Matthew Malthouse wrote the
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On 21 Jul 2003 14:40:31 GMT Robin May wrote:
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} While this subject is being discussed, is Newham and in
particular the

Indubitably.

Although the name "Newham" was a bit of artistic license on the
part of some re-organisers warped imagination.

I was taught at school that it was because East Ham and West Ham and a
few other places were combined to form "New Ham" or Newham.

} Plaistow, West Ham and Canning Town area a "proper" part of
London?

Plaistow and West Ham were villages that became encompased in the
London connurbation.

Thanks for the interesting information.

I asked because I have always been quite confident that where I live is
part of London and that I'm a Londoner, yet I often get people telling
me that it's not a part of London. I even had one person tell me that
Plaistow is no more a part of London than Basildon is. You start to
feel like a bit of a fraud at times!

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