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'''Marks Gate''' is a place at the northern tip of the [[London Borough of Barking and Dagenham]] in East [[London]], England.
'''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 (Manor)|Marks]] (later Marks Hall) which stood on what is now Warren Hall Farm.<ref name=hidden>{{cite web | title = Marks Gate | publisher = Hidden London |url = http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/marks-gate/ | accessdate = 2015-04-19}}</ref> As with many old houses the name was derived from the ''de Merk'' family who built the original manor in the 14th Century.<ref name=mills_london>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of London Place Names|year=2001|last=Mills|first=A.D.|publisher=Oxford}}</ref>
It is located immediately north of [[Chadwell Heath]] and west of [[Collier Row]].


The oldest evidence for a settlement in this location is of a fortified village on the hilltop around 600 BC,<ref name=hidden /> and by 1777 Marks Gate was shown on maps as a hamlet on the southern edge of [[Hainault Forest]].<ref name=IHR>{{cite web | title = Dagenham: Introduction and manors | publisher = Institute of Historical Research |url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol5/pp267-281 | accessdate = 2015-04-19}}</ref> 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.<ref name=hidden />
The name refers to an entrance to [[Hainault Forest]], which once occupied the area north of here. 'Marks' is formed from an old manorial name which is derived from the 14th century ''de Merk'' family.<ref name=mills_london>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of London Place Names|year=2001|surname=Mills|first=A.D.|publisher=Oxford}}</ref>


Scenes for the 2009 box office hit [[Harry Brown]] starring [[Cockney]] actor [[Michael Caine]], and [[soul music]] singer Plan B, were filmed here.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} Famous ex-residents include [[David Essex]] who lived in Padnall Road.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}
Scenes for the 2009 film ''[[Harry Brown (film)|Harry Brown]]'' were filmed on the Marks Gate Estate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk/news/crime/20936692.new-dawn-blighted-estate/ |title=A new dawn for blighted estate |last=Sahin |first=Sukran |date=2 November 2010 |website=Barking and Dagenham Post |quote=Early last year, the subway was the scene setter for Harry Brown}}</ref> Famous ex-residents include [[David Essex]] who lived in Padnall Road.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}


==Nearest stations==
==Nearest stations==

*[[Newbury Park tube station]]
*[[Newbury Park tube station]]
*[[Chadwell Heath railway station]]
*[[Chadwell Heath railway station]]
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51°35′35″N 0°08′41″E / 51.593°N 0.1448°E / 51.593; 0.1448

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

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  1. ^ a b c "Marks Gate". Hidden London. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  2. ^ Mills, A.D. (2001). Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford.
  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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