Marks Gate

Human settlement in England

Marks Gate

Collier Row Road, Marks Gate

Marks Gate

Location within Greater London

OS grid reference| TQ485905
London borough|

* Barking & Dagenham

Ceremonial county| Greater London
Region|

* London

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| ROMFORD
Postcode district| RM6
Dialling code| 020
Police| Metropolitan
Fire| London
Ambulance| London
UK Parliament|

* Dagenham

London Assembly|

* City and East

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51°35′35″N 0°08′41″E﻿ / ﻿51.593°N 0.1448°E﻿ / 51.593; 0.1448

Marks Gate is an area of London, England in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Part of East London, it is immediately north of Chadwell Heath and to the west of Romford.

The name originally referred to an entrance or gate into Hainault Forest at the northern end of the current Whalebone Lane North, the name being derived from the proximity of the gate to the manor of Marks (later Marks Hall) which stood on what is now Warren Hall Farm.[1] As with many old houses the name was derived from the de Merk family who built the original manor in the 14th Century.[2]

The oldest evidence for a settlement in this location is of a fortified village on the hilltop around 600 BC,[1] and by 1777 Marks Gate was shown on maps as a hamlet on the southern edge of Hainault Forest.[3] Subsequent development in the 1950s has overtaken two other gates to the forest, at Roselane Gate at the northern end of Rose Lane, and a further gate at Padnall Corner.[1]

Scenes for the 2009 film Harry Brown were filmed on the Marks Gate Estate.[4] Famous ex-residents include David Essex who lived in Padnall Road.[citation needed]

## Nearest stations

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* Newbury Park tube station
* Chadwell Heath railway station

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Marks Gate". Hidden London. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
2. ^ Mills, A.D. (2001). Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford.
3. ^ "Dagenham: Introduction and manors". Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
4. ^ Sahin, Sukran (2 November 2010). "A new dawn for blighted estate". Barking and Dagenham Post. "Early last year, the subway was the scene setter for Harry Brown"

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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Districts|

* Barking
* Barking Riverside
* Beam Park
* Becontree
* Becontree Heath
* Castle Green
* Chadwell Heath
* Creekmouth
* Dagenham
* Dagenham Dock
* Marks Gate
* Rush Green
* Thames View Estate

Attractions|

* Barking Abbey
* Barking Market
* The Broadway
* Eastbury Manor House (NT)
* Valence House Museum
* Victoria Road

Places of worship|

* St Margaret's Church, Barking
* St Peter and St Paul, Dagenham

Parks and open spaces|

* Barking Park
* Beam Valley Country Park
* The Chase Nature Reserve
* Dagenham Village Churchyard
* Eastbrookend Country Park
* Mayesbrook Park
* Parsloes Park
* Ripple Nature Reserve
* Scrattons Eco Park
* Valence Park

Constituencies|

* Barking
* Dagenham and Rainham (part)

Tube and rail stations|

* Barking
* Barking Riverside
* Becontree
* Chadwell Heath
* Dagenham Dock
* Dagenham East
* Dagenham Heathway
* Upney

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