Plashet is a locality of
East Ham
East Ham is a district of the London Borough of Newham, England, 8 miles (12.8 km) east of Charing Cross. Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Essex, East Ham is identified in the London Plan as a ...
in the
London Borough of Newham in
East London located between
West Ham (
Upton Park) and
Manor Park. It contains Plashet Jewish Cemetery, Plashet Park, and several places of worship.
[Willey, Russ. ''Chambers London Gazetter'', p 389-90.]
The area was home to prison reformer
Elizabeth Fry, who lived in Plashet House from 1809 to 1829, and also her daughter Katherine who lived in Plashet Cottage. Both of these properties were demolished in the 1880s to make way for the terraced streets that now characterise the area.
[
]Steve Marriott
Stephen Peter Marriott (30 January 1947 – 20 April 1991) was an English actor, musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a student at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London and appeared in the West End, before taking a r ...
lead singer of the Small Faces
Small Faces were an English Rock music, rock band from London, founded in 1965. The group originally consisted of Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Jimmy Winston, with Ian McLagan replacing Winston as the band's keyboardist in 1966 ...
was born at East Ham Memorial Hospital located in the Plashet area.
The poet Benjamin Zephaniah also lived in Plashet.[
]
References
External links
Short article about Plashet
Districts of the London Borough of Newham
Areas of London
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