Settlement
The borough consists of and includes the following areas:
- Barking
- Becontree
- Becontree Heath
- Castle Green
- Chadwell Heath
- Creekmouth
- Dagenham
- Dagenham Dock
- Marks Gate
- Rush Green
Much of the housing of the borough was constructed by the London County Council during the interwar period of 1921-1939. Major settlement of the area, mostly escaping slum conditions in the East End of London, occurred during this period when the new motor and chemical industries such as the Ford Motor Company plant at Dagenham were set up. Since the decline of these industries in the 1980s, employment has shifted towards service sector jobs. Much of the borough is within the London Riverside area of the Thames Gateway zone and is the site of considerable house building and other development. A £500 million budget has been earmarked for redevelopment of the borough's principal district of Barking.
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Famous quotes containing the word settlement:
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—Jane Addams (1860–1935)
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“... if the Settlement seeks its expression through social activity, it must learn the difference between mere social unrest and spiritual impulse.”
—Jane Addams (1860–1935)