West Ham, Essex Poor Law Union

Constituent Parishes

East Ham, Essex Leyton, Essex Leytonstone, Essex Little Ilford, Essex Plaistow St Mary, Essex Stratford St John, Essex Walthamstow, Essex [St Mary] Walthamstow St James, Essex Walthamstow St John, Essex Walthamstow St Peter, Essex Wanstead, Essex West Ham, Essex Woodford, Essex Woodford Bridge, Essex

Records
Newham Archives and Local Studies Library, Stratford Library, 3 The Grove, London E15 1EL. Holdings include: Guardians' Minutes (1836-42, 1844-61, 1873-5, 1884-1930). Waltham Forest Archives, Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road, Walthamstow, London E17 9NH. Holdings include: Central Home admissions (1906-59, women and children only); Printed Guardians' Minutes (1906-8, 1912-13, 1922-26, 1929-30) see also T/P 617/5 baptismal registers of Leytonstone Holy Trinity Includes some dates of birth; baptisms at West Ham Union and available at Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office

Websites
For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's website: www.workhouses.org.uk and http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?WestHam/WestHam.shtml Workhouses site