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1922
The Town Quay/Mill Pool is situated on the River Roding approximately two miles north of where the Roding joins the River Thames.
A wharf of some kind must have existed near Barking Abbey from its foundation in the year 666, as water was then the chief means of transport and communication.
Provisions for the abbey, corn and meal for the nearby mills, the growing trade of the town, and the local fishing and allied industries were all dependent on the wharf.
When the Barking fishing industry was at its height in the 1850s the Town Quay must have been bustling with activity.
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