Editing West Ham (section)

===Local government – County Borough===
{{Main|County Borough of West Ham}}
In 1889 the borough was large enough in terms of population to become a county borough and was outside the area of responsibility of Essex County Council – though still formally within the county. At the time of the 1901 census it was the ninth most populous district in England with a population of 267,308.[4] 
From 1934 to 1965 it was surrounded by the County Borough of East Ham to the east, the municipal boroughs of Wanstead and Woodford and Leyton to the north, and the metropolitan boroughs of Poplar to the west with the [[Thames]] to the south with Greenwich on the far side.
[[File:HE1080991 Old Town Hall Stratford (1).jpg|thumb|[[Stratford Town Hall|West Ham's former Town Hall]], on Stratford Broadway.]]
[[File:West ham essex 1961.png|300px|thumb|West Ham in Essex, 1961]]