Becontree

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housing estate residential district suburb of London

Becontree is a large suburban housing estate and residential district in East London, historically part of Essex, known for being one of the largest public housing developments in the world when built.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Becontree estate 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf housing estate ⓘ
residential district ⓘ
suburb of London ⓘ
administrativeStatus unofficial district ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1921 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
countrySubdivision England ⓘ
developedBy London County Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAmenity community centres ⓘ
local churches ⓘ
primary schools ⓘ
secondary schools ⓘ
small local parks ⓘ
hasFeature large number of semi-detached houses ⓘ
local shopping parades ⓘ
public parks ⓘ
tree-lined streets ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Becontree tube station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTransport London Buses services NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCounty Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ
housingType public housing ⓘ
knownFor being one of the largest public housing estates in the world at the time of its construction ⓘ
laterTenure mixed tenure housing ⓘ
locatedIn East London NERFINISHED ⓘ
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham NERFINISHED ⓘ
east of Barking ⓘ
north of River Thames ⓘ
west of Dagenham ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone British Summer Time ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
majorDevelopmentPeriod 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
neighbourhoodType predominantly residential ⓘ
originalPurpose working-class housing ⓘ
originalTenure council housing ⓘ
partOf Greater London Urban Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
planningAuthorityAtConstruction London County Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
postTown Barking NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dagenham NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedBy District line NERFINISHED ⓘ
urbanForm planned estate ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barking, Essex, England → nearbyArea → Becontree ⓘ
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham → contains → Becontree ⓘ
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham → notableEstate → Becontree ⓘ
this entity surface form: Becontree estate
Goodmayes, Essex, England → liesNorthOf → Becontree ⓘ
subject surface form: Goodmayes