'Ham' means dry land in a river bend or between rivers.
Here the land lies between the Thames, the Lea and the Roding. It was split into East Ham and West Ham in Anglo-Saxon times. The football club West Ham United took its name from the area.
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Sources
- West Ham Wikipedia
- West Ham station Wikipedia
- How the District line stations got their names Londonist
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