Upminster
Location
OS grid reference:	TQ560865
Latitude:	51.555743°
Longitude:	0.251239°
Administration
London borough:	Havering
County level:	Greater London
Region:	London
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Greater London
Historic county:	Essex (1965)
Services
Police force:	Metropolitan Police
Fire brigade:	London Fire Brigade
Ambulance service:	London Ambulance
Post office and telephone
Post town:	UPMINSTER
Postal district:	RM14
Dialling code:	01708
Politics
UK Parliament:	Upminster
London Assembly:	Havering and Redbridge
European Parliament:	London
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Garden suburb

Upminster is a chiefly residential district and consists of mainly Victorian and Edwardian housing laid out on wide leafy roads with several parks and open spaces, a golf course, pitch 'n' putt course, tennis clubs and a bowling green. ^[2] More modern post-war residential development has gone on in nearby Cranham, however because the introduction of the Greenbelt laws development was halted and the combined area of Upminster and Cranham forms the easternmost edge of London's urban sprawl. Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ... The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ... This article is about the sport of golf. ... Cranham is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... In city planning, the Green Belt is a concept for controlling metropolitan growth introduced around London, England by minister of housing Duncan Sandys via a Government Circular. ... Urban sprawl (also: suburban sprawl), a term with pejorative implication, refers to the rapid and expansive growth of a greater metropolitan area, traditionally suburbs (or exurbs) over a large area. ...

Upminster is famous locally for Upminster Windmill, a smock mill currently being restored to become the only working windmill in Greater London. Locally, the windmill is an icon for the town and is used in the names of some local businesses and the badges of local sports teams. Upminster is more widely known for being the eastern terminus of the District Line and the location of a London Underground depot at Cranham. An intact 16th century barn is currently used as a museum of nostalgia; it is known locally, although falsely, as a "Tithe Barn". The windmill. ... Spanish Windmills at La Mancha A windmill is an engine powered by the wind to produce energy, often contained in a large building as in traditional post mills, smock mills and tower mills. ... Christ the Redeemer (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) An icon (from Greek , eikon, image) is an image, picture, or representation; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it, or by analogy, as in semiotics; in computers an icon is a symbol on the... The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ... This article is about the British underground transport system. ... The Upminster Tithe Barn Museum of Nostalgia is a small museum located in Upminster in the London Borough of Havering. ...

The area is bordered to the west by the River Ingrebourne which forms the boundary with Hornchurch, to the north by the A127 Southend Arterial Road, to the east by the M25 motorway and North Ockendon and to the south by the borough's boundary with Thurrock. The River Ingrebourne is a tributary of the Thames which passes roughly north east to south west through the London Borough of Havering in East London. ... Hornchurch is a town in the London Borough of Havering in East London. ... The A127 is a trunk road in England linking London with Southend-on-Sea. ... Southend-on-Sea is a resort town in Essex, England. ... The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ... North Ockendon is a place in Greater London, England in the London Borough of Havering. ... Thurrock is a unitary authority with borough status in the East of England. ...

Upminster is home to Roomes Stores, a large independent family-run department store, originally located in Upton Park, which occupies several buildings on the principal street, Station Road. ^[3] Many retailers in town are independent or family run and there are fewer chain stores than on the average high street. With the increasing popularity of the out-of-town shopping mall during the 1990s there was a marked decline in local spending in Upminster, however this situation has since reversed somewhat by a regeneration programme and change of use of some outlets. The fashion store, Station Road, Upminster. ... The interior of a typical Macys department store. ... Upton Park is the name of an area in the London Borough of Newham. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Main Street. ... A shopping mall (or simply mall), shopping center, or shopping arcade is a building or set of buildings that contain stores, and has interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from store to store. ...

Station Road with Roomes Stores in background

Upminster is also the home of the Travel Club of Upminster, one of Britain's oldest tour operators founded in 1936 by Harry Chandler. The high street has a good selection of restaurants but has little in the way of nightlife. Upminster is famous for Ian Dury, the rock singer who named his 1981 album Lord Upminster after the area. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 252 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 252 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... A tour operator typically combines components to create a holiday. ... Nightlife is the collective term for any entertainment that is available and more popular from the late evening into the early hours of the morning. ... Ian Dury, in a look combining Gene Vincent with a Cockney pearly king. ...

History

It had been a small village until the early 1900s when, with the coming of the railway, the area developed rapidly into an archetypal garden suburb for city workers. An archetype is a generic, idealized model of a person, object or concept from which similar instances are derived, copied, patterned or emulated. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ...

There were two principal manors, and one smaller landholder, at the time of Domesday in 1086, both known as Upminster; although in different spellings. Clearly these manors were well-developed, going concerns for long before the Norman Conquest. The field boundary pattern in the south of the parish suggests at least a middle Saxon origin. One of the manors had been donated to Waltham Abbey during the reign of Edward the Confessor.

Typical residential street in Upminster

William Derham (resident in Upminster 1689-1716), the first man to measure the speed of sound, did so from the tower of St. Laurence's Church. Dr. Derham's papers on the speed of sound (in the Proceedings of the Royal Society) describe how he used paired pocket watches, a telescope up the tower of St. Laurence's, and friends around the area (in places such as Rainham) who could be trusted to fire a gun at a precise moment. In 1709, he observed with a telescope a cannon firing on Blackheath. You can still see the doors in the south side of the spire that he put in for this purpose. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 237 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 237 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... William Derham (November 26, 1657 - April 5, 1735), English divine, was born at Stoulton, near Worcester. ... The speed of sound is a term used to describe the speed of sound waves passing through an elastic medium. ... The premises of the Royal Society in London (first four properties only). ... 50 cm refracting telescope at Nice Observatory. ... Rainham is a place in the London Borough of Havering in East London, England. ... Blackheath is a suburb of London, divided between the London Borough of Lewisham and the London Borough of Greenwich. ...

Thomas Lewis Wilson (born in 1833) was a local historian who produced Sketches of Upminster (1856), ironically containing no illustrations, and History and Topography of Upminster (1880-1881). As well as his writing, he was also a sometime builder, brick manufacturer and estate agent. ^{[citation needed]}

From 1894 Upminster was part of Romford Rural District. In 1934 the rural district was abolished and it became part of Hornchurch Urban District. When the urban district was abolished in 1965, Upminster became part of the London Borough of Havering. ^[4] Romford Rural District was a local government district in south west Essex from 1894 to 1934. ... Hornchurch was a local government district in south west Essex from 1926 to 1965. ...

In 1972 the Coopers' Company and Coborn School relocated from Bow to Upminster. The Coopers Company and Coborn School is a 11-18 school in Upminster, in the London Borough of Havering. ... Bow, historically Stratford-le-Bow [1], is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ...

Etymology

Hall Lane is a leafy main road through the north of Upminster

The placename Upminster may derive from an Anglo-saxon minister church, now St. Laurence, whose location was "Up" from an older one at Tilbury. Evidence that is consistent with this formulation include the location of the parish church at a crossroads, and not alongside a manor house; the Anglo-saxon name for the river along the western boundary, the River Ingrebourne; and a somewhat corrupted copy of an Anglo-saxon charter. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 267 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 267 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The River Ingrebourne is a tributary of the Thames which passes roughly north east to south west through the London Borough of Havering in East London. ...

Sport

Sport Clubs in Upminster include Upminster Cricket Club, ^[5] Upminster Hockey Club, ^[6] Upminster Rugby Club ^[7] and Upminster Football Club.

Transport

Upminster station is a local transport hub and provides London Underground and fast rail services to Central London and London Buses services to Romford, Hornchurch, Cranham and Upminster Bridge. ^[8] Upminster Bridge tube station is half way between Upminster and nearby Hornchurch. Bell Corner in Upminster forms the eastern end of the A124 road which passes through East London as far as Canning Town. Upminster station is a London Underground and National Rail station located in Upminster in the London Borough of Havering. ... This article is about the British underground transport system. ... Central London is a much-used but unofficial and vaguely defined term for the most inner part of London, the capital of England. ... An Enviro 400 bus, a modern interpretation of the famous London red double-decker. ... Upminster Bridge is a crossing of the River Ingrebourne between Upminster and Hornchurch in the suburbs of London, United Kingdom. ... Upminster Bridge Station is a London Underground station on the District Line. ... The A124 road is a road in East London linking Canning Town with Upminster. ... East London is the name commonly given to the eastern part of London on the north side of the River Thames. ... Canning Town is an area of East London, England. ...

Nearest stations

• Upminster station (rail and tube)
• Upminster Bridge tube station

Upminster station is a London Underground and National Rail station located in Upminster in the London Borough of Havering. ... Upminster Bridge Station is a London Underground station on the District Line. ...

Nearest places

• Cranham, London, England, a suburb, and within Upminster post town.
• North Ockendon, London, England, also within Upminster post town.
• Hornchurch, London, England, within walking distance over Upminster Bridge.

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References

1. ^ Mills, D., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2000)
2. ^ Havering London Borough Council - Parks and open spaces
3. ^ Rooomes Stores - Corporate website
4. ^ Vision of Britain - Upminster parish
5. ^ Upminster Cricket Club
6. ^ Upminster Hockey Club
7. ^ Upminster Football Club
8. ^ Transport for London - Upminster bus services (PDF)

External links

• East London Family History - Handbook to The Environs of London, James Thorne (1876)