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Becontree, Essex

Historical Description

Becontree, a hundred in Essex. It is bounded on the W by the river Roding and on the S by the Thames, measures 8 miles by 5½, and contains nine parishes.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Essex is available to browse.

The Essex pages from the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 is online.


Maps

Online maps of Becontree are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Essex online:

DistrictBarking and Dagenham
CountyGreater London
RegionLondon
CountryEngland
Postal districtRM9
Post TownDagenham

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