History of Barking in 1886,Establishments & Institutions
History of
Barking
Post, Money Order & Telegraph Office, Savings Bank & Government Annuity &
Insurance Office, Axe Street – Alfred Stephens, postmaster. Letters dispatched
at 9.50 am, 12.20, 5 & 9 pm & on Sundays at 8 pm, delivered at 7 & 8.45 am & £ &
6 pm. Money order office open from 9 am to 6 pm, on Saturday from 9 am to 7 pm.
Post Office Savings Bank open daily, same hours as money order office. Wall End
is the postal district of East Ham.
Parcel Post deliveries 8.45 & 6 pm; dispatched 12.20 & 9 pm
Board day on second Thursday in month at 8 pm
R Hewett, chairman, Roden Lodge
William Bewers, Highfield house
E A Davies, Linton Road
Henry Martin, Northbury house
D H Smith, Linton Road
H Lindsell, The Ship, Heath Street
H H Mason, Abbey Lodge
Edward H Glenny, Linton Road
E H Waltham, Rippleside
F Beale, Beckton house, Beckton
Clerk, Charles Eustace Wilson, Basing Chambers, 20 Basinghall Street EC
Treasurer, Wm Howard, London & County Bank, Lombard Street
Medical Officer of Health, Edward Samuel Lee, Abbey lodge
Surveyor, Charles James Dawson, East Street
Inspector of Nuisances, Frederick Martin, East Street
Collector, William Lake, East Street
Insurance Agents :-
County Fire, J Bissell, North Street & William Simmonds, Barking Road
Norwich Union Fire, J A Millns
Phoenix Fire, E J Bentley
Royal Exchange, H H Mason, East Street
Sun Fire, T E Fitt, Broadway
Westminster, Austin Mays, Broadway
Almshouses, East Street
Barking & East Ham Provident Dispensary, H H Mason, surgeon, Broadway
Essex Regiment, 1st Volunteer Battalion (D company), headquarters, North Street;
Samuel Glenny, captain
Metropolitan Police Station, North Street, Thomas Dixon & Richard Jeffery,
inspectors; 2 sergeants & 28 constables
Public Lighting & Watching Committee, Thos Forge, clerk
Stamp Office, Pavement, Alfred Stephens, distributor
Town Hall, Broadway, William Simmans, hall keeper
Volunteer Fire Brigade, engine house, Town Hall, J J Quash, captain
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Richard Daniel Wilding, Linton Road
Places of Worship with times of services:-
St Margaret’s Church, Church park, Rev John Richardson MA, vicar; Rev R Merrick
MA & Rev Chas F Box, curates; services 11 am, 3 pm, 6.30 pm; wed & fri 11 am &
7.30 pm
Church of England Mission Chapel, Fisher Street, Rev V Smith AKCL, curate; 11 am
& 6.30 pm; mon & thurs at 8 pm
SS Mary & Ethelburga Catholic, Linton Road, Rev James Gilligan, priest; 8.30 am,
10.30 am, 6.30 pm; wed 7.30 pm; daily mass 8.30 am & holy days 9 am
Baptist, Queens Road, Rev G T Gillingham, minister; 11 am, 6.30 pm; mon & wed
7.30 pm
Baptist Meeting Room, North Street, 11 am, 6 pm; tues 7 pm
Brethren, Axe Street; 11 am, 6.30 pm
Congregational Chapel, Broadway, Rev Thomas Davies, minister; 11 am, 6.30 pm;
wed 7.30 pm
Primitive Methodist, Linton Road, ministers various; 11 am, 6.30 pm; tues 7.30
pm
Wesleyan, East Street, Rev George Robinson, minister; 11 am, 6.30 pm; wed 7 pm
Schools:-
A School Attendance Committee of 12 members was formed in 1878; meets at Town
Hall 1st Monday in month 7.30 pm. W Smith, Romford clerk; T Lamb, attendance
officer
National Barking creek (for children); Charles Minter, master
National (boys & girls), Back Lane, built in 1872, with teachers residences at a
cost of £4,000, for 306 boys & 252 girls; average attendance, 280 boys & 232
girls; Joshua King, master; T Foyle, assistant master; Miss Parker, mistress
National (infants), North Street, for 262 children; average attendance, 217;
Miss Louisa E Walter, mistress
National, Rippleside, for 60 children; average attendance, 48; Miss Emma Lake,
mistress
Congregational (boys), Broadway, for 140 children; average attendance, 60;
George Jackson, master
Catholic (mixed), Linton Road, for 90 children; average attendance, 90; Miss
Elizabeth Weyman, mistress
Wesleyan (mixed), East Street, for 356 children; average attendance, 350;
William Pink, master
Ragged (Sunday), Heath Street