Barking Creek

Barking Creek

Barking Creek joins the River Roding to the River Thames. It is tidal, though there is a partial lock and weir in Barking.In the 1850s, the creek was home to England's largest fishing fleet, and the Victorian icehouse - where the fish were landed and stored prior to being transferred to London's fish markets.Barking Creek contains a small number of house boats.

ee also

* Battle of Barking Creek
* RAF Hornchurch

External links

*


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Battle of Barking Creek — The Battle of Barking Creek was an incident that happened on 6 September 1939, resulting in the first death of a British fighter pilot in World War II. An air raid siren prompted a squadron of Royal Air Force Hurricanes to take off from North… …   Wikipedia

  • Barking — Barking, Stadt in der engl. Grafschaft Essex, 6 km östlich von London (s. Karte »Umgebung von London«), am Barking Creek, mit Ruinen einer Benediktinerabtei (von 670) und (1901) 21,547 Einw. An der Mündung des Barking Creek in die Themse (3 km… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Barking — infobox UK place official name= Barking london borough= Barking Dagenham region= London country= England constituency westminster= Barking post town= BARKING postcode area= IG postcode district= IG11 dial code= 020 os grid reference= TQ440840… …   Wikipedia

  • Barking Owl — Conservation status Least Concern …   Wikipedia

  • Creekmouth — Coordinates: 51°31′01″N 0°05′57″E / 51.5169°N 0.0991°E / 51.5169; 0.0991 …   Wikipedia

  • List of places in London — This is a partial list of places in London, England. See List of places in England for lists of settlements in other counties.London boroughsLondon is divided into thirty two London boroughs:† = Outer London for statistics | * = Inner London for… …   Wikipedia

  • River Roding — The River Roding is a river in England that rises near Dunmow, flows through Essex and forms Barking Creek as it reaches the River Thames in London.The river leaves Dunmow and passes through a group of villages in Essex known collectively as the… …   Wikipedia

  • Adolph Malan — Infobox Military Person name=Adolph Gysbert Malan lived=24 March 1910 – 17 September 1963 placeofbirth=Wellington, South Africa placeofdeath= caption= nickname=Sailor allegiance=South Africa/United Kingdom serviceyears=1935–1946 rank=Group… …   Wikipedia

  • No. 74 Squadron RAF — Active 1 July 1917 3 July 1919 3 September 1935 31 August 1971 19 October 1984 1 October 1992 5 October 1992 22 September 2000 Role Fighter …   Wikipedia

  • London Government Act 1963 — The London Government Act 1963 (1963 c. 33) is an act of the UK parliament, which recognised officially the conurbation known as Greater London and created a new local government structure for the capital. The act significantly reduced the number …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”