BARKING AND DAGENHAM

bärˌkĭng ən dăgˈnəm, bôˌ–, outer borough (1991 pop. 139,900) of Greater London, SE England. The borough has a power plant and an automobile manufacturing plant as well as engineering, chemical, paint, wood, and other industries. The remains of a Benedictine abbey (c.670) are there.

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books on: Barking and Dagenham  - 69 results

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City Matters: Competitiveness, Cohesion, and Urban Governance
Book by Martin Boddy, Michael Parkinson; Policy Press, 2004
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Great Britain, City Planning--Great Britain, Municipal Government--Great Britain, Urban Policy--Great Britain
...in Britains north but with the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham reinforcing the apparent effect of a manufacturing...16.8 Wolverhampton I .65 Berwickshire I 6.0 Barking Dagenham I .68 Note: Scores are scaled to the lowest of...
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Working-Class Housing in England between the Wars: The Becontree Estate
Book by Andrzej Olechnowicz; Oxford University, 1997
Subjects: Public Housing--England--Essex--Case Studiies
...contributed to the cost of a recruitment campaign in Barking, Dagenham, and Romford. But although steady recruitment was...been won in many factories. 170 An inter-union Dagenham Committee had been formed, but the campaign was hindered...
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The Government and Misgovernment of London
Book by William A. Robson; G. Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1939
Subjects: London (England)--Politics And Government
...It bars further industrialisation north of the Thames within the inner urban and suburban rings, except in the Barking-Dagenham area on the east side of outer London. A similar prohibition would apply on the south side of the river except...
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The Family and Community Life of Older People: Social Networks and Social Support in Three Urban Areas
Book by Chris Phillipson, Miriam Bernard, Judith Phillips, Jim Ogg; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Bethnal Green (London, England)
...Lane listed a brother and sister in his network, as well as a variety of in-laws, most of whom were living in Barking, Dagenham and Braintree. Mr Lane described the family as now having dispersed and said there was no contact on a regular...
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Cultural Planning, an Urban Renaissance?
Book by Graeme Evans; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Art And State, Arts And Society, Arts Facilities, City Planning
...of London S, L REC14 REC4 REC12 REC 10 STRAT11 REC11/ 13 RIV3 RIV6 REC10 TRANS1 ENV5 RIV1 RIV6 REC 11 SOC3 n/a Barking Dagenham S, L STG5 AT4 AT3 AT5 AT6 AT3 AT7 BTC 10 AT9 AT9 CHAP 11 CHAP 11 CHAP7 E4AT8 C14 LAR18 CHAP10 Barnet S, L L5...
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journal articles on: Barking and Dagenham  - 10 results

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Reform of Mathematical Education in Primary Schools: The Experiment in Barking & Dagenham
Journal article by S.J. Prais; National Institute Economic Review, 1996
Subjects: Education--Experimental methods, Educational innovations--Analysis, Mathematics--Study and teaching
...schools: the experiment in Barking Dagenham by S.J. Prais The need to...from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham; the visits focused on schooling...reforms in six junior schools in Barking and Dagenham, beginning with 15 classes...
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Mathematical Attainments in Primary Schooling: Raising Standards and Reducing Diversity
Journal article by Julia Whitburn; National Institute Economic Review, 2002
Subjects: Education, Primary--Evaluation, Mathematical ability--Evaluation, Mathematics--Study and teaching, United Kingdom--Social policy
...began in the London Borough of Barking Dagenham (LBBD). This initiative...When the IPM project began, Barking Dagenham was among the lowest achieving...Key Stage 1) for pupils in Barking Dagenham were just above the average...
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"The Best Way Is Always through the Children": The Impact of Family Reading: Low Standards of Adult Literacy in an English Borough Prompted the Local Library Service to Initiate a Nine-Month Family Reading Project
Journal article by Sarah J. Mcnicol, Pete Dalton; Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Vol. 46, 2002
Subjects: Family--Influence, Functional literacy--Social aspects, Home and school--Social aspects, Literacy programs--Social aspects
...Traditionally, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has been an area of low attainment...very low levels of literacy (Barking Dagenham Library Service, 2000...literacy practices. REFERENCE Barking Dagenham Library Service. (2000...
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Research on the Prices of Flats in the South East London and Vilnius
Journal article by Saulius Raslanas, Laura Tupenaite, Tadas Steinbergas; International Journal of Strategic Property Management, Vol. 10, 2006
Subjects: Apartments, Correlation analysis, London England, Neighborhoods, Property values, Studies, Vilnius Lithuania
...former docks alongside of the river (the northern part of the Greenwich area and the southern parts of Newham and Barking Dagenham areas are often simply titled Docklands), and prestigious multistorey buildings are being constructed in their...
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A Multivariate Model for Spatio-Temporal Health Outcomes with an Application to Suicide Mortality
Journal article by Peter Congdon; Geographical Analysis, Vol. 36, 2004
Subjects: Multivariate analysis, Suicide--Reports
...060 0.051 0.120 0.041 Barking amp; Dagenham 0.034 0.048 0.049 0...0.066 -0.057 0.054 Barking amp; Dagenham 0.104 0.052 -0.090...058 0.043 0.098 0.043 Barking amp; Dagenham -0.078 0.067 0.057...
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magazine articles on: Barking and Dagenham  - 17 results

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From Dagenham to the Dust Bowl: Billy Bragg Has Been Asked by the Woody Guthrie Estate to Set the Folk Hero's Unrecorded Work to Music
Magazine article by Andrew Collins; New Statesman, Vol. 127, March 6, 1998
Subjects: Bragg, Billy--Sound recordings, Guthrie, Woody--Works
From Dagenham to the dust bowl: Billy Bragg has been asked by the Woody Guthrie estate...Something happens." The notion of a 40-year-old Englishman, born in Barking, interpreting the thoughts of the doomed Oklahoman is rich with cross...
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Gone to the Dogs: Barking in East London Was Once Such a Labour Stronghold That the Party Barely Needed to Canvass. Now the BNP Threatens to Seize Control. Daniel Trilling Follows Both Far-Right and Anti-Fascist Activists on the Campaign Trail
Magazine article by Daniel Trilling; New Statesman, Vol. 139, April 19, 2010
Subjects: Griffin, Nick--Political activity, National Party (United Kingdom)--Aims and objectives, National Party (United Kingdom)--Officials and employees, Party leaders--Political activity, Political parties--Aims and objectives, Political parties--Officials and employees, Political parties--United Kingdom, United Kingdom--Political aspects
...the BNP now has 12 seats on Barking and Dagenham Council and there are fears...elections, Labours share across Barking and Dagenham was 31 per cent. This mirrors...Census, which indicates that Barking and Dagenham still has a lower proportion...
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From the Street to the Screen
Magazine article by Matthew Goodwin; New Statesman, Vol. 138, May 25, 2008
...of touch and does not take their concerns seriously. Meanwhile, the durability of BNP support in areas such as Barking, Dagenham and Stoke shows that just simply bashing the party as "Nazi" no longer works. Voters in some areas are so exasperated...
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Filling the Void: Burnley and the Everyday Politics of the Bnp
Magazine article by James Rhodes; Soundings, Spring 2010
Subjects: Civil rights movement, Competition, Housing, Local elections, Political correctness, Politics, Racism
...housing. This was the case in Barking and Dagenham, where the BNP was keen to...not at all. Burnley, like Barking and Dagenham and Stoke-on-Trent, ranks...of BNP strategy. Thus, in Barking and Dagenham the BNP were responsible for...
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The Cockney Siberia: The Thames Gateway Development Is the Largest Urban Regeneration Scheme Ever Attempted in Britain. If It Fails, the Area Risks Becoming a Vast Wilderness Robbed of Its Rich Natural Landscape and Cultural Heritage
Magazine article by Edward Platt; New Statesman, Vol. 139, March 8, 2010
Subjects: City planning--Environmental aspects, City planning--Political aspects, Habitat destruction--Forecasts and trends, Urban planning--Environmental aspects, Urban planning--Political aspects, Urban renewal--Environmental aspects, Urban renewal--Political aspects, Wilderness areas--Planning
...within the Gateway--Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Havering...concerns in Havering, Barking and Dagenham, such as the Thames...industries quarter in Barking, and it has recently...land by the river in Dagenham. It hopes to create...
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newspaper articles on: Barking and Dagenham  - 830 results

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There's No Need for This Barking from Dagenham
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 4, 2007
Theres No Need for This Barking from Dagenham. Byline: richard LITTLEJOHN YOU...find myself on the wrong end ofthe Dagenham Girl Pipers. Last week, you may...expensive briefs. Clearly the Dagenham Girl Pipers are a tough act. Maybe...
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Death of the Car; 15,000 Jobs Face Axe as Ford Plans to Close Dagenham.And Deal a Mortal Blow to the Heart of Britain's Motor Industry
Newspaper article by Chris Mclaughlin; Sunday Mirror (London, England), April 23, 2000
Subjects: Ford Motor Co., Transportation equipment industry
...Face Axe as Ford Plans to Close Dagenham.And Deal a Mortal Blow to the...car production at Fords famous Dagenham plant. Ministers desperately...employer in the area after the local Barking and Dagenham Council. More than 4,500 are...
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How Much Space Will "150 Buy in London? Less Than 5 Sq Cm in Kensington or a Whole Page in Dagenham
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 10, 2006
...Less Than 5 Sq Cm in Kensington or a Whole Page in Dagenham. Byline: MIRA BAR-HILLEL;GEORGINA LITTLEJOHN...staggering 1,010. But at the other end of the scale, in Barking and Dagenham, it is just 220. The most expensive suburb is Richmond...
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Background: Saviour in the Nick of Time; Workers Fear for Dagenham as Europe Takes Its Toll
Newspaper article by James O'Brien; The Birmingham Post (England), February 19, 2000
Subjects: Ford Motor Co., Transportation equipment industry
...47 manufacturing sites. The Dagenham car plant is Britains fifth...cars in 1999. But workers at Dagenham said they had not been given...Maria Hughes, aged 28, of Barking, Essex, who is married with...Lesley Blake, aged 45, from Dagenham, Essex, said: "We have...
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Your Health: My Baby Died So I Could Live; Tracy Robinson, 38, from Dagenham, Was Thrilled to Be Pregnant, but Then Docs Revealed Tracy Would Have to Agree to a Heartbreaking Sacrifice
Newspaper article; The People (London, England), August 15, 2004
...Could Live; Tracy Robinson, 38, from Dagenham, Was Thrilled to Be Pregnant, but Then...working in a pub called The Cauliflower, in Barking, Essex, and I used to pop in to see...open a shop called Simply Lingerie, in Barking, Essex. We sell underwear for women...
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encyclopedia articles on: Barking and Dagenham  - 3 results

 
 
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Barking and Dagenham
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BARKING AND DAGENHAM bar king n dag n m, bo , outer borough (1991 pop. 139,900) of Greater London, SE England. The borough has a power plant...
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Dagenham
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DAGENHAM England: see Barking and Dagenham . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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London , City, England
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Hammersmith and Fulham , Kensington and Chelsea . The 20 outer boroughs are Waltham Forest , Redbridge , Havering , Barking and Dagenham , Newham , Bexley , Bromley , Croydon , Sutton , Merton , Kingston upon Thames , Richmond upon Thames , Hounslow...


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