North Ockendon
North Ockendon | |
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North Ockendon village | |
Location within Greater London | |
OS grid reference | TQ595855 |
• Charing Cross | 18 mi (29 km) WSW |
London borough | |
Ceremonial county | Greater London |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | UPMINSTER |
Postcode district | RM14 |
Dialling code | 01708 |
Police | Metropolitan |
Fire | London |
Ambulance | London |
UK Parliament | |
London Assembly | |
North Ockendon is the easternmost settlement of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Havering. It is 18 miles (29 km) east-northeast of Central London and consists of a dispersed settlement within the Metropolitan Green Belt. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Essex, which was abolished for civil purposes in 1936.[1] North Ockendon is the only inhabited area in Greater London outside the M25 London Orbital Motorway. North Ockendon is north of South Ockendon, in Thurrock, Essex.
History
1881 | 329 |
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1891 | 351 |
1901 | 340 |
1911 | 309 |
1921 | 326 |
1931 | 291 |
source: UK census[2] |
North Ockendon
, was built in the fourteenth century, on the site of an earlier church.From 1894, North Ockendon formed a parish in the
In 1965, Hornchurch Urban District was abolished, and its former area, including North Ockendon, was transferred to Greater London and used to form the present-day London Borough of Havering. North Ockendon and Great Warley were to the east of the M25 motorway when it was constructed. In 1992, it was proposed that the part of Greater London to the east of the M25 should be transferred to Essex, with the Great Warley section north of the railway transferred to Brentwood and the North Ockendon section to the south transferred to Thurrock. The transfer of North Ockendon from London to Essex was strongly opposed, with Nicholas Bonsor MP stating that his constituents agreed it had "more affinity with Havering than with Thurrock".[6] Following the review the Great Warley section was transferred to Essex, but the North Ockendon part was not, leaving it the only part of Greater London to be outside the M25 motorway.
North Ockendon is the location of Stubbers, a former stately home which was demolished in 1955, the grounds of which are now used as an activity centre.[7]
Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of the U.S. congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, was born in North Ockendon in 1977.
Demography
North Ockendon lies within the Upminster ward. The 2011 census showed that the population was 96% white (92% British, 2% Other, 2% Irish). Indian, Chinese and Black African were 1% each.[8]
Geography
To the east is a small area of fenland, which extends into
The Church of St Mary Magdalene, North Ockendon has a probably re-used Norman nave door on the south side of the nave. Its tower was used in the first accurate measurement of the speed of sound, by the Reverend William Derham, Rector of Upminster. Gunshots were fired from the tower and the flash thereof was observed by telescope from the tower of the church of St Laurence, Upminster; then the time was recorded until the sound arrived, from which, with an accurate distance measurement, the speed could be calculated.
Economy
Proposed data centre
North Ockendon is the proposed location of the 175-hectare London Data Freeport
Transport
The nearest railway stations are at Ockendon and Upminster. London bus routes
References
- ISBN 0-901050-67-9.
- ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, North Ockendon. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ "Local Goverment Act, 1929". Essex Chronicle. 7 October 1932. p. 1.
Purfleet Urban District: Inclusion of the parish of North Ockendon
- ^ "Purfleet's Appeal to the House of Lords". Essex Chronicle. 25 October 1935. p. 12.
- ^ Ball, Alfred (1937). "Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch 1936". Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- WayBack Machine, 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Outdoor Activity Centre Essex - London | Stubbers Adventure Centre". Stubbers Activity and Adventure Centre Essex.
- ^ Services, Good Stuff IT. "Upminster - UK Census Data 2011". UK Census Data.
- ^ Judge, Peter (15 November 2022). "600MW East London green belt data center faces opposition from environmentalists and councilors". Data Centre Dynamics. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ Mellor, Josh (8 June 2023). "Upminster data centre plans on green belt to be discussed". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ Mellor, Josh (9 October 2023). "Plans for huge data centre near Upminster to progress". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 10 October 2023.