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This road now called High Road was probably of Roman origin fn. Another old main road through the parish was that linking London with Tilbury Fort. At Barking it swung east, along the edge of the marshes to Dagenham: this stretch, known in the 15th century and later as Ripple Street, fn. About the Tilbury Fort Turnpike Trust shortened and improved the whole Tilbury road, providing a more direct route from London to Barking.

The main purpose of this undertaking was to improve communications between Tilbury and the newly-built docks in east London, but its sponsors also expected that it would benefit Barking, where the fishing industry was approaching its zenith.

Before the construction of New Road now Barking Road and London Road the only approaches to Barking town from the west had been by foot- and bridle-paths. A third road running east-west through the parish, which from early times was of more than local importance, was Green Lane or Green Street, which is recorded from , and may have been much older even than this.

The western end of Green Lane was diverted to its present course at the beginning of the 19th century. In John Thompson, then consolidating his Clements estate, fn. In this diversion was challenged by a group of local inhabitants who are said to have tried to throw open the inclosed lane by force: they were opposed by Thompson's brickfield workers, and the proclamation embodied in the Riot Act had to be read.

The issue was taken to the Essex Assizes and later to the King's Bench, where both the inclosure and the diversion were found to have been illegal, the latter on a technicality. From medieval records, and especially the rental of Barking manor, fn. One important road of ancient origin ran from Barking town north-east to Becontree Heath, crossing the Mayes Brook at Longbridge.

Its western portion now Longbridge Road occurs in as Smallwell Lane. The eastern portion is Wood Lane In the 18th century the principal road running north from Ilford village was Ley Street , fn. Cranbrook Lane fn. After the disafforestation of Hainault in the 's new roads were made in the former forest area, of which the most important were Forest Road and Hainault Road.

Eastern Avenue, north Ilford, was part of a new road from London to Southend. Until the beginning of the present century the main road from London entered Ilford by two bridges, a small western one over the Aldersbrook and a larger eastern one over the main stream of the Roding. These were usually called 'Ilford Bridges', but 'Ilford Bridge', which normally means the larger bridge, sometimes refers to both bridges, including the short causeway between them.

Until the construction of the New Road about there were only foot- or horse-bridges over the Roding and its branches at Barking town. Hamthrough Bridge, spanning Back River at Wallend, had existed as a footbridge before , when it was said to have been destroyed by James Hacche of Barking and others to make a way presumably by a ford for horses and carts.

Hamthrough Bridge was demolished. The bridge was rebuilt in —7, when Crisp Gascoyne, then one of the parish surveyors, paid half the cost. Major repairs were carried out in In —9 the vestry unsuccessfully attempted to force Quarter Sessions to take over the bridge. Red Bridge, which spans the Roding between Ilford and Wanstead, was formerly known as Hockley's Bridge , a name derived from a medieval tenement and family. The town wharf or quay, which lies at the head of Barking Creek, was held during the Middle Ages by the abbey and at the Dissolution passed to the Crown.

It was reported in that it had been much used by boats carrying provisions to the abbey, and corn and meal to and from the adjoining watermills. The abbess had maintained the wharf and had had two flights of stairs there, for use when she travelled by the Thames. The wharf had also been used by fishermen, for taking hay and reeds from the marshes, for landing cattle to feed there, and for the shipment of provisions to the queen's manor of Greenwich and to the City of London. At the time the report was made the wharf was in need of repair: the ground there was eroded for ft.

In the wharf, probably by this time repaired, was on lease to the Corporation of London. With the growth of market gardening fn. In there was an outcry against this traffic and especially against the carriage of muck through the streets by day. The directors, after receiving a public petition, issued new regulations forbidding the landing of nightsoil and restricting the hours during which other kinds of manure might be landed.

From the earlier 18th century the parish had relatively good communications with the outside world. In there was a daily coach service from London to Ilford and Barking, fn. In vessels for Barking left Dyce and Smart's quay, near Billingsgate, fn. The first railway through the parish was the Eastern Counties main line from London to Romford, opened in , with a station at Ilford, extended to Brentwood in and to Colchester in Cameron Corbett, later Lord Rowallan, who was then developing the Grange housing estate.

The growth of Ilford in the 's also caused the G. The loop, opened in , provided an alternative route between Ilford and London. When north Ilford did at last expand rapidly, in the 's, it was decided that the loop should become part of an extended Central London underground line. This scheme, delayed by the war, was completed in —8. North of Newbury Park the loop was electrified. The section between Newbury Park and Seven Kings was closed. In the south of the ancient parish the earliest railway was the London, Tilbury, and Southend line, opened as far as Tilbury, with a station at Barking, in , and extended to Southend in Jarvis, Robin.

John Jarvis IV. Edmunds, Gt. Article dated , and is found in The Norfolk Ancestor, vol. Family History Library Ref. Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc.

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Sign in Create Account. Family Tree. From FamilySearch Wiki. Given the vast size of Essex, it was a small pinch, but it removed a significant proportion of the existing Essex population who suddenly became Londoners. According to John Debenham, who was brought up in Dagenham, most people hardly batted an eyelid at the move.

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