Dagenham

Dagenham is a place in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It is a suburban development situated 12 miles (19.3 km) east north-east of Charing Cross.

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Dagenham was still a village in the mid-1920s when building of the vast Becontree Estate began. The estate was built by London County Council to rehouse people from London's East End, often due to slum clearance. At its completion in the mid 1930s was the largest council house scheme in Europe.

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In 1885 a station was opened at Dagenham on the London Tilbury & Southend Railway. 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 Dageham East and Dagenham Heathway. Services on the London Tilbury & Southend line were withdrawn in 1962.

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In 1926 Dagenham was created an urban district and in further recognition of its development in 1938 it became a municipal borough.

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Dagenham is the home of an assembly plant owned by the Ford Motor Company. The plant was built in 1931 for the purpose of producing Ford cars, however on February 20, 2002, this was discontinued due to the expense of manual labour in the United Kingdom, and the factory was downsized to produce engines and gearboxes.

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Famous Dagenham natives include England's World Cup winning football coach Sir Alf Ramsey, England footballer Jimmy Greaves, singer Sandie Shaw and actor/musician/comedian Dudley Moore.

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All Saints School Dagenham is located in Dagenham.

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Nearest places:

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• Romford
• Barking
• Becontree

Nearest stations:

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• Dagenham East tube station
• Dagenham Heathway tube station
• Dagenham Dock station

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham: The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is a London borough in East London....

Charing Cross: The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile....

1920s: Sometimes referred to as the "Jazz Age" or primarily in North America as the "Roaring Twenties"....

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