History of Dagenham in 1902 Kellys Directory
Dagenham & Becontree Heath 1902
Dagenham is a parish and village, bounded by the Thames, the Rom (or Bourne brook), and the Ingerbury brook, with a station on a loop line of the London, Tilbury and Southend railway, 3 miles south west from Romford, 2 ½ south east from Ilford and 12 from Whitechapel church, in the Southern division of the county, Becontree hundred and petty sessional division, Romford union and county court district, Metropolitan police jurisdiction, rural deanery of Chafford, archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of St Albans. The church of SS Peter and Paul is an ancient edifice of Kentish ragstone and brick in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of two bays, north aisle, north porch and an embattled tower on the north side, with a slated spire, and containing a clock and 6 bells, dated 1768; the chancel and aisle date from the 11th century: the nave was rebuilt in 1800: there is a fine old tomb with brasses to Sir Thomas Urswyk kt, appointed common serjeant of the city of London, and subsequently in 1455, made recorder; he also represented the city in Parliament in 1461 and 1467, and was chief baron of the Exchequer from 1471 to 1479, in which year he died: the brass also commemorates his wife, 4 sons and 9 daughters; there is also a marble monument with effigies to Sir Richard Alibon kt, a justice of the King's Bench from 1687 in the reign of James II, ob 22 Aug, 1688: the stained east window is a memorial to the Rev T L Fanshawe, of Parsloes and there are two other memorial windows to Messrs George Currie and George Stevens: in 1878 the church was thoroughly restored, the floor lowered and the interior reseated; during the course of the work an ancient piscina and a cross-marked altar slab were discovered; two helmets and fragments of other armour also remain: the church affords 700 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1546.
The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £481, with 8 acres of glebe and
residence, in the gift of Stevenson Stewart Moore esq, barrister at law, and
held since 1876 by the Rev John
James Stevenson Moore LLD of
Uphill's charity of £150 yearly, left by Jacob Uphill of Dagenham, standard bearer to William and mary, Queen Anne and George I, who died Feb 26, 1717, at 59, formerly expended in clothing children, and in gratuities to them, is now administered under a trust; other charities, including a bread charity left by John White, gent, who died February 2, 1673, are distributed yearly. Ford’s charity consists of £1,000 in Three per cent; the dividends are expended by the trustees in the purchase of blankets and flannel for distribution to poor old men and women of the parish who are over 60 years of age.
Dagenham has much marsh land, and on
Sir Edward Hulse, bart, of Breamore,
Becontree Heath is a large hamlet of
this parish, 2 ½ miles north, and 1 ½
miles south east from Chadwell Station on the Great Eastern railway; it gives
its name to the hundred and to a petty sessional division; meetings held at
Parish clerk and Sexton, James Walter Palmer
Post & Money Order & Telegraph Office &
Savings Bank Annuity, Insurance & Express Delivery Office – Mrs Elizabeth
Howgego, postmistress. Letters through Romford, arrive at
Wall Letter Boxes –
Post Office, Becontree Heath – William
Bentley, sub-postmaster, Letters via Romford, arrive at
| Johnston Andrew esq, DL, Forest Lodge, Woodford
Green, chairman Howard Eliot esq, DL, Ardmore, Buckhurst Hill SO, vice chairman Baker George esq, FRGS, Marryatt’s Lodge, Forest, Snaresbrook NE Beal Edmund John esq, The Elms, Aldborough Road, Ilford Buxton Edward North esq, DL, Knighton House, Buckhurst Hill SO Carter Henry John esq, 8 Inverness terrace, London W Chapman mark esq, Llanarth, Bushwood, Leytonstone NE Chew Geo esq, Oakhurst, Cambridge Park, Wanstead NE Compton John Charles esq, Bromhill house, Chigwell Curwen Spedding esq, Bywell, High Road, South Woodford NE East Joseph Thomas esq, Fernside, Holly Bush Hill, Snaresbrook Fortescue Nathaniel esq, Laurel Bank, The Drive, Walthamstow NE Garrett Lieut-Col Edmund VD, Belmont, Chigwell, Chigwell Row Glenny William Wallace esq, Cecil House, barking Goodman Charles esq, West End Farm, East Ham E |
Green Fredk esq, Hainault lodge, Chigwell Row, Woddford Green Griggs William P esq, 7 The Drive, Cranbrook Park, Ilford Harrison Arthur Lister esq, Elmhurst, South Woodford Kemsley Walter John esq, Ivy Lodge, The Green, Woodford Green Lister Arthur esq, Sycamore House, 871 High Road, Leytonstone NE Mallinson Wm esq, The Limes, 208 Shernall Street, Walthamstow Poulter Major Thomas James, Assembly House, Forest Place, Leytonstone NE Powell Nathl esq, DL, Luctons, Buckhurst Hill SO Robinson Thomas george esq, Brancepath, Whitehall Road, Woodford Green NE Savill Philip esq, Woodlands, Chigwell Row SO Ward Richard esq, Hyde, High Road, Leyton NE Whittingham Walter Basden esq, Frinton on Sea SO Williams Wm Varco esq, Langtons, Hornchurch, Romford |
The Chairmen for the time being, of the Barking, East Ham, Chingford, Leyton, Walthamstow, Wanstead & Woodford Urban & Romford Rural District Councils, are ex-officio magistrates
Clerk to the Magistrates, W J
Attwater, Court house,
Petty Sessions are held at the Court
house,
The following places are included in the petty sessional division:- Barking, Canhall, Dagenham, East Ham, Ilford, Little Ilford, Leyton, Walthamstow & Woodford
Schools:-
A School board of 7 members was formed 7th December, 1874; William Smith, North Street, Romford, clerk to the board; John William Freshwater, Chadwell Heath & Herbert Pritchard, attendance officers.
Board (boys, girls & infants), Becontree Heath, built about 1877 & enlarged 1893, for 400 children; average attendance, 250; George William Patmore, master; Mrs Harriet Patmore, mistress; Miss Bailey, infants mistress
Board (infants), built in 1895 & since enlarged, for 270 children; average attendance 220; Mrs Sarah Howes, mistress
Ford's Endowed, founded in 1828 by William Ford, of Dagenham; the buildings include a master's residence & will hold 120 boys & as many girls; John Doubleday, master; Mrs Emma Doubleday, mistress ; Ford’s Endowed, Whalebone lane, Chadwell Heath, is a branch school connected with this charity, built in 1857 & available for 100 children; these schools have an annual endowment of £300, arising from money left for educational purposes by William Ford, who died March 6th, 1756; Thomas Aldous, master; Mrs Aldous, mistress
Metropolitan Police station, Robert Jobson, station sergeant, 2 section sergeants, 1 acting-sergeant & 11 constables
Railway Station, Edward Foreman, station master
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