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Maryland, London

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History
Notable people associated with Maryland
Transport
Education
References

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Maryland or Maryland Point is a neighbourhood in Stratford in east London, England. It is in the London Borough of Newham. The area borders Leytonstone to the north, Stratford New Town to the west and Forest Gate to the east, with the centre of Stratford proper to the south-west.

History

Maryland's earliest known recorded appearance is on a map of Essex published by J. Oliver in 1696, where it is marked as 'Maryland Point'.^[1] The name originated with a rich local merchant who bought land and built in the area having returned from the American colony of Maryland (itself named for Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I). London's Maryland is therefore an unusual example of a place in Britain named after an American location, rather than vice versa.

Various attempts have been made to identify the merchant. The most likely candidate seems to be Richard Lee^[2] (1617-1664, great-great-grandfather of Confederate General Robert E. Lee), who emigrated to Virginia around 1640. His estate there included land on the Maryland side of the Potomac River, near a place known as Maryland Point (later to be the site of the Maryland Point Light). On returning to England in 1658, Lee bought land in Stratford, and in 1662 was recorded as owning a large house there.

Notable people associated with Maryland

Charles Edmund Clutterbuck, stained glass artist
Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836), children's writer
Anna Kingsford, anti-vivisectionist, theosophist, suffragette and campaigner for women's rights, née Bonus, born Maryland Point 1846
Tempa T, Grime artist and creator of underground hit "Next Hype"

Transport

Maryland Station is served by trains operated by TfL Rail, with a frequency of 10 minutes in each direction. Trains towards central London stop at Stratford before terminating at Liverpool Street station, with a journey time of 10 minutes. To the East, trains run a stopping service terminating at Shenfield. Maryland Station will be served by Crossrail trains when that project is completed.
Maryland is served by bus routes 69 (24hr), 257, 308, and night bus N8.

Education

For details of education in Maryland see the List of schools in the London Borough of Newham

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol6/pp43-50 |title='West Ham: Introduction', in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 |editor-last=Powell |editor-first=W. R. |date=1973 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |publisher=University of London |access-date=29 October 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=https://archive.is/20070823025929/http://www.leearchive.info/american.html |title=The Lees of Virginia: An American Legacy |author= |date= |website=archive.is |publisher=Lee Family Digital Archive |access-date=29 October 2018 }}

3 : Areas of London|Districts of the London Borough of Newham|Stratford, London

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