Editing Upminster (section)

===Economic development===
There was a Roman farmstead in the Upminster area from the 1st century to the 3rd century, and agriculture was the predominant industry throughout the following centuries.<ref name=introduction/>

The area was once wooded, but clearances in the 12th century gave more land over to arable farming; and by the 17th century there were a variety of crops and livestock.<ref name=introduction/> There was a growth in [[market gardening]] in the 19th century.<ref name=introduction/> There have been a number of [[List of windmills in London#T - W|windmills in Upminster]] and one of which, a [[smock mill]] built in 1803, remains.<ref name="london annals">{{cite book | title=The Annals of London | publisher=Cassell & Co | author=Richardson, John | year=2000 | isbn=1-84188-135-X }}</ref> Local industry included a tannery, gravel extraction and a brick works that was connected to the railway station by a tramway in 1895.<ref name=introduction/><ref>{{Cite web|last=hurdler46|date=2018-04-26|title=Upminster's lost brickworks|url=https://upminsterhistory.net/2018/04/26/upminsters-lost-brickworks/|access-date=2021-08-31|website=Old Upminster|language=en}}</ref>

The [[London, Tilbury and Southend Railway]] from [[Fenchurch Street railway station|Fenchurch Street]] was extended from Barking to [[Upminster station|Upminster]] in 1885.<ref name="Barking LTSR">{{citation | publisher=Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council | url=http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/4-heritage/local-history/information-sheets/pdf/info-sheet-10.pdf | work=Local Studies Information Sheets | title=London, Tilbury and Southend Railway | year=2008 | access-date=8 February 2010 | archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5nSOU9e9k?url=http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/4-heritage/local-history/information-sheets/pdf/info-sheet-10.pdf | archive-date=11 February 2010 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The underground [[Whitechapel and Bow Railway]] opened in 1902 and allowed through services of the [[District Railway]] to operate to Upminster. The District converted to electric trains in 1905 and services were cut back to East Ham. Delayed by [[World War I]],<ref name="Barking LTSR"/> electrified tracks were extended by the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] to Upminster and through services resumed in 1932.<ref name="rose">{{cite book | author=Rose, Douglas | title=The London Underground: A diagrammatic history | year=1999 | publisher= Douglas Rose | edition=7 | isbn=1-85414-219-4}}</ref><ref name="Wolmar">{{cite book |author = Wolmar, Christian |title = The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever  |publisher = Atlantic Books | year=2005 |isbn = 1-84354-023-1  |page = 268 |author-link = Christian Wolmar }}</ref>