Marks Gate

Marks Gate
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;
	List of places UK England London 51°35′35″N 0°08′41″E / 51.593°N 0.1448°E

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]}

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Marks Gate". Hidden London. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^ Mills, A.D. (2001). Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford.
^ "Dagenham: Introduction and manors". Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^ 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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[hidden-1] "Marks Gate". Hidden London. Retrieved 19 April 2015.

[mills_london-2] Mills, A.D. (2001). Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford.

[IHR-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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