Year	What Was Happening ?
« 1833	At St John's	In & Around Stratford	In The Church	In The World
1834	St John's Church opened as a chapel of ease to All Saints, West Ham, John Gibson, Curate.			William IV is King Viscount Melbourne is Prime Minister Charles Spurgeon and William Morris were born Britain abolishes slavery Poor Law Amendment Act cuts off public assistance to able-bodied men in Great Britain unless they enter a workhouse. Hansom cabs are introduced in London by J. A. Hansom. Victor Hugo's 'Hunchback of Notre Dame' is a best seller. Dutch farmers of the Cape Colony begin settling north of the Orange River. The establishment of an Australian colony is legalized by the South Australia Act. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, dies.
1835		Stratford National (St John's) School opens. George Henry Stanton, first bishop of North Queensland, Australia, born in Stratford.		Hans Christian Andersen publishes his first fairy tales
1836		West Ham Poor Law Union formed.		Davy Crockett is killed at the Alamo. Texas wins independence from Mexico. Martin Van Buren is elected president of the United States.
1837				King William dies. Queen Victoria accedes to the throne Queen Victoria takes up residence at Buckingham Palace, the first monarch to live at that famous address.
1838
1839		Eastern Counties Railway (London to Norwich) opens through Stratford to Romford.
1840 »	Charles Nicoll becomes curate of St John's