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A History of the County of Essex
… In 1870 the Gas Light and Coke Co. had opened the Beckton Gas Works, which lie partly in Barking, and after …
A History of the County of Essex
… on the Thames bank, where are the three 'Royal' docks, Beckton Gas Works, and the Ford Motor Works. Domesday Book …
A History of the County of Essex
… and Coke Co. took the land by compulsory purchase to make Beckton Road, at a price of 450, which was invested. Daniel …
A History of the County of Essex
… North Woolwich. 202 The church of ST. CEDD, Canning Town, Beckton Road, was originally a mission of St. Andrew's. 203 A …
A History of the County of Essex
… Albert Road, Silvertown (1891), and Albion Terrace, Beckton Road, Canning Town (1898). After 1900 the bays were … Town, collapsed after a gas explosion. 158 North of Beckton Road and in Kildare Road is a small but unusual … In striking contrast to them is the landscape south of Beckton Road, where the skyline is increasingly dominated by …
A History of the County of Essex
… for mixed juniors and infants. It was closed in 1962. Beckton Road board school, Canning Town, was opened in 1888 … Canning Town (1952), was built on the site of the former Beckton Road elementary school, and Custom House school, …
A History of the County of Essex
… West Ham was greatly affected also by the building of Beckton gasworks in East Ham, to which a railway, branching … 1890s included the Fords Park estate, which lay south of Beckton Road, 129 and the Avenon's charity estate, between Barking Road and Beckton Road. 130 By 1901 most of the borough had been built …
A History of the County of Essex
… rising to 85 per cent in Tidal Basin, and 49 per cent in Beckton Road. During the intensive raids of 19401 the local … parks 140 were opened in 1894, at Plaistow (8 a.), and Beckton Road, Canning Town (22 a.), and in the same year the …
A History of the County of Essex
… union which he had founded to protect the interests of the Beckton gas workers. He retained the seat at the elections of …
A History of the County of Essex
… War, when it was bombed. Missionary work at Ford's Park, Beckton Road, led to the formation of a new church there in … in 194956. In 1966 it had 93 members. Ford's Park church, Beckton Road, was founded in 1894 by G. T. Allpress of … and Edward Streets, and to form exclusive work gangs at Beckton gasworks. 277 Additional buildings were erected …