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<span>Media</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Sport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dagenham_Flat_Fire" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dagenham_Flat_Fire"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Dagenham Flat Fire</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dagenham_Flat_Fire-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> 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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%82%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85" title="دقنهام – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دقنهام" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Dagenham" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Dagenham" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Dagenham" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Dagenham" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Dagenham" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DA%AF%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85" title="دگنهام – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دگنهام" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Dagenham" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Dagenham" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%EA%B1%B0%EB%84%98" title="대거넘 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="대거넘" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE" title="डेगनहम – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="डेगनहम" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dagenham" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Dagenham" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85" title="داجنهام – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="داجنهام" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Dagenham" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE" title="डेगनहम – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="डेगनहम" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%82%B2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%A0" title="ダゲナム – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ダゲナム" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Dagenham" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Dagenham" 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0.1422</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Dagenham</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is a town in <a href="/wiki/East_London" title="East London">East London</a>, England, within the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Barking_and_Dagenham" title="London Borough of Barking and Dagenham">London Borough of Barking and Dagenham</a>. Dagenham is centred <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">11<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> miles (19 kilometres) east of <a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross" title="Charing Cross">Charing Cross</a>. </p><p>It was historically a rural parish in the <a href="/wiki/Becontree_Hundred" title="Becontree Hundred">Becontree Hundred</a> of <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>, stretching from <a href="/wiki/Hainault_Forest" title="Hainault Forest">Hainault Forest</a> in the north to the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> in the south. Dagenham remained mostly undeveloped until 1921, when the <a href="/wiki/London_County_Council" title="London County Council">London County Council</a> began construction of the large <a href="/wiki/Becontree" title="Becontree">Becontree</a> housing estate. The population significantly increased as people moved to the new housing in the early 20th century, with the parish of Dagenham becoming Dagenham Urban District in 1926 and the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Dagenham" title="Municipal Borough of Dagenham">Municipal Borough of Dagenham</a> in 1938. In 1965 Dagenham became part of <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a> when most of the historic parish become part of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. </p><p>Dagenham was chosen as a location for industrial activity and is perhaps most famous for being the location of the <a href="/wiki/Ford_Dagenham" title="Ford Dagenham">Ford Dagenham</a> motor car plant where the <a href="/wiki/Ford_sewing_machinists_strike_of_1968" title="Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968">Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968</a> took place. Following the decline of industry, the southern part of Dagenham adjacent to the River Thames forms part of the <a href="/wiki/London_Riverside" title="London Riverside">London Riverside</a> section of the <a href="/wiki/Thames_Gateway" title="Thames Gateway">Thames Gateway</a> redevelopment area, with a new district of <a href="/wiki/Beam_Park" title="Beam Park">Beam Park</a> under construction on the former site of Ford Dagenham.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:10px;"> <caption><b>Dagenham (parish) population</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center;">1881 </th> <td style="text-align:center;">3,411 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;">1891 </th> <td style="text-align:center;">4,324 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;">1901 </th> <td style="text-align:center;">6,091 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;">1911 </th> <td style="text-align:center;">7,930 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;">1921 </th> <td style="text-align:center;">9,127 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;">1931 </th> <td style="text-align:center;">89,362 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;">1941 </th> <td style="text-align:center;"># </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;">1951 </th> <td style="text-align:center;">114,568 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;">1961 </th> <td style="text-align:center;">108,368 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller" colspan="2"># no census was held due to war </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;">source: UK census </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toponymy">Toponymy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Toponymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dagenham first appeared in a document (as <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">Dæccanhaam</i></span>) in a charter of <a href="/wiki/Barking_Abbey" title="Barking Abbey">Barking Abbey</a> dating from 666 AD (though alternative 7th century dates have been suggested for the charter). The name almost certainly originated with a small farmstead, the "ham" or farm of a man called Daecca, as <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">Dæccan hamm</i></span> in <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> means <i>home of a man called Dæcca</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-mills29_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mills29-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The charter was made to reflect a transfer of land from Aethelred, kinsman of <a href="/wiki/Saebbi_of_Essex" class="mw-redirect" title="Saebbi of Essex">King Saebbi of Essex</a>, to Barking Abbey.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manor_of_Barking">Manor of Barking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Manor of Barking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dagenham has been historically defined by its <a href="/wiki/Civil_Parish#Ancient_parishes" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Parish">ancient parish</a> boundaries. The parish of Dagenham was formed in the medieval period from part of the huge manor of Barking, which was owned by the Nunnery of <a href="/wiki/Barking_Abbey" title="Barking Abbey">Barking Abbey</a>. The Barking manor also included <a href="/wiki/Barking,_London" title="Barking, London">Barking</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ilford" title="Ilford">Great Ilford</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which reversed the usual situation where a parish would be divided into one or more manors. As with other manors, the area held declined over time, and Barking Abbey was dissolved in 1539. The parish boundaries remained constant and were used to define Dagenham right up until the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Dagenham" title="Municipal Borough of Dagenham">Municipal Borough of Dagenham</a> was abolished in 1965. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-urban_landscape">Pre-urban landscape</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pre-urban landscape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like most Essex <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">Thames-side</a> parishes, Dagenham was laid out on a N-S axis to give it a share of the marshes by the river, the agricultural land in the centre and the woods and commons on the poorer soils on the high ground in the north. Dagenham included a significant part of the now mostly lost <a href="/wiki/Hainault_Forest" title="Hainault Forest">Hainault Forest</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dagenham_Breach">Dagenham Breach</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Dagenham Breach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Embanking_of_the_tidal_Thames#Stopping_Dagenham_Breach" title="Embanking of the tidal Thames">Embanking of the tidal Thames § Stopping Dagenham Breach</a></div> <p>South of Dagenham was a low-lying area including the Dagenham levels and Dagenham Marsh, these having been subject to periodic flooding from the Thames, and flood banks were built to protect the farmland, culminating in defences and a flood gate on the River Beam being built in the 17th century by Dutch engineers.<sup id="cite_ref-Neale_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Neale-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1707 an exceptionally high tide swept away fourteen feet of embankment and flooded over 1,000 acres of land, the description given by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Defoe" title="Daniel Defoe">Daniel Defoe</a> when he visited eight years later giving the area inundated as being 5000 acres is today considered an exaggeration.<sup id="cite_ref-Neale_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Neale-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "Dagenham Breach" widened over time to a width of 400 feet, allowing the Thames to strip the top layer of marsh clay from the flood plain and deposited it as a mud bank in the Thames where it became a danger to shipping. Despite various remedies, the breach was not securely filled and a further flood occurred in 1718 after which, under an act of parliament, over £40,000 of public money was spent on successfully closing the breach<sup id="cite_ref-Neale_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Neale-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> roughly at the location of Dagenham Dock. The closure of the gap left behind a large lake, also known as "Dagenham Breach" which became a popular spot for anglers. The lake is still there but much of it has silted up or been filled in and is now surrounded by industry,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but parts can still be identified as the lakes to the north of Ford's plant and also where Breach Lane follows the now lost western outline of the lake. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Whitebait_Dinners">Whitebait Dinners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Whitebait Dinners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dagenham was formerly home to the famous annual whitebait feast. The custom appears to have been started by the King's Commissioner of Works to celebrate the closure of the breach in the seawall around 1714–20, and was held every subsequent spring, on or around <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Sunday" title="Trinity Sunday">Trinity Sunday</a>. </p><p>Many years later, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Preston,_6th_Baronet" title="Sir Robert Preston, 6th Baronet">Sir Robert Preston MP</a>, invited his friend <a href="/wiki/George_Rose_(politician)" title="George Rose (politician)">George Rose</a> the Secretary of the Treasury and others to celebrate the feast, and on another occasion Rose invited the Prime Minister, <a href="/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger" title="William Pitt the Younger">William Pitt</a>. Thereafter it became an obligatory ritual of government for the entire cabinet to come to Dagenham and celebrate the security of the Thames and over time this simple but hearty meal based on Whitebait and local Essex Ale grew more lavish, including turtle, grouse, champagne and a range of other luxury food and drink. Eventually the cabinet tired of the long trip to Dagenham and moved the event to <a href="/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich">Greenwich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_development">Economic development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economic development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1931 the <a href="/wiki/Ford_of_Britain" title="Ford of Britain">Ford Motor Company</a> relocated from <a href="/wiki/Trafford_Park" title="Trafford Park">Trafford Park</a> in Manchester, to a larger new <a href="/wiki/Ford_Dagenham" title="Ford Dagenham">plant in Dagenham</a>, which was already the location of supplier Briggs Motorway Bodies. A 500-acre (200 ha) riverside site was developed to become Europe's largest car plant, a vast <a href="/wiki/Vertical_integration" title="Vertical integration">vertically integrated</a> site with its own <a href="/wiki/Blast_furnace" title="Blast furnace">blast furnaces</a> and power station, importing iron ore and exporting finished vehicles. By the 1950s Ford had taken over Briggs at Dagenham and its other sites at <a href="/wiki/Doncaster" title="Doncaster">Doncaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Croydon" title="Croydon">Croydon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Romford" title="Romford">Romford</a>. At its peak the Dagenham plant had 4,000,000 square feet (370,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of floor space and employed over 40,000 people, although this number gradually fell during the final three decades of the 20th century as production methods advanced and Ford invested in other European factories as well. Some of Britain's best selling cars, including the <a href="/wiki/Ford_Fiesta" title="Ford Fiesta">Fiesta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ford_Escort_(North_America)" title="Ford Escort (North America)">Escort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ford_Cortina" title="Ford Cortina">Cortina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ford_Sierra" title="Ford Sierra">Sierra</a>, were produced at the plant over the next 71 years.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 February 2002, full production was discontinued due to overcapacity in Europe and the relative difficulty of upgrading the ageing site compared with mostly newer European production facilities such as <a href="/wiki/Almussafes" title="Almussafes">Almussafes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Valencia_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Valencia (province)">Valencia</a>, Spain) and <a href="/wiki/Cologne" title="Cologne">Cologne</a>. Other factors leading to the closure of the Auto-assembly line were the need of the site for the new Diesel Centre of Excellence, which produces half of Ford's Diesel Engines worldwide, and the UK employment laws when compared to Spanish, German and Belgian laws. </p><p>In 2005 Cummins went into a joint venture and offered $15 million (US) to reinstate the factory. Ford and Cummins offered a good redundancy package, billed as one of the best in UK manufacturing. It is the location of the <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_wind_turbines" title="Dagenham wind turbines">Dagenham wind turbines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gla_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gla-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some 4,000 people now work at the Ford plant.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The movie <i><a href="/wiki/Made_in_Dagenham" title="Made in Dagenham">Made in Dagenham</a></i> (2010) is a dramatisation of the <a href="/wiki/1968_Ford_sewing_machinists_strike" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 Ford sewing machinists strike">1968 Ford sewing machinists strike</a> at the plant, when female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination and unequal pay. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sterling_Armaments_Company" title="Sterling Armaments Company">Sterling</a>, who manufactured British Army weapons and Jaguar car parts, were also based in Dagenham until they went bankrupt in 1988. </p><p>Other industrial names once known worldwide were <a href="/wiki/British_Ever_Ready_Electrical_Company" title="British Ever Ready Electrical Company">Ever Ready</a>, whose batteries could be found in shops throughout the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asian_Paints" title="Asian Paints">Bergers Paint</a> and the chemical firm of <a href="/wiki/May_%26_Baker" title="May & Baker">May & Baker</a> who in 1935 revolutionized the production of <a href="/wiki/Antibiotics" class="mw-redirect" title="Antibiotics">antibiotics</a> with their synthetic sulfa-drug known as <a href="/wiki/Sulfapyridine" title="Sulfapyridine">M&B 693</a>. The May & Baker plant, owned and run by <a href="/wiki/Sanofi-Aventis" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanofi-Aventis">Sanofi-Aventis</a>, occupied a 108-acre site in Rainham Road South, near <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_East_tube_station" title="Dagenham East tube station">Dagenham East Underground station</a>. It was abandoned in 2013 when the company closed it. BeFirst, a company working on behalf of the council, began to redevelop the site for commercial opportunities. It is now the <a href="/wiki/London_East_Business_and_Technical_Park" title="London East Business and Technical Park">London East Business and Technical Park</a>. NTT have their London1 data centre on this site, and the Eastbrook Studios is currently under construction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dagenham was an ancient, and later civil, parish in the <a href="/wiki/Becontree_Hundred" title="Becontree Hundred">Becontree hundred</a> of <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_District" title="Metropolitan Police District">Metropolitan Police District</a> was extended in 1840 to include Dagenham. The parish formed part of the <a href="/wiki/Romford_Rural_District" title="Romford Rural District">Romford Rural District</a> from 1894.<sup id="cite_ref-parish_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parish-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dagenham Parish Council offices were located on Bull Street. </p><p>The expansion of the Greater London conurbation into the area caused the review of local government structures, and it was suggested in 1920 that the Dagenham parish should be abolished and its area divided between <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Ilford" title="Municipal Borough of Ilford">Ilford Urban District</a> and <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Barking" title="Municipal Borough of Barking">Barking Town Urban District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-barking_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barking-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Separately, the London County Council proposed that its area of responsibility should be expanded beyond the <a href="/wiki/County_of_London" title="County of London">County of London</a> to cover the area.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, in 1926 the Dagenham parish was removed from the Romford Rural District and designated as an <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)">urban district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-parish_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parish-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1938, in further recognition of its development, Dagenham became a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal borough</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1965 the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Dagenham" title="Municipal Borough of Dagenham">Municipal Borough of Dagenham</a> was abolished and its former area became part of the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Barking_and_Dagenham" title="London Borough of Barking and Dagenham">London Borough of Barking</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was renamed Barking and Dagenham in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For elections to the Greater London Council, Dagenham was part of the <a href="/wiki/Barking_(electoral_division)" title="Barking (electoral division)">Barking</a> electoral division until 1973 and then the <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_(electoral_division)" title="Dagenham (electoral division)">Dagenham</a> electoral division until 1986. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Market_gardens_to_suburban_estate">Market gardens to suburban estate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Market gardens to suburban estate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dagenham_village.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Dagenham_village.jpg/220px-Dagenham_village.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Dagenham_village.jpg/330px-Dagenham_village.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Dagenham_village.jpg/440px-Dagenham_village.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/St_Peter_and_St_Paul,_Dagenham" title="St Peter and St Paul, Dagenham">church of St Peter and St Paul</a> formed the heart of the former village</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1205 Dagenham was large enough to have a chaplain, and the <a href="/wiki/St_Peter_and_St_Paul%27s_Church,_Dagenham" class="mw-redirect" title="St Peter and St Paul's Church, Dagenham">Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul</a> was probably built at around that time.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1854, the <a href="/wiki/London,_Tilbury_and_Southend_Railway" title="London, Tilbury and Southend Railway">London, Tilbury and Southend Railway</a> was built through the south of Dagenham, near the River Thames. In 1885 a new direct route from Barking to Pitsea, via Upminster, was built with <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_East_tube_station" title="Dagenham East tube station">Dagenham</a> station opened just north of the village. <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_Dock_railway_station" title="Dagenham Dock railway station">Dagenham Dock</a> station opened on the original southern route in 1908. Dagenham was still an undeveloped village, when building of the vast <a href="/wiki/Becontree" title="Becontree">Becontree</a> estate by the <a href="/wiki/London_County_Council" title="London County Council">London County Council</a> began in the early 1920s.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building of the enormous council estate, which also spread into the neighbouring parishes of <a href="/wiki/Ilford" title="Ilford">Ilford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barking,_London" title="Barking, London">Barking</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-barking_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barking-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> caused a rapid increase in population.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1932 the electrified <a href="/wiki/District_line" title="District line">District line</a> of the <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a> was extended to <a href="/wiki/Upminster" title="Upminster">Upminster</a> through Dagenham with stations opened as <i>Dagenham</i> and <i>Heathway</i> and today called <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_East_tube_station" title="Dagenham East tube station">Dagenham East</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_Heathway_tube_station" title="Dagenham Heathway tube station">Dagenham Heathway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dagenham East was the location of the <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_East_rail_crash" title="Dagenham East rail crash">Dagenham East rail crash</a> in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Services on the London Tilbury & Southend line at Dagenham East were withdrawn in 1962. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2010 wards of Eastbrook, Heath, River, Village and Whalebone are in the <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_and_Rainham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dagenham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency)">Dagenham and Rainham Parliamentary Constituency</a>. The 2010 wards of Alibon, Mayesbrook, Parsloes, Thames and Valence are in the <a href="/wiki/Barking_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Barking (UK Parliament constituency)">Barking Parliamentary Constituency</a>. Each ward in B&D elects two or three councillors to <a href="/wiki/Barking_and_Dagenham_London_Borough_Council" title="Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council">Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council</a>. The whole area is within the <a href="/wiki/City_and_East_(London_Assembly_constituency)" title="City and East (London Assembly constituency)">City and East London Assembly Constituency</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beam_valley_park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Beam_valley_park.jpg/220px-Beam_valley_park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Beam_valley_park.jpg/330px-Beam_valley_park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Beam_valley_park.jpg/440px-Beam_valley_park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/River_Rom" title="River Rom">River Beam</a> in the south of Dagenham</figcaption></figure> <p>Dagenham is located approximately 11.5 miles (18.5 km) east of <a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross" title="Charing Cross">Charing Cross</a> in Central London. The <a href="/wiki/Becontree" title="Becontree">Becontree</a> estate is largely in the pre-1965 borough of Dagenham, which also included <a href="/wiki/Becontree_Heath" title="Becontree Heath">Becontree Heath</a>, part of <a href="/wiki/Rush_Green,_London" title="Rush Green, London">Rush Green</a>, Old Dagenham village, and the southern section around <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_Dock" title="Dagenham Dock">Dagenham Dock</a> and adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a>. This southern section, which includes <a href="/wiki/Ford_Dagenham" title="Ford Dagenham">Ford Dagenham</a>, is part of the <a href="/wiki/London_Riverside" title="London Riverside">London Riverside</a> section of the <a href="/wiki/Thames_Gateway" title="Thames Gateway">Thames Gateway</a> redevelopment zone. </p><p>The Dagenham <a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">post town</a> includes the whole of the Becontree estate, including those sections that were in the former (pre 1965) boroughs of Barking and Ilford. Parts of the former borough of Dagenham – part of Chadwell Heath, part of Collier Row and part of Rush Green – are in the Romford Post town. It is adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Barking,_London" title="Barking, London">Barking</a> to the west, <a href="/wiki/Romford" title="Romford">Romford</a> to northeast and <a href="/wiki/Hornchurch" title="Hornchurch">Hornchurch</a> to the east. <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_Dock" title="Dagenham Dock">Dagenham Dock</a> on the River Thames is to the south. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dagenham is a working class area. During the 2000s there was a large influx of migrants, in particular Africans.<sup id="cite_ref-observer_article_industrial_history_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-observer_article_industrial_history-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current population of the former (pre 1965) Borough of Dagenham could be approximated from the population of the current wards which together most closely match the area, but the former boundary between the borough and neighbouring Barking, with which it merged in 1965, no longer corresponds to any ward boundaries. </p><p>At the time of the 2011 census, the Alibon ward (north of Heathway station) was 61% White British and 15% Black African.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Goresbrook ward (southwest from Heathway) was 57% White British and 17% Black African.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> River ward (south of Heathway) was 51% White British and 19% Black African.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Village ward (east from Heathway) was 58% White British and 19% Black African.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eastbrook ward (around Eastbrookend Country Park) was 69% White British and 11% Black African.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Heath ward (north of Heathway) was 60% White British and 17% Black African.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The former May and Baker plant site at Dagenham East is now a centre of film and television production.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dagenham is connected to the <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a> services from three stations, <a href="/wiki/Becontree_tube_station" title="Becontree tube station">Becontree</a> (in the pre-1965 borough of Barking), <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_East_tube_station" title="Dagenham East tube station">Dagenham East</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_Heathway_tube_station" title="Dagenham Heathway tube station">Dagenham Heathway</a>, all on the <a href="/wiki/District_line" title="District line">District line</a>. <a href="/wiki/C2c" title="C2c">c2c</a>, part of <a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail">National Rail</a> operated by <a href="/wiki/Trenitalia" title="Trenitalia">Trenitalia</a> since February 2017, runs a train service through <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_Dock_railway_station" title="Dagenham Dock railway station">Dagenham Dock station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth Line">Elizabeth Line</a> services also operate from nearby <a href="/wiki/Chadwell_Heath_railway_station" title="Chadwell Heath railway station">Chadwell Heath</a> station. </p><p>A proposed, and as yet unfunded <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway" title="Docklands Light Railway">Docklands Light Railway</a> <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway_extension_to_Dagenham_Dock" title="Docklands Light Railway extension to Dagenham Dock">extension</a> from <a href="/wiki/Gallions_Reach_DLR_station" title="Gallions Reach DLR station">Gallions Reach</a> to <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_Dock" title="Dagenham Dock">Dagenham Dock</a>. It was anticipated that the project could be completed and open for use by 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-dlr_next_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dlr_next-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However the <a href="/wiki/Public_inquiry" title="Public inquiry">public inquiry</a> has been postponed due to concerns about funding. </p><p>Dagenham Heathway is served by the following <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_London" title="Transport for London">Transport for London</a> contracted routes: <a href="/wiki/London_Buses" title="London Buses">London Buses</a> routes 145, 173, 174, 175 and 364.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Routes 145, 173, 174, 175, 287, and EL2 operate in the Dagenham Dock area. Routes 103, 145, and 364 operate in Dagenham East. </p><p>Bus routes 5, 103, 128, 150, 173, 175, 499, and N15, and <a href="/wiki/East_London_Transit" title="East London Transit">East London Transit</a> service EL2 operate from <a href="/wiki/Becontree_Heath" title="Becontree Heath">Becontree Heath</a>, north of Dagenham. Routes 128 and EL1 run a 24-hour service, while the N15 runs through the night.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Valence_House_Museum" title="Valence House Museum">Valence House</a>, in Becontree Avenue, is the only surviving of the five manor houses of Dagenham.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dating back to the 13th century, it is sited in parkland and there is a moat around part of it. Valence House is the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham's local history museum, displaying artifacts and archives that tell the story of the lives of the people of Barking and Dagenham. The collection also includes portraits, family papers and other mementos of the Fanshawe family, who occupied <a href="/wiki/Parsloes_Manor" title="Parsloes Manor">Parsloes Manor</a>, since demolished, from the sixteenth century.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Fanshawe collection is "one of the best collections of gentry portraits in the country and is of international importance", according to Valence House.<sup id="cite_ref-b1_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among members of the Fanshawe family was the diplomat <a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Fanshawe,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet">Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet</a>, whose portrait is at Valence House. Nine successive members of the Fanshawe family served as <a href="/wiki/Remembrancer" title="Remembrancer">Remembrancer</a> to the Crown, following Henry Fanshawe's appointment to the position by <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth I">Queen Elizabeth I</a> in 1566. The appointment made possible the family's rise to prominence. </p><p>In the post town of Romford and the pre-1965 borough of Dagenham, on the corner of Whalebone Lane and the Eastern Avenue, diagonally opposite the <a href="/wiki/Moby-Dick" title="Moby-Dick">Moby-Dick</a> public house, is the site of Marks Manor House, a large 15th-century moated building demolished in the early 19th century. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> the adjoining fields were used by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> for an anti-aircraft battery; later a <a href="/wiki/Prisoner-of-war_camp" title="Prisoner-of-war camp">prisoner-of-war camp</a> for Germans was erected there. Further south down Whalebone Lane on the corner of the High Road is the Tollgate pub. This stands on the site of the <a href="/wiki/Milestone" title="Milestone">milestone</a> which marked the ten miles (16 km) limit from the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Turnpike_trust" title="Turnpike trust">turnpike</a> <a href="/wiki/Toll-gate" class="mw-redirect" title="Toll-gate">toll-gate</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_Roundhouse" title="Dagenham Roundhouse">The Roundhouse</a> public house on the junction of Porters Avenue and Lodge Avenue (in the pre-1965 borough of Barking) became eastern Greater London's premier rock-music venue between 1969 and 1975, incorporating the <i>Village Blues Club</i>. Notable performers at the pub included <a href="/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band)" title="Jethro Tull (band)">Jethro Tull</a>, <a href="/wiki/Supertramp" title="Supertramp">Supertramp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pink_Floyd" title="Pink Floyd">Pink Floyd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Status_Quo_(band)" title="Status Quo (band)">Status Quo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a> (on 5 April 1969). The <a href="/wiki/Eastbrook,_Dagenham" title="Eastbrook, Dagenham">Eastbrook</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">Grade II* listed</a> pub.<sup id="cite_ref-EnglishHeritage_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EnglishHeritage-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Given the influence of U.S. blues on the English musicians who played at the Roundhouse, journalist <a href="/wiki/Nik_Cohn" title="Nik Cohn">Nik Cohn</a> called the London of the late 1960s and early 1970s the "Dagenham Delta".<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Barking_%26_Dagenham_Post" title="Barking & Dagenham Post">Barking & Dagenham Post</a></i> is printed weekly and also published online. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.</a>, based at <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Road,_Dagenham" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria Road, Dagenham">Victoria Road</a> were relegated to the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(division)" title="National League (division)">National League</a> in the 2015–16 season from the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Two">Football League Two</a>, after being relegated from the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_One" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League One">Football League One</a> which they had reached having been promoted as <a href="/wiki/2010_Football_League_Two_play-off_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Football League Two play-off Final">playoff-winners of League two after beating</a> <a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United F.C.</a> 3–2, in the 2010–11 season. They were also the Nationwide Conference champions of the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Football_Conference" title="2006–07 Football Conference">2006–07 season</a>. </p><p>Motorcycle speedway was staged at the greyhound stadium in Ripple Road in the mid to late 1930s. The club run events focussed on training but a team called the Dagenham Daggers did take part in local competitions. It is possible that the venture was operational as early as 1931 a meeting at Caxton (Cambridgeshire) was advertised as Caxton Speedway v Dagenham Speedway.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Dagenham's leading cricket club <a href="/w/index.php?title=Goresbrook_Cricket_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Goresbrook Cricket Club (page does not exist)">Goresbrook Cricket Club</a> are based at the May & Baker Sports Club in Rainham Road South, in 2011 the club won the Essex County Cricket League for the first time in its history.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Dagenham has a <a href="/wiki/List_of_King_George_V_Playing_Fields_(Greater_London)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of King George V Playing Fields (Greater London)">King George's Field</a> in memorial to <a href="/wiki/George_V_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George V of the United Kingdom">King George V</a>. The park was renamed in 1953 by <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a>. Dagenham also has many other parks such as Valence - and Parsloes (which lies partly in the pre-1965 borough of Barking). <b>Dagenham Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps</b>, founded by John Johnson, was the first British Drum Corps and performed in the United States for the first time in 1983. In 2010 they reformed to perform for DCUK's 30th anniversary, fielding a competitive corps for the first time in 22 years.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dagenham_Flat_Fire">Dagenham Flat Fire</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Dagenham Flat Fire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Freshwater_Road_fire" title="Freshwater Road fire">Freshwater Road fire</a></div> <p>In the early hours of 26 August 2024, a fire blazed through the Spectrum Building, a tower block mostly of flats on Freshwater Road, Dagenham.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emergency services received the first report of the fire at 02:44 <a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">local time</a>, with the first <a href="/wiki/Fire_engine" title="Fire engine">fire engine</a> arriving at 02:49 local time. More than 100 people were <a href="/wiki/Emergency_evacuation" title="Emergency evacuation">evacuated</a>, at least 20 being rescued by <a href="/wiki/Firefighter" title="Firefighter">firefighters</a>. 225 firefighters and at least 40 fire engines responded to the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Four people were treated by ambulances at the scene, of which two were taken to hospital. </p><p>At 12:35 local time, Assistant Commissioner Patrick Goulbourne of the <a href="/wiki/London_Fire_Brigade" title="London Fire Brigade">London Fire Brigade</a> announced <i>"everyone has been accounted for"</i> and they had <i>"Stood down the Major Incident"</i> <sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The building was in the process of having 'non-compliant' <a href="/wiki/Cladding_(construction)" title="Cladding (construction)">cladding</a> removed, similar to the cladding that was found on the <a href="/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire" title="Grenfell Tower fire">Grenfell Tower</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Barking_and_Dagenham" class="mw-redirect" title="List of people from Barking and Dagenham">List of people from Barking and Dagenham</a></div><p>Please see 'Geography' above for various definitions of 'Dagenham'. </p><ul><li>Actress <a href="/wiki/Adelayo_Adedayo" title="Adelayo Adedayo">Adelayo Adedayo</a> was raised in Dagenham. <sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Blackborne" title="Abraham Blackborne">Abraham Blackborne</a>, long-serving vicars of Dagenham.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>England international footballer and World Cup-winning manager <a href="/wiki/Alf_Ramsey" title="Alf Ramsey">Alf Ramsey</a> was born in Dagenham in 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Peter_and_St_Paul,_Dagenham" title="St Peter and St Paul, Dagenham">St Peter and St Paul's Church</a>, Dagenham Parish Church, was once the Parish Church of the former <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">archbishop of Canterbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Carey" title="George Carey">George Carey</a>.</li> <li>Musician and comedian <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> was brought up in Dagenham,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was the home of <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> and Dudley Moore's famous comic alter-egos <i><a href="/wiki/Pete_and_Dud" title="Pete and Dud">Pete and Dud</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandie_Shaw" title="Sandie Shaw">Sandie Shaw</a>, a 1960s pop singer who had a string of hit singles in the decade and won the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Eurovision Song Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a> in 1967 with <a href="/wiki/Puppet_on_a_String_(Sandie_Shaw_song)" title="Puppet on a String (Sandie Shaw song)">Puppet on a String</a>, was born in Dagenham.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Arsenal and England footballer <a href="/wiki/Tony_Adams" title="Tony Adams">Tony Adams</a> grew up in Dagenham, attending both Hunters Hall Primary School and <a href="/wiki/Eastbrook_Comprehensive_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastbrook Comprehensive School">Eastbrook Comprehensive School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (January 2023)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rap" class="mw-redirect" title="Rap">Rap</a> artist <a href="/wiki/Devlin_(rapper)" title="Devlin (rapper)">Devlin</a> was born in Bermondsey but grew up in Dagenham.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Singer <a href="/wiki/John_Farnham" title="John Farnham">John Farnham</a> was born in Dagenham, before migrating to Australia at the age of 10.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Former darts player <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Mardle" title="Wayne Mardle">Wayne Mardle</a> was born in Dagenham before living in Romford.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>British singer, TV presenter, and personality <a href="/wiki/Stacey_Solomon" title="Stacey Solomon">Stacey Solomon</a> is from Dagenham.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>British singer, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Ignorant" title="Steve Ignorant">Steve Ignorant</a> of the original anarcho-punk collective <a href="/wiki/Crass" title="Crass">Crass</a> grew up in Dagenham.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wisker" title="Richard Wisker">Richard Wisker</a> actor, was born in Dagenham.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Youlden" title="Chris Youlden">Chris Youlden</a> blues singer, Savoy Brown, was born in Dagenham.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagenham&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The 10 wards in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham that constituted Dagenham Parliamentary constituency from 1983–2010 were: Alibon, Becontree, Eastbrook, Goresbrook, Heath, Mayesbrook, Parsloes, River, Valence, and Village. In 2010 part of constituency was ceded to Barking constituency and the rest became part of Dagenham & Rainham Constituency.<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140222202755/http://data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-ward-pop">"2011 Census Ward Population Estimates | London DataStore"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-ward-pop">the original</a> on 22 February 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 June</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2011+Census+Ward+Population+Estimates+%26%23124%3B+London+DataStore&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdata.london.gov.uk%2F2011-census-ward-pop&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADagenham" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGander2015" class="citation news cs1">Gander, Kashmira (6 August 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/worst-places-live-uk-barking-and-dagenham-come-first-top-ten-list-dominated-nine-london-boroughs-10442606.html">"Worst places to live in the UK: Barking and Dagenham come first in top 10 list dominated by nine London boroughs"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=Worst+places+to+live+in+the+UK%3A+Barking+and+Dagenham+come+first+in+top+10+list+dominated+by+nine+London+boroughs&rft.date=2015-08-06&rft.aulast=Gander&rft.aufirst=Kashmira&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2Fhome-news%2Fworst-places-live-uk-barking-and-dagenham-come-first-top-ten-list-dominated-nine-london-boroughs-10442606.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADagenham" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mills29-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-mills29_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMills2001">Mills 2001</a>, p. 64</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol5/pp190-214">"The ancient parish of Barking: Manors | British History Online"</a>. <i>www.british-history.ac.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Barking Riverside">Barking Riverside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beam_Park" title="Beam Park">Beam Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becontree" title="Becontree">Becontree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becontree_Heath" title="Becontree Heath">Becontree Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Green,_London" title="Castle Green, London">Castle Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadwell_Heath" title="Chadwell Heath">Chadwell Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creekmouth" title="Creekmouth">Creekmouth</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dagenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_Dock" title="Dagenham Dock">Dagenham Dock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marks_Gate" title="Marks Gate">Marks Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_Green,_London" title="Rush Green, London">Rush Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_View_Estate" title="Thames View Estate">Thames View Estate</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 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Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barking_Market" title="Barking Market">Barking Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Broadway_(theatre)" title="The Broadway (theatre)">The Broadway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastbury_Manor_House" title="Eastbury Manor House">Eastbury Manor House</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty" class="mw-redirect" title="National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty">(NT)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valence_House_Museum" title="Valence House Museum">Valence House Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Road,_Dagenham" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria Road, Dagenham">Victoria Road</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places of worship</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_Margaret%27s_Church,_Barking" title="St Margaret's Church, Barking">St Margaret's Church, Barking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Peter_and_St_Paul,_Dagenham" title="St Peter and St Paul, Dagenham">St Peter and St Paul, Dagenham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Parks_and_open_spaces_in_the_London_Borough_of_Barking_and_Dagenham" title="Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham">Parks and open spaces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barking_Park" title="Barking Park">Barking Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beam_Valley_Country_Park" title="Beam Valley Country Park">Beam Valley Country Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Chase_Nature_Reserve" title="The Chase Nature Reserve">The Chase Nature Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_Village_Churchyard" title="Dagenham Village Churchyard">Dagenham Village Churchyard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastbrookend_Country_Park" title="Eastbrookend Country Park">Eastbrookend Country Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayesbrook_Park" title="Mayesbrook Park">Mayesbrook Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parsloes_Park" title="Parsloes Park">Parsloes Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ripple_Nature_Reserve" title="Ripple Nature Reserve">Ripple Nature Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scrattons_Eco_Park" title="Scrattons Eco Park">Scrattons Eco Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valence_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Valence Park">Valence Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barking_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Barking (UK Parliament constituency)">Barking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_and_Rainham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dagenham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency)">Dagenham and Rainham</a> (part)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Barking_and_Dagenham#Transport" title="London Borough of Barking and Dagenham">Tube and rail stations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground"><img alt="London Underground" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="406" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Overground" title="London Overground"><img alt="London Overground" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Overground_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Overground_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Overground_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Overground_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Overground_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Overground_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="520" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Barking_station" title="Barking station">Barking</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Overground" title="London Overground"><img alt="London Overground" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Overground_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Overground_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Overground_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Overground_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Overground_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Overground_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="520" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Barking_Riverside_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Barking Riverside station">Barking Riverside</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground"><img alt="London Underground" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="406" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Becontree_tube_station" title="Becontree tube station">Becontree</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_line" title="Elizabeth line"><img alt="Elizabeth line" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Elizabeth_line_roundel_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="416" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Chadwell_Heath_railway_station" title="Chadwell Heath railway station">Chadwell Heath</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_Dock_railway_station" title="Dagenham Dock railway station">Dagenham Dock</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground"><img alt="London Underground" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="406" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_East_tube_station" title="Dagenham East tube station">Dagenham East</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground"><img alt="London Underground" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="406" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_Heathway_tube_station" title="Dagenham Heathway tube station">Dagenham Heathway</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground"><img alt="London Underground" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/10px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/15px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Underground_%28no_text%29.svg/20px-Underground_%28no_text%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="406" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Upney_tube_station" title="Upney tube station">Upney</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_London_Borough_of_Barking_and_Dagenham" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Town centre<br />network</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Knightsbridge" title="Knightsbridge">Knightsbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">West End</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Metropolitan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bromley" title="Bromley">Bromley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croydon" title="Croydon">Croydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing" title="Ealing">Ealing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow,_London" title="Harrow, London">Harrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hounslow" title="Hounslow">Hounslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilford" title="Ilford">Ilford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Thames" title="Kingston upon Thames">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romford" title="Romford">Romford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Bush" title="Shepherd's Bush">Shepherd's Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford,_London" title="Stratford, London">Stratford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton,_London" title="Sutton, London">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uxbridge" title="Uxbridge">Uxbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood_Green" title="Wood Green">Wood Green</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angel,_London" title="Angel, London">Angel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barking,_London" title="Barking, London">Barking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayswater" title="Bayswater">Bayswater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bexleyheath" title="Bexleyheath">Bexleyheath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brixton" title="Brixton">Brixton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_Town" title="Camden Town">Camden Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf" title="Canary Wharf">Canary Wharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catford" title="Catford">Catford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiswick" title="Chiswick">Chiswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham_Junction_railway_station" title="Clapham Junction railway station">Clapham Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalston" title="Dalston">Dalston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Ham" title="East Ham">East Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgware" title="Edgware">Edgware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eltham" title="Eltham">Eltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Enfield Town">Enfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulham" title="Fulham">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith" title="Hammersmith">Hammersmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nag%27s_Head,_London" title="Nag's Head, London">Holloway Nags Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_High_Street" title="Kensington High Street">Kensington High Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilburn,_London" title="Kilburn, London">Kilburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Road" title="King's Road">King's Road East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham" title="Lewisham">Lewisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orpington" title="Orpington">Orpington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peckham" title="Peckham">Peckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putney" title="Putney">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_London" title="Richmond, London">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southall" 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href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green" title="Bethnal Green">Bethnal Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford" title="Brentford">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camberwell" title="Camberwell">Camberwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada_Water" title="Canada Water">Canada Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carshalton" title="Carshalton">Carshalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadwell_Heath" title="Chadwell Heath">Chadwell Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chingford" title="Chingford">Chingford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham" title="Clapham">Clapham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace,_London" title="Crystal Palace, London">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coulsdon" title="Coulsdon">Coulsdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricklewood" title="Cricklewood">Cricklewood</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dagenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford" title="Deptford">Deptford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulwich" title="Dulwich">Dulwich</a></li> <li><a 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