14 Facts About Upminster

1.

Upminster is a suburban town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Havering.

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2.

The economic history of Upminster is characterised by a shift from farming to brick making to garden suburb.

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3.

Placename Upminster is first recorded in 1062 as Upmynstre and is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Upmunstra.

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In 1836 the vestry lost control of poor relief, with Upminster becoming part of the Romford Poor Law Union and in 1875 the parish became part of Romford rural sanitary district.

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In 1934 the parish council was abolished and Upminster was combined with other parishes to form part of Hornchurch Urban District.

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6.

The estates of Gaynes, New Place and Upminster Hall were purchased during the 17th century by merchants in the City of London.

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From 1945 to 1974 Upminster formed part of the Hornchurch constituency and from 1974 to 2010 it formed part of the Upminster constituency.

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8.

Upminster is within the Havering and Redbridge London Assembly constituency.

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9.

Upminster is a post town in the RM postcode area; it forms a long protrusion over the M25 motorway and additionally includes North Ockendon, in Havering, and Bulphan in Thurrock.

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10.

All of Upminster is contained within these wards, however they cover the connected settlement of Cranham and the rural outlier of North Ockendon.

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11.

The Upminster ward has one of the lowest levels of deprivation in London.

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12.

The station at Upminster is served by National Rail operator c2c who provide services to Fenchurch Street via West Ham; Shoeburyness via Basildon; and Southend via Chafford Hundred.

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13.

Upminster is often associated with Ian Dury and his 1981 album Lord Upminster is named after the town.

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14.

Derham used a telescope from the tower of the church of St Laurence, Upminster to observe the flash of a distant shotgun being fired, and then measured the time until he heard the gunshot with a half-second pendulum.

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