Old Dagenham Village

Chronology

697 - 1700

697AD

First mention of Dagenham made in a Saxon Charter of Barking Abbey|

1205

Baldwin known as 'the Chaplin', possibly the first vicar of Dagenham, although nothing is known of the parish he served. In this year, he was involved in a dispute about land belonging to the church. During Baldwin's tenure in the early 1200s, the chancel of St Peter and St Paul's Church was built

1254

Barking Abbey controlled Dagenham's Church and created a Vicarage. St Peter and St Paul's becomes a Parish Church.

1307

First record of enclosed land in Dagenham - previously all land was common land

1441

First mention of Crown Street, Dagenham - originally called Dagenham Street

1456

The Church Elm first mentioned - at this time it was a tree

1475

North Chapel of St Peter and St Paul's is recorded as newly built

1479

Death of Thomas Urswick of Marks Gate and building of his tomb in St Peter and St Paul's

1519

Reference made to a pinner and a bowyer as traders in the village

1540

First mention of Bull Lane - originally called Spark Street

1621

Floods occur in Dagenham. The Beam River Breach was repaired by Cornelius Vermuyden (later went on to drain fenlands in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire)