Carpet Cleaning North Ockendon RM14

North Ockendon is the only East London area outside the M25. Stubbers was a local landmark. The house takes the name of its 15th-century owner William Stubbers. However, there is evidence indicating that the estate was there in the 14th century or even earlier. William Coys, a 17th-century botanist, is a former resident. He built a walled garden that housed 342 species of plants including the UK’s first blooming yucca tree. Stubbers featured a dovecote with more than 600 nesting boxes. In 1689, Sir Williams Russel bought the estate. His family owned the house until it was demolished in 1955. In 2011, the Stubbers Activity Center was built on the site of the former stately house.

Elizabeth Kucinich, the wife of American Congressman Dennis Kucinich, was born in North Ockendon. She is the producer of GMO OMG and Hot Water documentaries that deal with health issues. North Ockendon Wall was destroyed in World War II. Hall Farm has a medieval moat that is now a popular fishing spot. St. Mary’s Church of England School was established in 1842 on Church Lane. In 1902, 80 children attended this school. It closed in 1981. Two residences were built on the grounds of the old school.

St Mary Magdalene Church is one of the RM14 grade I listed buildings. It was raised in the 14th century on the grounds of a 12th-century church. The tower was added in the 15th century. Reverend William Derham used the tower in the first precise calculation of the speed of sound. In 1858, landowner Richard Benyon commissioned Richard Armstrong to restore the church. The tower features six bells that are unusually rung in an anticlockwise direction. British Army members who died in War World I rest in the churchyard. The yard features a well that is dedicated to Saint Cedd.