Barking and Dagenham have been sister communities on the Thames
shore since Saxon times. In their earliest days communication with
other parts was mainly by water since inland the area was a
wilderness of marsh passable only with the greatest difficulty. We
must assume that these early settlers chose these sites to give
good security from attack. Modern Barking and Dagenham have only
come into being because of the success of entrepreneurs like Samuel
Williams who created such improvements in these Thameside areas
that it was possible to promote them as sites for potential
industrial development. Following the arrival of the Ford Motor
Company and the rapid growth. The village of Dagenham was soon
swamped by housing developments like the huge Becontree estate
which accomodated the new workforce, and the modern community that
we know today began to take shape. This collection of old
photographs and memorabilia of Barking and Dagenham illustrates
many of these changes and the book will appeal to all who live and
work in this famous Thameside area.
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