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In the mid-19th century the West Ham Local Board of Health had met at Rokeby House in Broadway. [2] [3] Following a rapid growth in the local population caused by industrial expansion, [4] civic leaders decided to procure purpose-built council offices: the site chosen for the new building was a plot of open land on the corner of Broadway and West Ham Lane.
Stratford City Hall is the city hall of Stratford, Ontario, and a National Historic Site of Canada. It sits amidst the city's business district , on a triangular town square . The original town hall was built in 1856 and incorporated space for market stalls and other stores, in addition to providing space for a concert hall, police station ...
Having secured the town, Brooke returned to Warwick. In one notable incident in February 1643, Stratford's Market Hall, at the site of the current Town Hall, was destroyed after three barrels of gunpowder which were being stored there blew up. From March 1644, until part of the following year, Stratford appears to have been continuously ...
Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall is a municipal building in Sheep Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1] History.
Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.It is situated on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River.The town is part of the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, and the Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Stratford formed the centre of administration of the county borough and was the location of the town hall. Following reform of local government in London in 1965, West Ham was reunited with East Ham ( Ham is believed to have formed a single unit until the late 12th century) and small areas of neighbouring districts, to form the London Borough ...
Stratford is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census , the borough's population was 6,981, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] a decrease of 59 (−0.8%) from the 2010 census count of 7,040, [ 19 ] [ 20 ] which in turn reflected a decline of 231 (−3.2%) from the 7,271 counted in the 2000 census . [ 21 ]
The area was settled by Europeans in 1832, and the town and river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Stratford was incorporated as a town in 1859 and as a city in 1886. [6] The first mayor was John Corry Wilson Daly. The swan has become a symbol of the city. Each year, twenty-four white swans are released into the Avon River.