| Marks Gate | |
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 Collier Row Road, Marks Gate | |
  Marks Gate Location withinGreater London | |
| OS grid reference | TQ485905 |
| London borough | |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ROMFORD |
| Postcode district | RM6 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| UK Parliament | |
| London Assembly | |
| 51°35′35″N0°08′41″E / 51.593°N 0.1448°E /51.593; 0.1448 | |
Marks Gate is an area ofLondon, England in theLondon Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Part ofEast London, it is immediately north ofChadwell Heath and to the west ofRomford.
The name originally referred to an entrance or gate intoHainault Forest at the northern end of the current Whalebone Lane North, the name being derived from the proximity of the gate to the manor ofMarks (later Marks Hall) which stood on what is now Warren Hall Farm.[1] As with many old houses the name was derived from thede 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 ofHainault 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 filmHarry Brown were filmed on the Marks Gate Estate.[4] Famous ex-residents includeDavid Essex who lived in Padnall Road.[citation needed]
Early last year, the subway was the scene setter for Harry Brown
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