Editing West Ham (section)

==Geography==
The parish, and coterminous subsequent borough, lay east of the Lea and north of the Thames, with [[Leyton]] to the north and [[East Ham]] to the east. The boundary between West and [[East Ham]] was drawn from the now lost Hamfrith Waste and Hamfrith Wood in the north (then the southernmost parts of [[Epping Forest]] which extended as far south as the Romford Road at that time), along [[Green Street, London|Green Street]] down to the small, similarly lost, natural harbour known as Ham Creek, the mouth of a small watercourse.

The area of the parish and borough included not just central West Ham area, just south of Stratford, with the twin focuses of [[All Saints' Parish Church, West Ham|All Saints']] Parish Church and [[West Ham station]]; but also the sub-districts of [[Stratford, London|Stratford]], [[Canning Town]], [[Plaistow, Newham|Plaistow]], [[Custom House, Newham|Custom House]], [[Silvertown]], [[Forest Gate]] and the western parts of [[Upton Park, London|Upton Park]] which is shared with East Ham.

The areas along the Lea and Thames were historically industrial with the remainder residential, mostly Victorian terraced housing interspersed with higher density post-war social housing. Since its urbanisation the area has always been one of the poorest in London.<ref name=ndc>For instance, parts were a New Deal for Communities area in the early 21st century [http://www.ndfc.co.uk/section.php?section=2&parent=7 West Ham and Plaistow New Deal for Communities: All About NDC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504154722/http://www.ndfc.co.uk/section.php?section=2&parent=7 |date=4 May 2009 }}</ref>

===Ethnicity===
In 1971, individuals of non-European origin comprised approximately 16% of the population of West Ham,<ref name="wordpress1">{{cite web|url=https://tlang754703143.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/four-superdiverse-city-wards-stratford-and-new-town-newham.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209103705/https://tlang754703143.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/four-superdiverse-city-wards-stratford-and-new-town-newham.pdf |archive-date=2019-12-09 |url-status=live|title=Changing Landscapes: Four Superdiverse City Wards Stratford and New Town, Newham, (London)|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> rising to approximately 30% by the [[1991 United Kingdom census|1991 census]]<ref name="wordpress1"/> and 65.5% in the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]]. In 2011 [[White British]] people comprising 19% of the ward's population with [[Other White]] individuals forming approximately 15% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/west-ham-e05000494|title=Census Data: West Ham|publisher=Office of National Statistics}}</ref>

===Transport===
[[West Ham station]] on Manor Road (formerly called The Memorial Grounds) is served by the [[London Underground]] Jubilee, Hammersmith, and City and District tube lines; the National Rail [[c2c]] services; and from 2010 the [[Docklands Light Railway]]. [[Plaistow tube station|Plaistow]] and Stratford stations are also close by.