stations Stratford and Stratford Market), West Ham par., Essex, 3½ m. NE. of Liverpool Street sta., London, and within the parl. limits of West Ham, pop. 36,455. Stratford is situated on the navigable river Lea (here crossed by a bridge leading to Bow), and on the fork of the railway which proceeds in two lines to Cambridge and Colchester. It has remains of a Cistercian abbey founded in 1135, a fine town hall (1868), extensive works in connection with the Great Eastern Railway, chemical works, and other industrial establishments.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | West Ham AP/CP Essex AncC |
| Place: | Stratford |
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