Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Plaistow

Plaistow.-- 2 eccl. dists. (St Andrew and St Mary) and ry. sta., in par. and parl. bor. of West Ham, Essex, pop.- St Andrew, 9069; St Mary, 7859; the sta. is 5 miles E. of London, between Barking and Bromley (by Bow).


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "2 ecclesiastical districts"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: West Ham AP/CP       Essex AncC
Place: Plaistow

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