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The four maps in the Urban Development section were out of sequence (1899 & 1920), because they are incorrectly labelled. I've corrected the sequence and titles, but I'm unable to change the file information. It would be helpful if someone could do that. IsarSteve ( talk) 19:02, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
Until 1965 Beckton was part of Essex and had been historically divided between the parishes of Barking, East Ham, West Ham and Woolwich.
Loads of problems with this sentence. Firstly no part of Woolwich (north or south) was in Essex. It was in Kent until 1889 and the County of London until 1965. No part of Beckton was in the County Borough of West Ham. The boundary between East Ham and West Ham was Green Street/Boundary road. Beckton just doesn't stretch that far. I'd also suggest it does not go as far as North Woolwich either. Do you have a source for this? MRSC 12:42, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Becton (particularly Learoyd Gardens) was featured in the Barney Platts-Mills film Bronco Bullfrog. The area also featured regularly in Dixon of Dock Green et al as it was deemed good representationally of the tough districts of London. The tv show "It's a Mad World" also filmed on the toxic Becton "Alps" long before it was decontaminated - I can only think what the cast (Michael Bentine etc) and crew caught.
Just to clarify my recent edit, the Alps definitely had this name long before the landscaping or the ski slope. I don't when the name was first used, but it was definitely in use in 1973 when I took the photo here. Pterre 16:42, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
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If you are interested in which parts of Beckton are within each parish this tool is useful. The boundaries run right through both the sewage and gas works. MRSC ( talk) 15:22, 26 December 2022 (UTC)