Talk:Beckton

Urban Development Maps Incorrectly Labelled
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)

Local government history
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)


 * East Ham UD map, Barking UD map, West Ham MB map These maps definitely show no part of Beckton in West Ham. However, Woolwich MetB map shows some was in Kent/County of London. Odd thing is that ABCounties do not recognise Beckton or North Woolwich as having any link to Kent. MRSC 13:04, 21 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Beckton as officially defined does include part of the former County Borough of West Ham. The source is the Beckton District Plan published 1984; Beckton was defined in the plan as extending south of the A13 between Prince Regent Lane and Barking Creek, as far as the Dock walls of the Royal Albert and Royal Victoria Dock. Everything west of Stansfeld Road was originally part of West Ham. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.194.86.1 (talk • contribs).


 * Thanks for that. MRSC 22:00, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Becton
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.

Beckton Alps
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)
 * As a child, I played amongst the contaminated slag heaps and tips, from well before then. It tended to be known locally as the Dumps. The Alps epithet seems to have come about at the beginning of the 70s as an example of local irony. I doubt if the change can be documented. Thankfully, most of the area had acquired a thick growth of grass and weeds, so hopefully I won't discover the health consequences of the area! The day before I left for university in 1973 I walked through the gasworks, climbing the coal chutes from the landing stage, and following the process down to the ovens. Eventually, the natural gas people kicked me out. Kbthompson 17:04, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

"Beckton Riverside" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Beckton Riverside and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 February 4 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. CapnZapp (talk) 12:43, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Parish split
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)