Editing Dagenham (section)

===Local government===
Dagenham was an ancient, and later civil, parish in the [[Becontree Hundred|Becontree hundred]] of [[Essex]].<ref>British History Online – [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/image.aspx?compid=42721&filename=fig13.gif&pubid=280 The Hundred of Becontree]</ref> The [[Metropolitan Police District]] was extended in 1840 to include Dagenham. The parish formed part of the [[Romford Rural District]] from 1894.<ref name=parish>Vision of Britain – [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10238456&c_id=10001043 Dagenham parish] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001032034/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10238456&c_id=10001043 |date=1 October 2007 }} ([http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10238456&c_id=10001043 historic map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225859/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10238456&c_id=10001043 |date=30 September 2007 }})</ref><ref>Vision of Britain – [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10025370&c_id=10001043 Romford RD] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181214/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10025370&c_id=10001043 |date=30 September 2007 }} ([http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10025370&c_id=10001043 historic map]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181611/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10025370&c_id=10001043 |date=30 September 2007 }})</ref> Dagenham Parish Council offices were located on Bull Street.

The expansion of the Greater London conurbation into the area caused the review of local government structures, and it was suggested in 1920 that the Dagenham parish should be abolished and its area divided between [[Municipal Borough of Ilford|Ilford Urban District]] and [[Municipal Borough of Barking|Barking Town Urban District]].<ref name=barking/> Separately, the London County Council proposed that its area of responsibility should be expanded beyond the [[County of London]] to cover the area.<ref>''Greater London: Case for Central Authority: Area and Powers''. ''The Times.'' 14 December 1921.</ref> Instead, in 1926 the Dagenham parish was removed from the Romford Rural District and designated as an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]].<ref name=parish/> In 1938, in further recognition of its development, Dagenham became a [[municipal borough]].<ref>Vision of Britain – [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10025928 Dagenham MB] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001043633/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10025928 |date=1 October 2007 }}</ref> In 1965 the [[Municipal Borough of Dagenham]] was abolished and its former area became part of the [[London Borough of Barking and Dagenham|London Borough of Barking]],<ref>Vision of Britain – [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10166901 Barking LB]</ref> which was renamed Barking and Dagenham in 1980.<ref>Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council – [http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/9-democracy/mayor/mayor-past.html The Mayor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223705/http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/9-democracy/mayor/mayor-past.html |date=26 September 2007 }}</ref> For elections to the Greater London Council, Dagenham was part of the [[Barking (electoral division)|Barking]] electoral division until 1973 and then the [[Dagenham (electoral division)|Dagenham]] electoral division until 1986.