History of Dagenham in 1874 Post Office Directory
Dagenham & Becontree Heath 1874
Dagenham (near Romford) is a parish and village, in the
Southern division of the county, Becontree hundred, Romford union and county
court district, Metropolitan police jurisdiction, Barking rural deanery, Essex
archdeaconry, and Rochester diocese. The parish is bounded by the Thames, the
Ron (or Bourne brook), and the Ingerbury brook, and the village is 3 miles south
east from Romford, 2 from Rainham station on the London and Tilbury railway, and
12 from Whitechapel church.
The church of SS Peter and Paul is an ancient brick and stone structure, with an
embattled tower crowned with a slated spire, and containing a peal of 6 bells.
The register dates from the year 1598. The living is a vicarage, yearly value
£851, with residence, in the gift of, and held by, the Rev John Farmer, MA, of
Caius College, Cambridge.
Ford's Endowed school, in Church Elm lane, was built in 1841; it is a
substantial building, with master's residence, and accommodation for 35 boys and
25 girls; and in Whalebone Lane is a branch school of the same charity, built
1857: this is also a good building, with master's residence, and provides room
for 84 children.
Uphill's charity of £150 yearly is chiefly expended in clothing children, and in
gratuities to them: the other charities are distributed yearly. There are a
Wesleyan chapel and a chapel for the Wesleyan reformers.
dagenham has much marsh land, and on December 17th, 1707, a very high tide blew
up the sluice, broke through the dyke: after much difficulty, and the lapse of
fifteen years, the breach was stopped by the famous Captain Perry, at a cost of
£40,000. Sir Edward Hulse, bart, is lord of the manor. The principal landowners
are the Marquis of Salisbury, Sir Edward Hulse, bart, Charles Freeman, J G
Fanshawe, and Joseph Smitherman, esquires.
The soil is shingly; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, potatoes etc.
The area is 6,556 acres, excluding 174 acres water area; gross estimated rental,
£19,765; rateable value £16,502; and the population in 1871 was 2,879.
Becontree Heath is a large hamlet of this parish, and has a small Wesleyan
chapel.
parish clerk, James Palmer
Post & Money Order Office & Post Office Savings Bank - Henry Smith, postmaster.
Letters through Romford, arrive at 5.45 am & 11 am; dispatched at 1 pm & 6.20
pm. the nearest money order office is at Rainham.
Post Office, Becontree Heath - John Brewster, receiver, Letters via Romford,
arrive at 5.30 am & 3,30 pm; dispatched at 3.30 & 6.30 pm. The nearest money
order office is at Chadwell.
Insurance Agent - Sun, H Thompson
Police station, Frederick Stratford, sergeant
Schools:-
Ford's Endowed (boys & girls), William henry beard, master; Mrs Eleanor Shutt,
mistress
Ford's Endowed (Branch), Whalebone lane, John William Freshwater, master; Miss
Sarah Seymour, mistress
| Dagenham Private Residents Farmer Rev John MA [vicar] Morrison Richard, Lyceum Lodge Pearcy Samuel Loyzel, Rose cottage Shiers James, Vine cottage Thorogood Samuel Boyton, Fox Lane Commercial Barr & Son, general dealers Bates Charles, farmer, American farm Beard Frederick, baker Borrett Charles & Co, manure works, Dagenham wharf & at High Street, Stratford Bruton William, Bull Burke Edward, blacksmith Chase Samuel, saddler & harness maker Claxton Wm Thos, beer retailer & plasterer Collier Richard, farmer, Wheald Farm Collins Christopher John, shopkeeper Congreve War Rocket, Ordnance & Military Stores Manufactory (Peter Pritchard, proprietor); office, 14 London Street, Fenchurch Street EC Coppen Mary Ann (Mrs), farmer, Broad Street Flowers George, baker Gentry Henry, thatcher, Beam Road Gill Edmund, baker Gray Alfred, farmer, Four wants Gray George, farmer, Stockdale Farm Gray Henry, farmer, Pound House Howgego John, market gardener, Five Elms Key John, butcher King Charles, beer retailer, Rose lane Kirk Charles, wheelwright Kirk William, farmer, Rookery Farm Kittle Charles, farmer, & Chequers Kittle George, Rose & Crown Lewin James, blacksmith March James, coal dealer Noble William, beer retailer Palmer Jas, shoe maker & parish clerk Palmer Joseph, farmer, Halbut Street Randall & Fowles, market gardeners, raydon's farm Rivers Geo & Hen, farmers, Lake's farm Rogers John, beer retailer, Halbut Street Scott William, gardener & sexton Shipton William, Cross Keys Smith Thomas, grocer Spencer John, grocer Stevens George, farmer, Cambys |
Thompson William, boot maker Thorogood Ellen (Mrs), farmer Thorogood Samuel B, farmer, Fox lane Thorogood Sarah (Mrs), farmer, Frizlands Wackett John, jobber Waite John, shopkeeper West Edward john, saddler West Joseph Jonadab, grocer Winch Thomas, hurdle maker Wood Mary (Mrs), farmer, Broad Street Becontree Heath Anderson Alexander, Wallace Lodge Blott John, Whalebone House Kitching William, Woodlands Newby Richard N, Whalebone Lodge Scott William Commercial Avis Jonathan, wheelwright Bailey James, beer retailer Balls Charles, millwright Bentley William, boot maker Blewitt John, hay & straw dealer Blewitt Robert, jobber Brewster John, shopkeeper, & post office Brown David, beer retailer Brown Sarah (Mrs), beer retailer, Marksgate Coppen Charles, farmer & cattle dealer Curry george, farmer, Eastbrook End Death George, builder & undertaker Drake William jun, miller, Marksgate Dunsdon John, market gardener, Heath Farm Howgego George, Three Travellers Howgego Henry, wheelwright Kemp Isaac, straw dealer Mead Abraham, farmer, Eastbrook End Miller henry, farmer Parish Coulson Douglas, farmer Perry Joseph, basket maker Reader Elijah, beer retailer Rudge Samuel, smith Samuel George & John, farmers Smitheman Joseph, tanner Thompson Hy, miller, Beam River mill Turner George, straw dealer Wiseman Edward jun, farmer, Marksgate |
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