Timeline (1851-1864)
| Year | What Was Happening ? | |||
| « 1850 | At St John's | In & Around Stratford | In The Church | In The World |
| 1851 | William Holloway becomes Perpetual Curate of St John's. St Johns broken into and robbed The Proceedings Of The Old Bailey - External Link - |
Population of West Ham: 34,305 Population of Stratford: 10,586 Chapel Street Ragged School opens. |
The Census includes a unique Ecclesiastical Census. West Ham has 36 Churches: 16 Church of England, 9 Independents, 4 Wesleyan Methodists, 2 Baptists, 2 Roman Catholic, 1 Society of Friends, 1 Primitive Methodists & 1 Wesleyan Association. A total of 14,788 people attended church on Sunday March 30. |
Census of the UK taken, March 30th The Great Exhibition |
| 1852 | Stratford Marsh, or Stratford-in-the-Marsh, becomes a separate parish from Stratford. Parish church is Christchurch, corner of Union Street and High Street. Edward Cridge (external link), curate at All Saints, West Ham, is appointed vicar. The Parish of Forest Gate formed, Parish church is Emmanuel, corner of Upton Lane and Romford Road. |
Cholera epidemic sweeps Britain Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, becomes Prime Minister George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, becomes Prime Minister | ||
| 1853 | Franklin Pierce is elected president of the United States. | |||
| 1854 | Edward Cridge leaves Christchurch to become chaplain of the Hudson's Bay Co in Canada. James Stopford Ram becomes vicar. The Central Baptist Church, The Grove, opened Forest Lane Industrial School opened by the Whitechapel Board of Guardians |
Start of the Crimean War Commodore Mathew Perry visits Japan, opening the island to trade with the U.S., ending its isolation from the world. | ||
| 1855 | 'copper lightning conductor' stolen from off the church. The Proceedings Of The Old Bailey - External Link - | Channelsea School opens, administered by the Vicar of Christ Church. | Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, becomes Prime Minister | |
| 1856 | West Ham constituted a local government area and Local Board of Health established. | End of Crimean War Louis Pasteur invents pasteurisation | ||
| 1857 | John Snow reports on an outbreak of Cholera at Abbey Row (external link), due to a contaminated well pump, which lays low one-fifth of the population of the area and kills 6 people. | The work of the Plaistow and Victoria Dock Mission gets a mention in Charles Dickens' 'Household Words', in September and the name 'London over the Border' is coined. | The Indian Mutiny erupted in Meerut in reaction to the increased pace of Westernisation in India and a military crackdown on Indian troops by their British officers. James Buchanan is elected president of the United States. The Matrimonial Causes Act created divorce courts and made it easier to obtain a divorce. | |
| 1858 | J M Kennedy becomes vicar of Christchurch. | India Bill transfers the administration of India from the East India Company to the Crown Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, becomes Prime Minister Principal Probate Registry began handling all English and Welsh probates. | ||
| 1859 | Maryland Road Mission opened The Grand Lodge of Freemasons in England become aware of an 'irregular' lodge, the 'Equality Lodge', meeting at the King of Prussia in Stratford and warn all masons to have nothing to do with them. This lodge has probably been meeting since at least 1850. (Fringe Masonry in England 1870-85, Ellic Howe, 1972) |
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, becomes Prime Minister Creation of the Liberal Party | ||
| 1860 | ||||
| 1861 | John Strickland becomes vicar of Christchurch. West Ham, Stratford & South Essex Dispensary (later Queen Mary's Hospital) opens. Gurney Memorial built Stratford Co-operative Society founded. Population of Stratford: 15,994 |
Census of the UK taken, April 7th Beginning of the American Civil War Elisha Otis patents elevator safety brakes, creating a safer elevator Linus Yale invents the Yale lock or cylinder lock | ||
| 1862 | ||||
| 1863 | Metropolitan Northern Outfall sewer constructed (completed 1865). | the Bishop of London's Fund established - the first of a succession of funds to assist in the problems of 'London over the Border'. | ||
| 1864 » | William Holloway Dies. George Stopford Ram becomes Perpetual Curate of St John's |
James Wray Carter becomes vicar of Christchurch. | ||