Valence House Museum
A history of Valence House
The house
Takes its name from Agnes de Valence, a French woman with close connections to the English royal family who lived there in the 1200s
The present building dates to the 1400s, but has been enlarged and extended many times since. In 1938 a museum for Dagenham was opened in one room in the building.
Valence House Information Sheet 
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