Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Stratford within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Stratford.-- town (ry. stations Stratford and Stratford Market), West Ham par., Essex, 3½ m. NE. of Liverpool Street sta., London, and within the parl. limits of West Ham, pop. 36,455. Stratford is situated on the navigable river Lea (here crossed by a bridge leading to Bow), and on the fork of the railway which proceeds in two lines to Cambridge and Colchester. It has remains of a Cistercian abbey founded in 1135, a fine town hall (1868), extensive works in connection with the Great Eastern Railway, chemical works, and other industrial establishments.