South Ockendon

South Ockendon
Ockendon Station
South Ockendon South Ockendon shown within Essex
OS grid reference	TQ592827
Unitary authority	Thurrock
Ceremonial county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SOUTH OCKENDON
Postcode district	RM15
Dialling code	01708
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Thurrock
List of places UK England Essex 51°31′15″N 0°17′44″E / 51.5207°N 0.2956°E / 51.5207; 0.2956Coordinates: 51°31′15″N 0°17′44″E / 51.5207°N 0.2956°E / 51.5207; 0.2956

South Ockendon is a small town and Church of England parish in the Thurrock borough and unitary district in Essex in the East of England, United Kingdom. It is located on the border with Greater London, just outside the M25 motorway. The area to the north is North Ockendon.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Notable residents
  


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  3 Transport
  


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  4 Education
  


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  5 References
  

History

South Ockendon is an ancient parish. It was a village before the Norman Conquest, had a priest in 1085.^[1] is listed in the Domesday Book^[2] as "Wocheduna", conjecturally named after a Saxon chief, Wocca, whose tribe allegedly lived on a hill.^[3] The suffix "don" in Old English means a low hill in open country.^[4] Until the late 1940s, the village centred on The Village Green, with its Norman Church of St. Nicholas of Myra and adjoining "The Royal Oak"^[5] a 14th-century tavern with a 17th-century northern extension.^[6] North, South and West Roads all converge on The Green.^[7] The railway through Ockendon station was built in 1892 as a through line from Tilbury Dock to the Midlands and further via Upminster and Romford and now is a major commuter route between Southend and Fenchurch Street via Barking.

In 1912, "Mollands Farm" to the south of the original village was acquired for use as a 'rehabilitation' facility for what are now termed 'disadvantaged' or 'educationally challenged' people who were put to useful work on the farm. Over time the farm developed into a major mental hospital (known locally as The Colony) or as South Ockendon Hospital. The hospital closed in 1994 and most of the buildings were subsequently demolished and the site was redeveloped as the Brandon Groves Estate.

South Ockendon village became a location for prefabricated houses (prefabs) accommodating bombed-out residents of East London/West Essex in the very late 40's. Much of the original post-war construction was undertaken by former German Prisoners of war.^{[citation needed]} The majority of these were demolished in the late-1960s when a sizeable Greater London Council estate, Leca plan "concrete" construction homes – the Flowers' Estate – was built to replace them, once more with pre-fabricated dwellings, albeit of a superior design.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1970s The Ford Motor Company factory at Aveley housed Ford's Advanced Vehicle Operations which built cars such as the RS1600.^[8] The plant was wound down gradually from the late 90's but closed entirely in 2004, when the last 150 jobs were lost. The majority of the 150 accepted transfers to other Ford or ancillery sites around Essex. The 'Aveley' plant was situated along and west of the railway line, adjacent to Ockendon station in the Belhus Ward^[9] that part of Ockendon now commonly known as "Belhus" and also used to name a nearby golf club west of the M25.

Notable residents

Thomas Bennett Sturgeon was responsible for all the merino sheep imported into Australia and New Zealand, forming the entire basis of their wool and lamb economy. There are two professional football players Ola Aina and Alex Iwobi signed to Arsenal and Chelsea respectively
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Transport

The railway line from Upminster to Grays separates the old village of South Ockendon from Belhus.^[9] The line is a spur between Grays Thurrock and Upminster of the line from Fenchurch Street Station to Southend and Shoeburyness.

South Ockendon is served by Transport for London. As of Autumn 2015, bus 370 runs between Romford and Lakeside via South Road and bus 347 serves Romford from Ockendon station via Upminster and Harold Wood. Essex services connect the village directly with Basildon, Brentwood, Purfleet, Grays and Aveley.

Education

Secondary education is provided by The Ockendon Academy (formally known as The Ockendon School, and before that Lennard's Secondary Modern School).

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to South Ockendon.

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   ^ Cyril Hart The Early Charters of Essex (Leicester University Press, 1971)
   


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   ^ Gelling, Margaret (1997). Signposts to the Past (third ed.). Phillimore. ISBN 0-460-04264-5.
   


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   ^ "The Royal Oak, South Ockendon". Retrieved 11 May 2009.
   


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   ^ Glyn H Morgan Forgotten Thameside (Letchworth Press, 1966, p92)
   


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   ^ "The Green at South Ockendon Panorama". Retrieved 11 May 2009.
   


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   ^ "Twenty Questions on Ford RS". Retrieved 11 May 2009.
   


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   ^ ^ab StreetCheck. "Postcode Districts in Belhus Ward in Thurrockconstituency". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
   


10. 
    ^ Glyn H Morgan Forgotten Thameside (Letchworth Press, 1966, p 89, 90)
    


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    ^ Directory of Essex, 1848, pp 193, 194
    


12. 
    ^ Leach, Norma. "THE STURGEON FAMILY". Thurrock Local History Society. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
    

v t e Thurrock
Traditional parishes in Thurrock	Aveley Bulphan Chadwell St Mary Corringham East Tilbury Fobbing Grays Horndon-on-the-Hill Langdon Hills Little Thurrock Mucking Orsett South Ockendon Stanford-le-Hope Stifford West Thurrock West Tilbury
Other places in Thurrock	Baker Street Belhus Biggin Bill Meroy Creek Chafford Gorges Nature Park Chafford Hundred Globe Pit Hangman's Wood High House, Purfleet Linford Wood Lower Horse Mardyke (river) Orsett Heath Purfleet Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve Shell Haven Terrel's Heath Thurrock Thameside Nature Park Tilbury Town
Historic buildings in Thurrock	Baker Street Mill, Orsett Bata Factory Belmont Castle Coalhouse Fort The Dell High House, Purfleet Orsett Hall South Ockendon Windmill State Cinema Tilbury Fort

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