What was there before the Olympic Park?

It was simply called The Olympic Park during the Games but was later renamed to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II (though it is not an official Royal Park of London). The park occupies an area straddling four east London boroughs; Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest.

When was Newham formed?

April 1, 1965
London Borough of Newham/Founded

What was East Village before the Olympics?

The area was formerly contaminated waste land and industrial buildings to the north of Stratford town centre.

When did Newham become a borough?

1965
Newham was established in 1965 by amalgamation of North Woolwich, a small part of Barking, and the county boroughs of East Ham and West Ham.

What was Stratford before the Olympics?

The history of Stratford’s regeneration starts half a century before the 2012 Olympics, in the 1960s, when homes were built to replace the pre-fab housing that stood on stretches of land that had been left as literal bombsites since the 40s. The plan worked — today, Stratford is known as ‘the capital of the East’.

Where does the name Newham come from?

English: habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Northumbria and North Yorkshire, so named from Old English neowe ‘new’ + ham ‘homestead’.

When was East Village built Northeastern?

Construction on East Village began in August 2012, and a special ceremony attended by then Mayor Thomas Menino was held in October 2013 to celebrate the placement of the structure’s final beam.

Is West Ham West Hampstead?

West Ham is a district in East London, located 6.1 mi (9.8 km) east of Charing Cross in the west of the modern London Borough of Newham….