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Barking, London history
Barking railway station opened in 1854 and has been served by the London Underground since 1908. Historically, Barking was an ancient parish that straddled the River Roding in the Becontree Hundred and historic county of Essex. It underwent a shift from fishing and farming to market gardening and industrial development.
Abbey
Barking was the site of Barking Abbey, a nunnery founded in 666 by Eorcenwald, Bishop of London. It was destroyed by the Danes and reconstructed in 970 by King Edgar. The celebrated writer Marie de France may have been abbess of the nunnery in the late 12th century.
Market
Charter issued between 1175 and 1179 confirms the ancient market right. The market declined in the 18th century but has since been revived.
Architecture: historic buildings
St Margaret’s Church is a grade I listed building in the Abbey Green area of the Town Centre. Eastbury Manor House in Barking is a Grade I listed 16th century Elizabethan manor house and museum run by the National Trust.
Fishing
Salt water fishing began before 1320, when too fine nets were seized by City authorities. Fisher Street (now the southern part of Abbey Road) was named after the fishing community there. Fishermen sailed as far as Iceland in the summer, and moored in Barking Pool.
Economic development
In 1848, 5 shipwrights, 4 rope- and line-makers, 6 sail-makers and 4 mast-, pump-, and block-makers are listed in a local trade directory. Hewett & Co continued in boat building and repair until 1899. By 1878 Daniel de Pass had opened the Barking Guano Works at Creekmouth. Creekmouth was also the site of the major Barking Power Station from 1925 until the 1970s.
Thames disaster
On 3 September 1878 the iron ship Bywell Castle ran into the pleasure steamer Princess Alice in Gallions Reach, downstream of Barking Creek. She broke in two and sank immediately, with the loss of more than 600 lives. At that time there was no official body responsible for marine safety in the Thames.
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