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 | | On Wednesday 24th September, the Beckton Community Forum and the LONDON EAST Research Institute based at the University of East London (UEL) are teaming up to launch a new society, the Beckton Local History Group. |
 | | Beckton was effectively created in 1870, when the Gas Light and Coke Company bought 100 acres of marsh land from the Ironmongers Company - a snip at £50,000, possibly because the Company Clerk, Mr S.A. Beck, was the father of the Governor of the gasworks. |
 | | Beckton has continued to develop, and is now also home to Newham City Farm, Richard House Children's Hospice, and the Docklands Campus of the University of East London. |
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