In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Plaistow like this:
PLAISTOW, a chapelry in Bromley parish, Kent; 1½mile N of Bromley r. station. It was constituted in 1863; and its post town is Bromley, under London S E. Pop., about 2,000. P. Lodge is the seat of R. Boyd, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, not reported. Patron, the Rev. R. Graham. The church, to the extent of the nave, was built in 1864, at a cost of £2, 600; was designed to becruciform; and is in the decorated English style.
Plaistow through time
Plaistow is now part of Bromley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bromley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Plaistow itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Plaistow, in Bromley and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23365
Date accessed: 30th October 2024
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