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…of a man called Locc) was in the posses­sion of Barking Abbey and in 1319 the Abbess of Barking was licensed to fell oaks in…

Becontree, Barking & Dagenham ‘The world’s greatest public housing project’ at its inception, Becontree is a gargan­tuan council estate covering four square miles of former…

…Ilford and Barking – has the greatest number of residents of Pakistani birth or descent. Neigh­bouring Clementswood ward comes next. After those come three wards…

Dagenham Dock, Barking & Dagenham Formerly an indus­trial and bulk storage district built on Dagenham Marshes, now evolving into a mixed-use area The old docks…

…(in 2014 to 2016). Never­the­less, forecast popu­la­tion increases such as Tower Hamlets’ 20 per cent and Barking and Dagenham’s 18 per cent are still explosive…

Rush Green, Barking & Dagenham/Havering A predom­i­nantly white working-class neigh­bour­hood situated south-west of Romford The hamlet, with its green where the rushes grew, was first…

…1968, providing the only inter­me­diate inter­change on the Gospel Oak to Barking line. A new set of surface buildings was constructed for its station, adorned…

…Valen­tines Park (Former) Cranbrook pub sign The first official mention of the manor of Cranbrook was in Barking Abbey records of 1347. At the northern end…

…Hainault’s name comes from the Old English higna holt, meaning a ‘wood belonging to a monastic community’, in this case the Abbey of Barking. It…

…newly created Gospel Oak to Barking service, now part of the London Over­ground network. Halfway up Crouch Hill the road crosses the Parkland Walk, which…