The London Government Act 1963 saw the creation of 32 London boroughs, meaning some previous Essex towns became part of east London.

If you look at North East London, you'll struggle to find a place that wasn't once part of Essex. Areas in Havering and Barking and Dagenham such as Hornchurch and Upminster are consistently ...

The Tremeloes are an English beat group founded in 1958 in Dagenham, Essex, England, and still active today. The group began as Brian Poole & the Tremoloes, the name soon being changed to ...