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.
Group Manager - Heritage and Archives
Valence House Museum
Becontree Avenue
Dagenham
RM8 3HT
Amy Gaimster (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning)
Tel: 020 8227 5293
Email: amy.gaimster@lbbd.gov.uk|
Kirstie Bradburn (Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday)
Tel: 020 8270 6769
Email: kirstie.bradburn@lbbd.gov.uk|
Fax: 020 8270 6868
Email: valencehousemuseum@lbbd.gov.uk |
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