'Ham' means dry land in a river bend or between rivers.
The land here lies between the Thames, the Lea and the Roding. It was recorded about a century before the Normans as Hamme, and was split into East Ham and West Ham in Anglo-Saxon times.
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Sources
- East Ham Wikipedia
- East Ham tube station Wikipedia
- How the District line stations got their names Londonist
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