79-683: Dagenham ( / ˈ d æ ɡ ən ə m / ) is a town in East London , England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham . Dagenham is centred 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (19 kilometres) east of Charing Cross . It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex , stretching from Hainault Forest in the north to the River Thames in the south. Dagenham remained mostly undeveloped until 1921, when
158-419: A calendar where Corpus Christi is observed on the following Thursday, or in some cases the following Sunday. In traditional Methodist usage, The Book of Worship for Church and Home (1965) provides the following Collects for Trinity Sunday: Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in
237-588: A 24-hour service, while the N15 runs through the night. Valence House , in Becontree Avenue, is the only surviving of the five manor houses of Dagenham. 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
316-544: A city in its own right, on account of its large size and social disengagement from the rest of London. The majority of the rail network in East London was built within fifty years from 1839. The first through the area was the Eastern Counties Railway from Mile End to Romford, extended to Shoreditch in 1840. The London and Blackwall Railway built a line from Minories to Blackwall the same year and
395-654: A company working on behalf of the council, began to redevelop the site for commercial opportunities. It is now the London East Business and Technical Park . NTT have their London1 data centre on this site, and the Eastbrook Studios is currently under construction. Dagenham was an ancient, and later civil, parish in the Becontree hundred of Essex . The Metropolitan Police District was extended in 1840 to include Dagenham. The parish formed part of
474-497: A man called Dæcca . The charter was made to reflect a transfer of land from Aethelred, kinsman of King Saebbi of Essex , to Barking Abbey. Dagenham has been historically defined by its ancient parish 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 Barking Abbey . The Barking manor also included Barking and Great Ilford , which reversed
553-481: A new direct route from Barking to Pitsea, via Upminster, was built with Dagenham station opened just north of the village. Dagenham Dock station opened on the original southern route in 1908. Dagenham was still an undeveloped village, when building of the vast Becontree estate by the London County Council began in the early 1920s. The building of the enormous council estate, which also spread into
632-487: A new district of Beam Park under construction on the former site of Ford Dagenham. Dagenham first appeared in a document (as Dæccanhaam ) in a charter of Barking Abbey 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 Dæccan hamm in Old English means home of
711-532: 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 Hainault Forest . 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
790-405: 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 roughly at
869-429: Is a working class area. During the 2000s there was a large influx of migrants, in particular Africans. 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. At
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#1732797327209948-503: Is generally the lowest elevated of London's four cardinal points because of the wide Thames that runs here; the only hills here are in northern areas distant from the river in the boroughs of Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. In Tower Hamlets, the population peaked in 1891 and growth was restricted to the outer boroughs. By 1971 the population was declining in every borough. By the 2011 United Kingdom census, this had reversed and every borough had undergone some growth in population. At
1027-743: Is governed by a London borough council local authority. Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Newham and Redbridge are members of the East London Waste Authority . Some local government functions are held by the Greater London Authority , made up of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly . East London is located in the lower Thames valley. The major rivers of East London are the Thames that forms
1106-534: Is largely in the pre-1965 borough of Dagenham, which also included Becontree Heath , part of Rush Green , Old Dagenham village, and the southern section around Dagenham Dock and adjacent to the River Thames . This southern section, which includes Ford Dagenham , is part of the London Riverside section of the Thames Gateway redevelopment zone. The Dagenham post town includes the whole of
1185-556: Is permanently impeded there by Trinity Sunday), but is used during the week if the ferial Mass is being said. The Thursday after Trinity Sunday is observed as the Feast of Corpus Christi . In some countries, including the United States , Canada , and Spain , it may be celebrated on the following Sunday, when the faithful are more likely to attend Mass and be able to celebrate the feast. A distinctive feature of Lutheran worship
1264-615: Is printed weekly and also published online. Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. , based at Victoria Road were relegated to the National League in the 2015–16 season from the Football League Two , after being relegated from the Football League One which they had reached having been promoted as playoff-winners of League two after beating Rotherham United F.C. 3–2, in the 2010–11 season. They were also
1343-602: Is said on this day at Prime . Before 1960, it was said on all Sundays after Epiphany and Pentecost which do not fall within Octaves or on which a feast of Double rank or higher was celebrated or commemorated, as well as on Trinity Sunday. The 1960 reforms reduced it to once a year, on this Sunday. In the 1962 Missal, the Mass for the First Sunday After Pentecost is not said or commemorated on Sunday (it
1422-534: Is the Sunday following Pentecost, and eight weeks after Easter Sunday. The earliest possible date is 17 May (as in 1818 and 2285). The latest possible date is 20 June (as in 1943 and 2038). In the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, the Sunday of Pentecost itself is called Trinity Sunday (the Sunday after Pentecost is All Saints Sunday ). The Monday after Pentecost is called Monday of
1501-987: Is the first Sunday after Pentecost in the Western Christian liturgical calendar , and the Sunday of Pentecost in Eastern Christianity . Trinity Sunday celebrates the Christian doctrine of the Trinity , the three Persons of God: the Father , the Son , and the Holy Spirit . Trinity Sunday is celebrated in all the Western liturgical churches: Latin Catholic , Anglican , Lutheran , Presbyterian , United Church of Christ , and Methodist . In
1580-596: Is the northeastern part of London , England, east of the ancient City of London and north of the River Thames as it begins to widen. East London developed as London's docklands and the primary industrial centre. The expansion of railways in the 19th century encouraged the eastward expansion of the East End of London and a proliferation of new suburbs. The industrial lands of East London are today an area of regeneration, which are well advanced in places such as Canary Wharf and ongoing elsewhere. The etymology of London
1659-724: Is the recitation of the Athanasian Creed on Trinity Sunday during Matins . It may also supplant the Nicene Creed during the Mass . The Lutheran Book of Worship , Lutheran Worship , and Lutheran Service Book specify this. Trinity Sunday has the status of a Principal Feast in the Church of England and is one of seven principal feast days in the Episcopal Church (United States) . Thomas Becket (1118–1170)
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#17327973272091738-513: Is uncertain, but is known to be an ancient name. The concept of East London as a distinct area is a relatively recent innovation. John Strype 's map of 1720 describes London as consisting of four parts: The City of London , Westminster , Southwark and That Part Beyond the Tower . From the late 19th century the term East End of London was used to describe areas immediately adjacent to the City in
1817-536: The Commonwealth , Bergers Paint and the chemical firm of May & Baker who in 1935 revolutionized the production of antibiotics with their synthetic sulfa-drug known as M&B 693 . The May & Baker plant, owned and run by Sanofi-Aventis , occupied a 108-acre site in Rainham Road South, near Dagenham East Underground station . It was abandoned in 2013 when the company closed it. BeFirst,
1896-637: The County of London to cover the area. Instead, in 1926 the Dagenham parish was removed from the Romford Rural District and designated as an urban district . In 1938, in further recognition of its development, Dagenham became a municipal borough . In 1965 the Municipal Borough of Dagenham was abolished and its former area became part of the London Borough of Barking , which was renamed Barking and Dagenham in 1980. For elections to
1975-787: The Dagenham and Rainham Parliamentary Constituency . The 2010 wards of Alibon, Mayesbrook, Parsloes, Thames and Valence are in the Barking Parliamentary Constituency . Each ward in B&;D elects two or three councillors to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council . The whole area is within the City and East London Assembly Constituency . Dagenham is located approximately 11.5 miles (18.5 km) east of Charing Cross in Central London. The Becontree estate
2054-487: The District line . c2c , part of National Rail operated by Trenitalia since February 2017, runs a train service through Dagenham Dock station . Elizabeth Line services also operate from nearby Chadwell Heath station. A proposed, and as yet unfunded Docklands Light Railway extension from Gallions Reach to Dagenham Dock . It was anticipated that the project could be completed and open for use by 2017. However
2133-701: The Elizabeth line . There are road tunnels at Rotherhithe and Blackwall , with the Woolwich Ferry further east. There are foot tunnels to Greenwich and Woolwich . In 1870, the Tower Subway cable railway tunnel was converted to pedestrian use; it was closed in 1898, following the opening of Tower Bridge. A cable car service opened in 2012. 51°33′N 0°6′E / 51.550°N 0.100°E / 51.550; 0.100 ( East London ) Trinity Sunday Trinity Sunday
2212-591: The Fiesta , Escort , Cortina and Sierra , were produced at the plant over the next 71 years. 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 Almussafes ( Valencia , Spain) and Cologne . Other factors leading to the closure of the Auto-assembly line were
2291-403: The London County Council began construction of the large Becontree 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 Municipal Borough of Dagenham in 1938. In 1965 Dagenham became part of Greater London when most of the historic parish become part of
2370-635: The London Fire Brigade announced "everyone has been accounted for" and they had "Stood down the Major Incident" The building was in the process of having 'non-compliant' cladding removed, similar to the cladding that was found on the Grenfell Tower . Please see 'Geography' above for various definitions of 'Dagenham'. [REDACTED] Media related to Dagenham at Wikimedia Commons East London East London
2449-598: The Northern and Eastern Railway connected Lea Bridge and Tottenham with the Eastern Counties at Stratford. The Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway started passenger service on their line from Stratford to Canning Town, Custom House and North Woolwich in 1847. This made Stratford a significant railway junction and location of railway works. The East & West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway connected Kingsland with Bow and Poplar in 1850 and
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2528-704: The Roman Catholic Church , it is officially known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity . Prior to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council , it marked the end of a three-week period during which church weddings were forbidden. The period began on Rogation Sunday , the fifth Sunday after Easter . The prescribed liturgical color is white. In the traditional Divine Office , the Athanasian Creed ( Quicumque vult )
2607-692: The Romford Rural District from 1894. Dagenham Parish Council offices were located on Bull Street. 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 Ilford Urban District and Barking Town Urban District . Separately, the London County Council proposed that its area of responsibility should be expanded beyond
2686-629: The public inquiry has been postponed due to concerns about funding. Dagenham Heathway is served by the following Transport for London contracted routes: London Buses routes 145, 173, 174, 175 and 364. Routes 145, 173, 174, 175, 287, and EL2 operate in the Dagenham Dock area. Routes 103, 145, and 364 operate in Dagenham East. Bus routes 5, 103, 128, 150, 173, 175, 499, and N15, and East London Transit service EL2 operate from Becontree Heath , north of Dagenham. Routes 128 and EL1 run
2765-605: The 1662 Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England for use on certain Sundays at Morning Prayer , including Trinity Sunday, and it is found in many modern Anglican prayer books. It is in the Historical Documents section of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer ( Episcopal Church ), but its use is not specifically provided for in the rubrics of that prayer book. Parishes with an Anglo-Catholic churchmanship follow
2844-486: The 16th century and the area that would later become known as the East End began to take shape. Until about 1700, London did not extend far beyond the walled boundaries of the City of London. However, the population in the parishes to the east of the City of London was rising and this led to a need to break up the large ancient parish of Stepney into smaller units to provide adequate religious and civil administration. It
2923-466: The 1950s Ford had taken over Briggs at Dagenham and its other sites at Doncaster , Southampton , Croydon and Romford . At its peak the Dagenham plant had 4,000,000 square feet (370,000 m) 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
3002-439: The 2021 census Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge surpassed their earlier population peaks. The total population of this area in 2021 was 1.9 million people. The population change between 1801 and 2021 was as follows: The City of London and West London are connected to South London by more than thirty bridges, but East London is only connected by Tower Bridge at its innermost edge. The reasons for this include
3081-591: 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 Barking to the west, Romford to northeast and Hornchurch to the east. Dagenham Dock on the River Thames is to the south. Dagenham
3160-583: The Eastern Avenue, diagonally opposite the Moby-Dick public house, is the site of Marks Manor House, a large 15th-century moated building demolished in the early 19th century. During World War II the adjoining fields were used by the Royal Artillery for an anti-aircraft battery; later a prisoner-of-war camp for Germans was erected there. Further south down Whalebone Lane on the corner of
3239-658: The Greater London Council, Dagenham was part of the Barking electoral division until 1973 and then the Dagenham electoral division until 1986. In 1205 Dagenham was large enough to have a chaplain, and the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul was probably built at around that time. In 1854, the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway was built through the south of Dagenham, near the River Thames. In 1885
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3318-624: The High Road is the Tollgate pub. This stands on the site of the milestone which marked the ten miles (16 km) limit from the City of London and the turnpike toll-gate . The Roundhouse 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 Village Blues Club . Notable performers at
3397-775: The Holy Spirit , and the next day is called the Third Day of the Trinity . In the Eastern practice, green is used for Pentecost and its Afterfeast . Johann Sebastian Bach composed a number of cantatas for Trinity Sunday . Three of them are extant, including O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad , BWV 165 , Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding , BWV 176 , and Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott , BWV 129 . The cantata Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest , BWV 194 , composed for dedication of
3476-442: The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham was chosen as a location for industrial activity and is perhaps most famous for being the location of the Ford Dagenham motor car plant where the Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968 took place. Following the decline of industry, the southern part of Dagenham adjacent to the River Thames forms part of the London Riverside section of the Thames Gateway redevelopment area, with
3555-457: 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. Dagenham has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V . The park was renamed in 1953 by Queen Elizabeth II . Dagenham also has many other parks such as Valence - and Parsloes (which lies partly in the pre-1965 borough of Barking). Dagenham Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps , founded by John Johnson,
3634-506: The Nationwide Conference champions of the 2006–07 season . 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. Dagenham's leading cricket club Goresbrook Cricket Club are based at
3713-473: The Office was said on the Sunday before Advent. Alexander II (1061–1073), refused a petition for a special feast on the grounds that such a feast was not customary in the Roman Church which daily honoured the Holy Trinity by the Gloria Patri , etc., but he did not forbid the celebration where it already existed. A new Office had been made by the Franciscan John Peckham , Canon of Lyons, later Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1292). John XXII (1316–1334) ordered
3792-510: The Thames and east of the City of London that stretched as far as Chingford and Epping Forest, which was similar to the definition used by Robert Sinclair in 1950 that stretched east to include Barking and Dagenham. This broadly matched the Metropolitan Police District east of the city and north of the Thames at that time, and now corresponds to the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest in Greater London . The East End of London ,
3871-517: The Tower division of Middlesex. Charles Booth in 1889 defined East London as the County of London between the City of London and the River Lea . In 1902, Booth considered this area to be the "true East End", and his attention had been drawn eastward over the Lea into the Borough of West Ham , which was then outside London, and geographically in Essex, but under the authority of neither; in 1857 Charles Dickens termed it "London-over-the-Border". Walter Besant described East London as an area north of
3950-455: The Walthamstow line in 1873 and extended to Chingford. The London and Blackwall built an extension to Millwall and North Greenwich on the Isle of Dogs in 1872 and the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway was extended to Beckton in 1873, and Gallions in 1880. The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway connected Barking with Dagenham, Hornchurch and Upminster in 1885, and Romford with Upminster in 1893. The final piece of original railway works
4029-499: The cabinet tired of the long trip to Dagenham and moved the event to Greenwich . In 1931 the Ford Motor Company relocated from Trafford Park in Manchester, to a larger new plant in Dagenham , 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 vertically integrated site with its own blast furnaces and power station, importing iron ore and exporting finished vehicles. By
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#17327973272094108-415: The early Church, no special Office or day was assigned for the Holy Trinity. When the Arian heresy was spreading, the Fathers prepared an Office with canticles, responses, a Preface, and hymns, to be recited on Sundays. In the Sacramentary of Gregory the Great there are prayers and the Preface of the Trinity. During the Middle Ages, especially during the Carolingian period , devotion to the Blessed Trinity
4187-439: The farmland, culminating in defences and a flood gate on the River Beam being built in the 17th century by Dutch engineers. In 1707 an exceptionally high tide swept away fourteen feet of embankment and flooded over 1,000 acres of land, the description given by Daniel Defoe when he visited eight years later giving the area inundated as being 5000 acres is today considered an exaggeration. The "Dagenham Breach" widened over time to
4266-401: The feast for the entire Church on the first Sunday after Pentecost and established it as a Double of the Second Class. It was raised to the dignity of a primary of the first class, 24 July 1911, by Pope Pius X (Acta Ap. Sedis, III, 351). Since it was after the first great Pentecost that the doctrine of the Trinity was proclaimed to the world, the feast becomingly follows that of Pentecost. In
4345-413: The feast, and on another occasion Rose invited the Prime Minister, William Pitt . 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
4424-408: The fire at 02:44 local time , with the first fire engine arriving at 02:49 local time. More than 100 people were evacuated , at least 20 being rescued by firefighters . 225 firefighters and at least 40 fire engines responded to the incident. Four people were treated by ambulances at the scene, of which two were taken to hospital. At 12:35 local time, Assistant Commissioner Patrick Goulbourne of
4503-423: The lake. 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 Trinity Sunday . Many years later, Sir Robert Preston MP , invited his friend George Rose the Secretary of the Treasury and others to celebrate
4582-401: 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, 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
4661-547: The location of the Dagenham wind turbines . Some 4,000 people now work at the Ford plant. The movie Made in Dagenham (2010) is a dramatisation of the 1968 Ford sewing machinists strike at the plant, when female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination and unequal pay. Sterling , who manufactured British Army weapons and Jaguar car parts, were also based in Dagenham until they went bankrupt in 1988. Other industrial names once known worldwide were Ever Ready , whose batteries could be found in shops throughout
4740-399: 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. 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
4819-552: The neighbouring parishes of Ilford and Barking , caused a rapid increase in population. In 1932 the electrified District line of the London Underground was extended to Upminster through Dagenham with stations opened as Dagenham and Heathway and today called Dagenham East and Dagenham Heathway . Dagenham East was the location of the Dagenham East rail crash in 1958. Services on the London Tilbury & Southend line at Dagenham East were withdrawn in 1962. The 2010 wards of Eastbrook, Heath, River, Village and Whalebone are in
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#17327973272094898-472: The old core of modern East London, began with the medieval growth of London beyond the city walls , along the Roman roads leading from Bishopsgate and Aldgate , and also along the river. Growth was much slower in the east, and the modest extensions there were separated from the much larger suburbs in the west by the marshy open area of Moorfields adjacent to the wall on the north side, which discouraged development in that direction. Urbanisation accelerated in
4977-402: The people of Barking and Dagenham. The collection also includes portraits, family papers and other mementos of the Fanshawe family, who occupied Parsloes Manor , since demolished, from the sixteenth century. The Fanshawe collection is "one of the best collections of gentry portraits in the country and is of international importance", according to Valence House. Among members of the Fanshawe family
5056-575: The power of the divine majesty to worship the unity: We beseech thee to keep us steadfast in this faith and evermore defend us from all adversities who livest and reignest, one God, world without end. Amen. Almighty and everlasting God, who hast revealed thyself as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and dost ever live and reign in the perfect unity of love: Grant that we may always hold firmly and joyfully to this faith, and, living in praise of thy divine majesty, may finally be one in thee; who art three persons in one God, world without end. Amen. Trinity Sunday
5135-402: The pub included Jethro Tull , Supertramp , Queen , Pink Floyd , Eric Clapton , Status Quo , and Led Zeppelin (on 5 April 1969). The Eastbrook is a Grade II* listed pub. Given the influence of U.S. blues on the English musicians who played at the Roundhouse, journalist Nik Cohn called the London of the late 1960s and early 1970s the "Dagenham Delta". The Barking & Dagenham Post
5214-403: The southern boundary; the Lea which forms the boundary of Tower Hamlets/Hackney with Newham/Waltham Forest; the Roding which approximately forms the boundary of Newham with Barking and Dagenham/Redbridge; and the Beam which forms the boundary of Barking and Dagenham with Havering. The marshes along the Thames which once stretched from Wapping to Rainham are almost completely gone. East London
5293-409: The time of the 2011 census, the Alibon ward (north of Heathway station) was 61% White British and 15% Black African. Goresbrook ward (southwest from Heathway) was 57% White British and 17% Black African. River ward (south of Heathway) was 51% White British and 19% Black African. Village ward (east from Heathway) was 58% White British and 19% Black African. Eastbrook ward (around Eastbrookend Country Park)
5372-415: The urban footprint was constrained in 1878 by the protection of Epping Forest and later the implementation of the Metropolitan Green Belt . The density of development increased during the interwar period , and new industries developed, such as Ford at Dagenham . The industries declined in the later part of the 20th century (and earlier), but East London is now an area of regeneration. London Docklands
5451-409: 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 Municipal Borough of Dagenham was abolished in 1965. Like most Essex Thames-side parishes, Dagenham was laid out on a N-S axis to give it
5530-421: The widening of the River Thames as it gets further east, and also the need, until relatively recently, to avoid impediments to the river traffic of the strategic London Docklands . Until the end of the 20th century the East was connected to the South by just one railway line, the East London Line . The Jubilee Line Extension opened in 1999, was supplemented by extensions to the Docklands Light Railway and
5609-406: Was 69% White British and 11% Black African. Heath ward (north of Heathway) was 60% White British and 17% Black African. The former May and Baker plant site at Dagenham East is now a centre of film and television production. Dagenham is connected to the London Underground services from three stations, Becontree (in the pre-1965 borough of Barking), Dagenham East and Dagenham Heathway , all on
5688-522: Was a highly important feature of private devotion and inspired several liturgical expressions. Sundays are traditionally dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The Micrologies written during the pontificate of Gregory VII list no special Office for the Sunday after Pentecost, but add that in some places they recited the Office of the Holy Trinity composed by Bishop Stephen of Liège (903–920). By others
5767-521: Was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury on the Sunday after Pentecost ( Whitsun ). His martyrdom may have influenced the popularity of the feast in England. This observance spread from Canterbury throughout the whole of western Christendom. The Athanasian Creed , although not often used, is recited in certain Anglican churches, particularly those of High Church tendency. Its use is prescribed in
5846-760: Was defined in the 1980s as the area of redevelopment under the control of the London Docklands Development Corporation . The Thames Gateway extends into East London with two areas of activity: the Lower Lea Valley around the Olympic site and London Riverside adjacent to the Thames. There are seven London boroughs that cover areas of Greater London to the north of the Thames and east of the City of London. They are Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. Each London borough
5925-407: Was renamed North London Railway in 1853. In 1854 the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway connected Forest Gate on the Eastern Counties with Barking and Rainham. The East London Railway was opened in 1869. The Great Eastern Railway connected Lea Bridge with Walthamstow in 1870, and in 1872 built a connection from the Eastern Counties line at Bethnal Green to Hackney Downs. This was connected to
6004-612: Was the construction of the Great Eastern loop line to connect Woodford with Ilford via Fairlop in 1903. Areas further east developed in the Victorian and Edwardian eras after the expansion of the railways in the 19th century. Development of suburban houses for private sale was later matched by the provision of large-scale social housing at Becontree in the 1920s and Harold Hill after the Second World War . However,
6083-537: Was the diplomat Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet , whose portrait is at Valence House. Nine successive members of the Fanshawe family served as Remembrancer to the Crown, following Henry Fanshawe's appointment to the position by Queen Elizabeth I in 1566. The appointment made possible the family's rise to prominence. In the post town of Romford and the pre-1965 borough of Dagenham, on the corner of Whalebone Lane and
6162-542: 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. 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. Emergency services received the first report of
6241-588: Was the industries associated with the River Thames , such as shipbuilding and the docks, that encouraged growth in the east, and by 1650, Shadwell was a developed maritime settlement. The docks in Tower Hamlets started to reach capacity in the early 19th century, and in 1855 the Royal Victoria Dock was opened in Newham. By 1882, Walter Besant and others, were able to describe East London as
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