East Ham Hall (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Estham

In the civil parish of Newham.
In the historic county of Essex.
Modern Authority of London Borough of Newham.
1974 county of Greater London.
Medieval County of Essex.

OS Map Grid Reference: TQ42968249
Latitude 51.52305° Longitude 0.05910°

East Ham Hall has been described as a Fortified Manor House but is rejected as such.

There are no visible remains.

Description

A licence to crenellate was granted to Walter Huwet for 'Estham' in 1369. This has been identified as the manor house at East Ham which was later used as a farmhouse and was demolished in 1899. In fact the Eastham licenced was in Worcestershire.

East Ham Hall stood on what was probably an ancient site, but nothing is known of its early history. There is no evidence that it was ever more than a farm-house. It was rebuilt, probably in the earlier 19th century, as a small plain building of two storeys with a frontage of three bays. It was demolished in 1931 or 1932. (VCH)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 408185.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 061796/00/00.

Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 2 East Anglia, Central England and Wales (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 166 (Shown on map of fortified houses of East Anglia) (incorrectly attributed with licence to crenellate)
  Powell, W.R., 1973, VCH Essex Vol. 6 p. 9-10 online transcription
  Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 299, 417 (licence to crenellate only) online copy

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