Chadwell Heath Historical Society

Chadwell Heath Historical Society Our Society was founded in 1994. It holds 10 meetings per year, issues a quarterly newsletter.

President: Linda Rhodes
Vice President: Peter Gwilliam
The Society meets at the Baptist Church Hall, High Road, Chadwell Heath, Romford, RM6 6PP at 7.30pm.

Did you know that St. Chad's clock tower was built to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria (1837 - 1897) and ...
05/10/2026

Did you know that St. Chad's clock tower was built to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria (1837 - 1897) and was a gift of Thomas Henry Sale of the Bengal Engineers? It was dedicated on 2nd August 1898 by John Festing, the Bishop of Saint Albans.
T.H. Sale was the father-in-law of the Rev. Shawcross, first vicar of St. Chad's.

Wikipedia tells us that:
The Bengal Engineer Group (BEG; informally the Bengal Sappers or Bengal Engineers) is a military engineering regiment in the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The unit was originally part of the Bengal Army of the East India Company's Bengal Presidency, and subsequently part of the British Indian Army during the British Raj. The Bengal Sappers are stationed at Roorkee Cantonment in Roorkee, Uttarakhand.
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Thomas_Henry_Sale

Did you know that this pathway in St. Chad's Park was once a continuation of Park Lane? In 1928 the Dagenham Urban Distr...
29/09/2026

Did you know that this pathway in St. Chad's Park was once a continuation of Park Lane? In 1928 the Dagenham Urban District Council purchased 34 acres of Blackbush Farm to add to the existing park and this stretch of the lane was absorbed into it.
Parts of St. Chad's Park date back to 1831 when 4 acres of Hainault Forest were given to the parish council to provide allotments for the poor and in 1866 a further 3 acres were added to form a recreation ground. It is the oldest park in Barking and Dagenham.

23/09/2026

Dave Barlow writes:
"Worked for Sidney Swaine at The Swaine Works, next to Motorgear. Anyone remember it?"

23/09/2026

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! Neil Martin, Jean K Fleet, Jack Cottis, Moso Qu, Julius Leesar, Glen Edwards, Bradley Rankin

Station Road. c.1890.
22/09/2026

Station Road. c.1890.

Does anyone recognise this area of Chadwell Heath?
19/09/2026

Does anyone recognise this area of Chadwell Heath?

19/09/2026

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! Dave Barlow, Ross Thornhill, Debbie Cardnell, Micky-boy Pegram, Richard Alexander, Rob Carney, Colin Brown, Steve Kenney, Grahame Williams, Will C Roe

Mark Ripper delivered an interesting talk on the history The Peculiar People to members of the Society at Chadwell Heath...
15/09/2026

Mark Ripper delivered an interesting talk on the history The Peculiar People to members of the Society at Chadwell Heath Baptist Church this evening, Tuesday 15th September 2026. We were intrigued to hear that some members of the religious sect met in a hall in Mill Lane - we must delve into this further.

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