#13

What’s west of West Ham?

#14

East Ham.

Possibly.

#15

A settlement in the area named Ham is first recorded as Hamme in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 958 and then in the 1086 Domesday Book as Hame. It is formed from Old English ‘hamm’ and means ‘a dry area of land between rivers or marshland’, referring to the location of the settlement within boundaries formed by the rivers Lea, Thames and Roding and their marshes.

There is an East Ham as well as a West Ham

#16

Nobody’s quite sure. It’s where all the maps stop.

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#18

So there’s (going from west to east) West Ham, Ham and East Ham and they’re all different places.

#19

And West Ham is in the east end.

#20

The origin of the place name ‘Ham’ also indicates why there are lots of other places with it in their name, however Hampstead comes from ‘Home Stead’ and Hammersmith is derived from it being the location of a smithy that used large hammers.

#21

and the east end is to the west of some places

Should’ve named places after their osrefs rather than compass points

#22

No. Ham is in South West London.

West Ham and East Ham are areas of East London that used to be a single parish, called Hamme.

#23

Oohhh

#24

Complete system failure isn’t it.

#25

SU6152 is a miles better name

#26

They’re both now part of Newham also. It’s more electable.

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#27

So the answer to “what’s west of West Ham?” is Ham.

#28

Oldham! I’ve heard of that

#29

I think everywhere is West of West Ham eventually. But I may be mixing it up with somewhere else.

#30

Not anything directly north or south

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#31

You’ve got me there.

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#32

There is also a Steamed Ham

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#33

west hamilton