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{{infobox UK place|
| country = England
| map_type = Greater London
| region = London
| population = 15,122
| population_ref = (2011 Census. Plaistow and Sundridge Ward)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688632&c=Plaistow+and+Sundridge&d=14&e=62&g=6321215&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1476178580172&enc=1|title=Bromley Ward population 2011|accessdateaccess-date=11 October 2016| publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
| official_name = Plaistow, Bromley
| postcode_area = BR
| postcode_district = BR1
| london_borough = Bromley
| os_grid_reference =
| coordinates = {{coord| 51.413369| 0.015561|display=inline,title}}
| latitude = 51.414920
| longitude = -0.014967
}}
'''Plaistow''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|l|ɑː|s|t|oʊ}} {{Respell|PLAHST|oh}}, {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|l|æ|s|t|oʊ}} {{Respell|PLAST|oh}}, or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|l|eɪ|s|t|oʊ}} {{Respell|PLAYST|oh}})<ref>Wells, J. C. (2008). ''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary'', 3rd edn, Harlow, UK: Longman</ref><ref>Daniel Jones, Peter Roach, et al. (2011). ''Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary'', 18th edn, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press</ref><ref>Martha Figueroa-Clark,[httphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2007/04/how_to_say_plaistow.shtml "BBC - Magazine Monitor: How to Say: Plaistow"], ''BBC'', 16 October 2009. Retrieved 2015-11-21.</ref>) is aan area of south-east [[London]] localitylocated in the [[London Borough of Bromley]] and, bordereduntil by1965, in the [[LondonHistoric Boroughcounties of LewishamEngland|historic county]] toof the north[[Kent]]. It is withinlocated thesouth of [[BromleyDownham, London|Downham]] postand town[[Grove Park, Lewisham|Grove Park]] and thenorth of [[BRSundridge postcodePark]] areaand [[Bromley]]. TheNowadays Plaistow overlaps somewhat with Sundridge, for example the main roadSundridge inPark shopping parade by the station sits directly east of Plaistow Green, iswith business and facilities in the area using the two names interchangeably. Plaistow now refers especially to the area north of Sundridge Park station along Burnt Ash Lane, part of the [[A2212 road]] which runs north to south between [[Grove Park, Lewisham|Grove Park]] and [[Bromley]].
 
==History==
Plaistow was still countryside in the 1860s, when Bromley was still part of the county of [[Kent]]. Housing development began after the arrival of the railway. [[St Mary’s Church, Bromley|St Mary’s Church]] was consecrated in 1863 and enlarged three times between 1881 and 1900. The churchyard closed for burials in 1893 when Plaistow Cemetery opened.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=BRO078 | title=London Gardens Online, St Mary's Churchyard, Plaistow | publisher=London Parks and Gardens Trust | accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Plaistow Cemetery & Library.jpg|thumb|left|Entrance gate to Plaistow Cemetery, built by WR Mallett in 1893,<ref>{{cite web |title=Plaistow Cemetery |url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/plaistow-cemetery |website=Parks & Gardens |access-date=31 August 2020}}</ref> with Burnt Ash Library to the left]]
The area is first mentioned in 1278, and is thought to refer to games that were played here.<ref name="Willey">{{cite book |last1=Willey |first1=Russ |title=The London Gazzetteer |date=2006 |publisher=Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd |pages=388–9}}</ref> Much of the area was purchased by the banker [[Peter Thellusson]] in 1777, and he built Plaistow Lodge here as his home (now converted into Parish Church of England Primary School and listed at grade II*).<ref name="Willey"/><ref>{{NHLE|num= 1055761|desc=QUERNMORE SECONDARY SCHOOL|accessdate=30 August 2020}}</ref> An iron church was later built besides the lodge in 1875.<ref name="Willey"/> Housing development by the People's Freehold Land Society began after the arrival of the [[Sundridge Park station|railway]] in 1878 (later rebuilt in 1896).<ref name="Willey"/> [[St Mary's Church, Bromley|St Mary's Church]] was consecrated in 1863 and enlarged three times between 1881 and 1900.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} The churchyard closed for burials in 1893 when Plaistow Cemetery opened.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=BRO078 | title=London Gardens Online, St Mary's Churchyard, Plaistow | publisher=London Parks and Gardens Trust | access-date=18 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="Willey"/> In 1926 a wall was built along Valeswood Road after complaints by local residents that 'vulgar' working class persons from the Downham estate were cutting through the area on their way to Bromley town centre.<ref name="Willey"/> The wall remained in place for roughly 10 years.<ref name="Willey"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Nelson |first1=Michael |title=Gated Communities: Class Walls |url=https://www.historytoday.com/archive/gated-communities-class-walls#:~:text=On%20February%2016th%2C%201926%20Albert,cut%20to%20Bromley%20town%20centre. |publisher=History Today |access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref>
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Plaistow_Green.jpg|Plaistow Green
File:Prince_Frederick_pub,_Nichol_Lane.jpg|The Prince Frederick pub, Nichol Lane
File:King's_Meadow,_Plaistow.jpg|King's Meadow
File:St_Andrew's_church,_Plaistow.jpg|St Andrew's Church, Burnt Ash Lane, built in 1929 by [[Sir Charles Nicholson, 2nd Baronet|Sir Charles Nicholson]]<ref>{{cite web |title=St Andrew, Burnt Ash Lane, Bromley |url=https://londonchurchbuildings.com/2017/03/05/st-andrew-burnt-ash-lane-bromley/ |website=London Church Buildings |date=5 March 2017 |access-date=31 August 2020}}</ref>
File:Burnt_Ash_Lane_shops.jpg|Shops along Burnt Ash Lane
</gallery>
 
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