Plaistow, Bromley
{{For|other places called Plaistow|Plaistow (disambiguation){{!}}Plaistow}}
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{{infobox UK place
| country = England
| map_type = Greater London
| region = London
| population = 15,122
| population_ref = (2011 Census. Plaistow and Sundridge Ward){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688632&c=Plaistow+and+Sundridge&d=14&e=62&g=6321215&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1476178580172&enc=1|title=Bromley Ward population 2011|access-date=11 October 2016| publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}
| official_name = Plaistow
| postcode_area = BR
| postcode_district = BR1
| london_borough = Bromley
| os_grid_reference =
| coordinates = {{coord| 51.413369| 0.015561|display=inline,title}}
}}
Plaistow ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|l|ɑː|s|t|oʊ}} {{Respell|PLAHST|oh}}, {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|l|æ|s|t|oʊ}} {{Respell|PLAST|oh}}, or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|l|eɪ|s|t|oʊ}} {{Respell|PLAYST|oh}})Wells, J. C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd edn, Harlow, UK: LongmanDaniel Jones, Peter Roach, et al. (2011). Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary, 18th edn, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University PressMartha Figueroa-Clark,[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2007/04/how_to_say_plaistow.shtml "BBC - Magazine Monitor: How to Say: Plaistow"], BBC, 16 October 2009. Retrieved 2015-11-21. is an area of south-east London located in the London Borough of Bromley and, until 1965, in the historic county of Kent. It is located south of Downham and Grove Park and north of Sundridge Park and Bromley. Nowadays Plaistow overlaps somewhat with Sundridge, for example the main Sundridge Park shopping parade by the station sits directly east of Plaistow Green, with business and facilities in the area using the two names interchangeably. Plaistow now refers especially to the area north of Sundridge Park station along Burnt Ash Lane, part of the A2212 road which runs north to south between Grove Park and Bromley.
History
File:Plaistow Cemetery & Library.jpg
The area is first mentioned in 1278, and is thought to refer to games that were played here.{{cite book |last1=Willey |first1=Russ |title=The London Gazzetteer |date=2006 |publisher=Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd |pages=388–9}} Much of the area was purchased by the banker Peter Thellusson in 1777, and he built Plaistow Lodge here as his home (now converted into Parish Church of England Primary School and listed at grade II*).{{NHLE|num= 1055761|desc=QUERNMORE SECONDARY SCHOOL|accessdate=30 August 2020}} An iron church was later built besides the lodge in 1875. Housing development by the People's Freehold Land Society began after the arrival of the railway in 1878 (later rebuilt in 1896). St Mary's Church was consecrated in 1863 and enlarged three times between 1881 and 1900.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} The churchyard closed for burials in 1893 when Plaistow Cemetery opened.{{cite web | url=http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=BRO078 | title=London Gardens Online, St Mary's Churchyard, Plaistow | publisher=London Parks and Gardens Trust | access-date=18 February 2013}} In 1926 a wall was built along Valeswood Road after complaints by local residents that 'vulgar' working class persons from the Downham estate were cutting through the area on their way to Bromley town centre. The wall remained in place for roughly 10 years.{{cite web |last1=Nelson |first1=Michael |title=Gated Communities: Class Walls |url=https://www.historytoday.com/archive/gated-communities-class-walls#:~:text=On%20February%2016th%2C%201926%20Albert,cut%20to%20Bromley%20town%20centre. |publisher=History Today |access-date=30 August 2020}}
Gallery
File:Plaistow_Green.jpg|Plaistow Green
File:Prince_Frederick_pub,_Nichol_Lane.jpg|The Prince Frederick pub, Nichol Lane
File:King's_Meadow,_Plaistow.jpg|King's Meadow
File:St_Andrew's_church,_Plaistow.jpg|St Andrew's Church, Burnt Ash Lane, built in 1929 by Sir Charles Nicholson{{cite web |title=St Andrew, Burnt Ash Lane, Bromley |url=https://londonchurchbuildings.com/2017/03/05/st-andrew-burnt-ash-lane-bromley/ |website=London Church Buildings |date=5 March 2017 |access-date=31 August 2020}}
File:Burnt_Ash_Lane_shops.jpg|Shops along Burnt Ash Lane
References
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