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Stratford, historically Stratford Langthorne, is a place in the London Borough of Newham
London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Newham is a London borough in East London, England, within Greater London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames....
 in East London
East London, England

East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the Thames.The London boroughs that make up this informal area are London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Redbridge, London Borough of T...
. It will be the primary location of the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are due to be celebrated in London in the United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012....
.

History
The name "Stratford" derives from the Old English word for "street" combined with "ford" (a river crossing). It was originally the name of two adjacent villages, one on each side of such a ford over the River Lea on the Roman road from London to Colchester.






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Stratford, historically Stratford Langthorne, is a place in the London Borough of Newham
London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Newham is a London borough in East London, England, within Greater London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames....
 in East London
East London, England

East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the Thames.The London boroughs that make up this informal area are London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of Hackney, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Redbridge, London Borough of T...
. It will be the primary location of the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are due to be celebrated in London in the United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012....
.

History


The name "Stratford" derives from the Old English word for "street" combined with "ford" (a river crossing). It was originally the name of two adjacent villages, one on each side of such a ford over the River Lea on the Roman road from London to Colchester. Stratford-atte-Bow, on the west bank, was named after a bow-shaped bridge over the Lea, and is now known merely as Bow
Bow, London

Bow is an area of East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a built-up, mostly residential district located east of Charing Cross, and is a part of the East End of London....
. On the east bank was Stratford Langthorne, now simply Stratford.

The Abbey of St Mary's, Stratford Langthorne
Stratford Langthorne Abbey

Stratford Langthorne Abbey, or the Abbey of St Mary's, Stratford Langthorne was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1135 at Stratford Langthorne — then Essex but now Stratford in the London Borough of Newham....
 was founded in 1135 and was a dominating influence until the dissolution of the monasteries
Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, denotes the administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII of England disbanded all monastery, nunnery and friary in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their income, disposed of their assets and provided f...
 by Henry VIII in 1538. It was one of the largest of the Cistercian order, possessing of local land. None of the abbey's buildings remain, but archaeological investigation is ongoing (see links below).

Until the arrival of the railways in 1839 much of Stratford was open countryside in the historic county
Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxons kingdoms and shires....
 of Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
. From 1889 to 1965 it was part of the County Borough of West Ham
County Borough of West Ham

West Ham was a local government district in the extreme south west of Essex from 1886 to 1965, forming part of the built-up area of London, although outside the County of London....
, which shared geographical boundaries with the ancient Parish
Parish

A parish is a local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Methodist, and Presbyterianism churches....
 of West Ham
West Ham

West Ham is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in East London, England, England, located east of Charing Cross.From 1889 to 1965 it formed part of the County Borough of West Ham....
. With the formation of Greater London
Greater London

Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The administrative area was officially created in 1965 and covers the City of London , the City of Westminster and the other 31 London boroughs....
 in 1965 Stratford became a part of the London Borough of Newham
London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Newham is a London borough in East London, England, within Greater London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames....
.

North of modern Stratford is Stratford New Town
New town

A new town, planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area....
, initially called "Hudson Town" after George Hudson
George Hudson

George Hudson , England railway financier, known as the "Railway King", was born in Howsham, in the parish of Scrayingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, north of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, east of York....
 the railway entrepreneur, and it was the location of the Eastern Counties Railway
Eastern Counties Railway

The Eastern Counties Railway was an England railway company which began operating on 20 June 1839 with a train service running from a temporary terminus at Mile End to Romford....
's works at Temple Mills
Temple Mills

Temple Mills is a northerly part of Stratford, London, south of Leyton, located within the London borough of London Borough of Newham in East London, England...
. The works closed in 1963, but a small depot still exists.

Stratford was home to a wholesale fruit and vegetable market and there was a retail street market, once replete with barrows and barrow boys, a remnant of which now trades under cover in the aisles of the shopping centre which itself is a replacement for the colorful Angel Lane shopping area. The wholesale market's former location is now that of the Jubilee Line workshops. Stratford Market railway station building is disused but was refurbished by the council in the 1990s.

A high profile crime occurred at Stratford in October 1997 when 25-year-old WPC Nina Mackay was fatally stabbed by a paranoid schizorphenic
Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia , from the Ancient Greek Root schizein and phren, phren- is a psychiatry diagnosis that describes a mental disorder characterized by abnormalities in the perception or expression of reality....
 Somalian
Somalia

Somalia , officially the Republic of Somalia and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa....
 refugee
Refugee

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecutionOwing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality,...
 at a house in the area.

The church of St John
St. John's Church

St. John's Church, Church of St. John, or variants, thereof, may refer to the following churches, former churches or other places:...
 in Stratford Broadway, designed by Edward Blore
Edward Blore

Edward Blore was a 19th century British architect and antiquary. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Blore is most notable for his completion of John Nash's design of Buckingham Palace, following Nash's dismissal....
, contains in the churchyard the elaborate Martyr
Martyr

The term martyr is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices his or her life in order to further a cause or belief for many....
s' Memorial to those Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
 Protestants burnt in the Marian Persecutions
Marian Persecutions

The Marian Persecution refers to the persecution of Religious Reformers, Protestants, and other dissenters for their beliefs during the reign of Mary I of England....
 as documented by John Foxe
John Foxe

John Foxe , martyrologist, is remembered as the author of what is popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, an account of Christian martyrs throughout history but especially emphasizing the sufferings of English Protestants from the fourteenth century through the reign of Mary I of England....
.

Future


Stratford has been a focus of regeneration for some years, and is the location of a number of major projects:

  • Stratford International station
    Stratford International station

    Stratford International station is a railway station located in Stratford, London in the London Borough of Newham in East London, England. The station has been built as part of work on the second phase of High Speed 1 and reached completion in April 2006....
     on High Speed 1 (the Channel Tunnel Rail Link) has now been constructed, though it cannot be opened until the surrounding infrastructure has been completed. The station will be served, not only by trains to and from the continent, but also by high-speed commuter trains between Kent and London, and by a new DLR line running via Stratford Regional station and Stratford High Street DLR station
    Stratford High Street DLR station

    Stratford High Street DLR station, by 2010, will become a new Docklands Light Railway station in London Borough of Newham, East London. It is part of the extension of the Docklands Light Railway over part of the North London Line between Stratford, London and Woolwich....
    , to destinations including Woolwich
    Woolwich

    Woolwich is a suburb in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich is on the north side of the river....
     via London City Airport
    London City Airport

    London City Airport is a single-runway STOLport, an airport for use by STOL airliners, and principally serving the financial district of London....
     and Beckton
    Beckton

    Beckton is also the code name for a forthcoming Xeon processor.Beckton is a place in the London Borough of Newham, England, located east of Charing Cross....
     via the ExCeL Exhibition Centre
    ExCeL Exhibition Centre

    The ExCeL Exhibition Centre is a large purpose-built exhibition centre in the Royal Docks area of London's redeveloped London Docklands. The centre was built by Sir Robert McAlpine: it opened in November 2000, and its name is a contraction of Exhibition Centre London....
    .


  • Stratford City
    Stratford City

    Stratford City is a project to create a major new mixed use urban centre in East London, England on the site of a former railway goods yard at Stratford, London....
     is a multi-billion pound scheme to regenerate the 73-hectare brownfield railway lands to the north of the town centre. There will be a vast shopping centre similar in size to Bluewater, for which John Lewis
    John Lewis (department store)

    John Lewis is a chain of upmarket department stores operating throughout Great Britain and popular amongst the British middle class for its high quality goods....
    , Waitrose
    Waitrose

    Waitrose is the supermarket division of the British retailer the John Lewis Partnership. As of February 2009, there are 198 branches across the United Kingdom....
     and Marks and Spencer have already committed to provide anchor stores. Adjacent will be a new purpose-built community of 5,000 homes, offices, schools, public spaces, municipal and other facilities destined to become a major metropolitan centre for East London. Plans include several residential and office skyscrapers, including a 55-storey tower designed by architects Allies and Morrison
    Allies and Morrison

    Allies and Morrison is a London-based architectural practice founded by Bob Allies and Graham Morrison in 1984. The practice is now headed up by 9 Partners and employs around 240 people in their purpose designed studios at 85 Southwark Street....
     opposite Stratford station. New superstores are being built in the Stratford area, with completion expected in 2009.


  • The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
    2012 Summer Olympics

    The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are due to be celebrated in London in the United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012....
     will have their main base at the Olympic Park
    Olympic Park, London

    The Olympic Park, London, is a new sporting complex to be built in Stratford, London in East London for the 2012 Summer Olympics. It will be located at British national grid reference system ....
    , which will contain a significant number of venues including the Olympic Stadium
    Olympic Stadium (London)

    The London Olympic Stadium will be the centrepiece of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The stadium will be located at Marshgate Lane in Stratford, London in the Lower Lea Valley and will have a capacity for the Games of approximately 80,000....
    , Aquatics Centre, and London Velopark
    London Velopark

    The London Velopark is a velodrome to be constructed in Leyton in East London, England, London in England. It will serve as one of the 'Big Five' permanent Olympic venues for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games....
    . Some of the new Stratford City accommodation will serve as the Olympic Village
    Olympic Village

    Frequently, an Olympic Village is built within an Olympic Park or elsewhere in a host city. Olympic Villages are built to house all participating athletes, as well as officials, athletic trainers, and other staff....
     housing athletes before being re-configured for the property market. After the Olympics the 'legacy' plans include the largest new urban park in Europe for over a century.


  • Crossrail
    Crossrail

    Crossrail is a United Kingdom project to build major new railway connections Rapid transit central London. It refers to the first of two routes proposed by Cross London Rail Links Ltd, based around an east-west tunnel from Paddington station to Liverpool Street station....
    , a new rail line through central London connecting Heathrow Airport and Maidenhead
    Maidenhead

    Maidenhead is a town within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, in Berkshire, England. It lies on the River Thames and is situated west of Charing Cross in London....
     in the west, will serve both Stratford and Maryland stations.


Education

The University of East London
University of East London

The University of East London is a united Kingdom New Universities based on two campuses in East London, England. Founded in 1970 as North East London Polytechnic, UEL was formed from a merger of higher education colleges, including West Ham Technical Institute, in Stratford, London, and South East Essex Technical College in Barking....
 (UEL) has a major campus in Stratford
University of East London Stratford Campus

The University of East London Stratford Campus is a campus of the University of East London situated in the Stratford, London area of east London....
, whose main building, University House, is a historic listed building dating from the 19th Century. The adjacent Passmore Edwards Building, is one of the area's most beautiful buildings, with its striking architecture, colourful frescoes and domed roof.

In addition, Birkbeck College
Birkbeck, University of London

Birkbeck, University of London, sometimes referred to by its former name Birkbeck College or by the abbreviation BBK, is a constituent college of the University of London....
, part of the University of London
University of London

Based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom, the University of London is a federal mega university made up of 31 affiliates: 19 separate university institutions, and 12 research institutes....
, has launched courses in the area, initially using space provided by UEL, with a view to constructing its own campus in Stratford.

For details of schools in Stratford see the List of schools in the London Borough of Newham
List of schools in the London Borough of Newham

This is a list of schools in the London Borough of Newham. The Borough is the education authority for the district providing education in a mix of Foundation school, Community school and voluntary aided schools....


Places of interest

Stratford's existing shopping centre is conveniently located opposite the station, and is popular for its range of accessibly-priced stores, its indoor and outdoor market stalls, and the 'inshops' network of small retail outlets.

The centre occupies much of the 'island site' created in the 1960s by the surrounding gyratory traffic system. When Stratford City
Stratford City

Stratford City is a project to create a major new mixed use urban centre in East London, England on the site of a former railway goods yard at Stratford, London....
's vast shopping destination opens on the other side of Stratford Station in 2011, a direct pedestrian bridge is planned to span the road and railway lines, connecting the two centres.

Stratford's Cultural Quarter, adjacent to the shopping centre, is home to several arts venues, bars and cafes:
  • Theatre Royal Stratford East
    Theatre Royal Stratford East

    The Theatre Royal Stratford East is a theatre in Stratford, London in the London Borough of Newham. Since 1953, it has been the home of the Theatre Workshop company....
  • Stratford Circus
    Stratford Circus

    Stratford Circus is a contemporary performing arts venue in Stratford, London in the London Borough of Newham, East London, England. It was designed by Levitt Bernstein architects and built with funding from the National Lottery ....


  • is a partner in the Cultural Quarter, but is located on Stratford High Street, on the other side of the shopping centre
  • nightclub occupies a grand building which opened in 1896 as the Borough Theatre and Opera House. It was known as the Rex Cinema from 1933 to 1969, before being converted to a live music venue.


  • Three Mills Studios
  • 2012 Olympic Park
    Olympic Park, London

    The Olympic Park, London, is a new sporting complex to be built in Stratford, London in East London for the 2012 Summer Olympics. It will be located at British national grid reference system ....

Stratford in popular culture


Stratford has been the location for numerous films. Notably 'Sparrows Can't Sing
Sparrows Can't Sing

Sparrers Can't Sing is a 1962 in film United Kingdom film. Based on a 1960 play, it was directed by Joan Littlewood and was from a story by Stephen Lewis ....
' (1963) and 'Bronco Bullfrog
Bronco Bullfrog

Bronco Bullfrog is a 1969 in film United Kingdom black and white film directed by Barney Platts-Mills and stars Del Walker, Anne Gooding. It is set in London's East End and features the Suedehead subculture....
' (1970). The promotional film for the Beatles' 'Penny Lane
Penny Lane

"Penny Lane" is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney, recorded during the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sessions, and released in February 1967 as one side of a double A-sided single, along with John Lennon's "Strawberry Fields Forever"....
' single was filmed in and around Angel Lane.

Transport


  • Stratford station
    Stratford station

    Stratford station is a railway station in Stratford, London, London Borough of Newham, East London, England on National Rail, London Underground and Docklands Light Railway lines....
     is a major transport hub consisting of:
    • Two London Underground
      London Underground

      The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK....
       lines:
      • Central Line
        Central Line

        The Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and has the greatest total length of track of any line on the Underground....
      • Jubilee Line
        Jubilee Line

        The Jubilee line is a line on the London Underground , in the United Kingdom. It was built in two major sections - initially to Charing Cross tube station in Central London, and Jubilee Line Extension in 1999 to Stratford station in East London, England....
    • London Overground
      London Overground

      London Overground is a Commuter rail in the United Kingdom service in London, United Kingdom. The London Overground name is the brand applied by Transport for London to the services which it manages on four railway lines in the London area: the Watford DC Line, the North London Line, the West London Line and the Gospel Oak to Barking Line....
    • Several National Rail
      Rail transport in Great Britain

      The railway system in Great Britain is the oldest in the world. It consists of of standard gauge track, of which 3062 is Railway electrification in Great Britain....
       lines:
      • National Express East Anglia (formerly 'One Railway')
      • occasional late night c2c
        C2c

        c2c is a List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom that provides train services on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway line from Fenchurch Street station in the City of London to East London, England along the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area including Basildon, Chafford Hundred , Tilbury and Southend-on-...
         services
      • future Crossrail
        Crossrail

        Crossrail is a United Kingdom project to build major new railway connections Rapid transit central London. It refers to the first of two routes proposed by Cross London Rail Links Ltd, based around an east-west tunnel from Paddington station to Liverpool Street station....
         services
    • DLR
      Docklands Light Railway

      The Docklands Light Railway is a light rail system serving the redeveloped London Docklands area of East London, England....
      • existing services to Lewisham
        Lewisham

        Lewisham is a district in south-east London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Lewisham....
         via Canary Wharf
        Canary Wharf

        Canary Wharf is a large business and shopping development in East London, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the old West India Docks in the London Docklands....
      • future services to Stratford International station
        Stratford International station

        Stratford International station is a railway station located in Stratford, London in the London Borough of Newham in East London, England. The station has been built as part of work on the second phase of High Speed 1 and reached completion in April 2006....
        , Woolwich
        Woolwich

        Woolwich is a suburb in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich is on the north side of the river....
         via London City Airport
        London City Airport

        London City Airport is a single-runway STOLport, an airport for use by STOL airliners, and principally serving the financial district of London....
        , and Beckton
        Beckton

        Beckton is also the code name for a forthcoming Xeon processor.Beckton is a place in the London Borough of Newham, England, located east of Charing Cross....
         via the ExCeL Exhibition Centre
        ExCeL Exhibition Centre

        The ExCeL Exhibition Centre is a large purpose-built exhibition centre in the Royal Docks area of London's redeveloped London Docklands. The centre was built by Sir Robert McAlpine: it opened in November 2000, and its name is a contraction of Exhibition Centre London....
    • A Bus Station
      Buses in London

      The London Bus is one of London's principal icons, the archetypal red rear-entrance double-deck Routemaster being recognised world-wide. Although the Routemaster has now been largely phased out of service, with only two heritage routes still using the vehicles, the majority of buses in London are still red and therefore the red bus remains a...
       served by the following routes:
      • 25, 69, 86, 104, 108, 158, 238, 241, 257, 262, 276, 308, 425, 473 and D8
      • night buses N8 and N86 (additionally routes 25, 69 and 108 are 24hrs)
      • National Express
        National Express

        National Express is the brand under which the majority of long distance bus and Coach services in Great Britain are marketed, and also the company that manages this network and operates some of the services....
         Coaches A9 (to Stansted Airport) and 010 (to Cambridge
        Cambridge

        The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
        )


  • Maryland railway station
    Maryland railway station

    Maryland railway station is located in Maryland, London, an area of Stratford, London, in the London Borough of Newham in East London, England London, England....
    • National Express East Anglia trains
    • future Crossrail
      Crossrail

      Crossrail is a United Kingdom project to build major new railway connections Rapid transit central London. It refers to the first of two routes proposed by Cross London Rail Links Ltd, based around an east-west tunnel from Paddington station to Liverpool Street station....
       services


  • Stratford International station
    Stratford International station

    Stratford International station is a railway station located in Stratford, London in the London Borough of Newham in East London, England. The station has been built as part of work on the second phase of High Speed 1 and reached completion in April 2006....
     (under construction)
  • Stratford High Street DLR station
    Stratford High Street DLR station

    Stratford High Street DLR station, by 2010, will become a new Docklands Light Railway station in London Borough of Newham, East London. It is part of the extension of the Docklands Light Railway over part of the North London Line between Stratford, London and Woolwich....
     (under construction)


Nearest places

  • Maryland
    Maryland, London

    Maryland is a location in East London, England. It forms the northeastern part of Stratford, London in the London Borough of Newham. The area borders Leytonstone to the north, Stratford New Town to the west and Forest Gate to the east, with the centre of Stratford to the south-west....
  • Leyton
    Leyton

    Leyton is an area of East London, England and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is a high density inner London area, located north east of Charing Cross....
  • Leytonstone
    Leytonstone

    Leytonstone is an area of East London, England and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is a high density suburban area, located north east of Charing Cross....
  • Forest Gate
    Forest Gate

    Forest Gate is a residential area in the London Borough of Newham.Its name is derived from a southern gate of Epping Forest which once stretched continuously down from Epping....
  • West Ham
    West Ham

    West Ham is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in East London, England, England, located east of Charing Cross.From 1889 to 1965 it formed part of the County Borough of West Ham....
  • Canning Town
    Canning Town

    Canning Town is an area of East London, England. It is part of the London Borough of Newham and is situated in the area of the former London docks on the north side of the River Thames....
  • Bow
    Bow, London

    Bow is an area of East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a built-up, mostly residential district located east of Charing Cross, and is a part of the East End of London....
  • Hackney Wick
    Hackney Wick

    Hackney Wick is an area in the London Borough of Hackney in East London, England. It is an inner-city development situated north east of Charing Cross....
  • Homerton
    Homerton

    Homerton is a place in the London Borough of Hackney. It is bordered to the west by Hackney Central, to the north by Lower Clapton, in the east by Hackney Wick, Leyton and by South Hackney to the south....


Notable people associated with Stratford

  • Jim Barrett
    Jim Barrett, Sr.

    James William Barrett was an English Football who played for West Ham United F.C..Born in Stratford, London, Barrett began playing football at the city's Park School, London, after moving from Abbey School because it lacked a team....
    , footballer
    Footballer

    A footballer is a person who plays in various games known as "football" – especially association football, although the term is also used to refer to participants in Australian rules football, Gaelic football and Rugby football in some regions....
  • Tony Banks, Labour Party
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
     politician
  • Crazy Titch
    Crazy Titch

    Crazy Titch , is a United Kingdom Grime MC from Stratford, London, East London, England currently serving a life sentence for the murder of Richard Holmes in Chingford....
    , rapper
  • Stan Earle
    Stan Earle

    Stanley Earle was an England football er who played as a Striker.Earle played with Vivian Gibbins at Clapton F.C., where he won the FA Amateur Cup in 1924, before joining West Ham United F.C.....
    , footballer
  • Bryan Forbes
    Bryan Forbes

    Bryan Forbes, Order of the British Empire is an England film director, actor and writer....
    , actor
    Actor

    An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
    , screenwriter
    Screenwriter

    Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
    , film producer
    Film producer

    A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
  • Ernie Gregory
    Ernie Gregory

    Ernie Gregory is an England former Football , who played as a Goalkeeper for West Ham United F.C..Gregory played for West Ham Boys, and was noticed by Charlie Paynter during an English Trophy Final against Preston North End F.C....
    , footballer
  • Peter Grotier
    Peter Grotier

    Peter Grotier , an England former Football who played as a Goalkeeper .He played for West Ham United F.C. between 1969 and 1974, mostly as understudy to Bobby Ferguson....
    , footballer
  • Walter Hancock
    Walter Hancock

    Walter Hancock was an England inventor of the Victorian era period. He is chiefly remembered for his steam powered road vehicles, but also received a patent for preparing and cutting indiarubber into sheets....
    , inventor
    Inventor

    An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method, form, device or other useful means. The word inventor comes form the latin verb invenire, invent-, to find....
  • Luke Howard
    Luke Howard

    Luke Howard was a United Kingdom manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science. His lasting contribution to science is a Clouds#Cloud Classification, which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society....
    , meteorologist
  • Gerard Manley Hopkins
    Gerard Manley Hopkins

    Gerard Manley Hopkins , was an England poet, Roman Catholicism convert, and Society of Jesus priest, whose 20th-century fame established him posthumously among the leading Victorian poets....
    , poet
    Poet

    A poet is a person who writes poetry....
  • Anna Kingsford
    Anna Kingsford

    Anna Kingsford, n?e Bonus , was one of the first English women, after Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, to obtain a degree in medicine.Kingsford became known as an anti-Animal testing campaigner, and an advocate of women's rights and vegetarianism....
    , theosophist & author
  • Nina Frances Layard
    Nina Frances Layard

    Nina Frances Layard was an England poetess, prehistorian, archaeologist and antiquary who made many important discoveries, and by winning the respect of contemporary academics helped to establish a role for women in her field of expertise....
    , archaeologist and poet
  • Joan Littlewood
    Joan Littlewood

    Joan Maud Littlewood was a British theatre director, noted for her work in developing the left-wing Theatre Workshop. She is regarded as "The Mother of Modern Theatre"....
    , director of the Theatre Workshop
    Theatre Workshop

    Theatre Workshop is a theatre group noted for their director, Joan Littlewood. Many actors of the 1950s and 1960s received their training and first exposure with the company....
     at the Theatre Royal
    Theatre Royal Stratford East

    The Theatre Royal Stratford East is a theatre in Stratford, London in the London Borough of Newham. Since 1953, it has been the home of the Theatre Workshop company....
  • Dawn Neesom
    Dawn Neesom

    Dawn Neesom is a United Kingdom journalist. She is the current editor of the Daily Star newspaper, having been promoted to the post in December 2003....
    , journalist
    Journalist

    A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
  • David Webb
    David Webb (footballer)

    David James Webb is an England former professional football and football manager. David has a son, Daniel Webb, who is also a professional footballer and currently plays for AFC Wimbledon....
    , footballer
  • Molly Cutpurse
    Molly Cutpurse

    Molly Cutpurse is an England transgender author. She was born in Stratford, London in the East End of London in September 1952 and raised in nearby Leyton....
    , transgender
    Transgender

    Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally held by society....
    ed author
  • Matt Johnson
    Matt Johnson (singer)

    Matt Johnson is the founder and only constant member of the multimedia band , The The.Matt Johnson / The The rose out of the post-punk industrial music scene of late 1970s Great Britain....
    , singer songwriter
  • Christine Ohuruogu
    Christine Ohuruogu

    Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu Order of the British Empire is an England Sprint who specialises in the 400 metres - the event for which she is the current Commonwealth Games, IAAF World Championships in Athletics and Summer Olympic Games Champion....
    , Olympic gold-medal winning sprinter

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