Church. Originally a small chapel built outside the walls of Barking Abbey. Altered and enlarged in the 15th and 16th centuries. Captain Cook was married here in 1762.
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St Margaret's Barking
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Barking Abbey
Barking Abbey Was founded by St Erkenwald in the year 666. Destroyed by the D...
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Desiderius Erasmus
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Mr & Mrs Richard Ellis
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St John’s Horselydown church
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1 memorial
Randall Thomas Davidson, Baron Davidson of Lambeth
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3 memorials
Newman Hall
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