The small parish of Wennington stands in the southeastern corner of the London Borough of  Havering. It is still separated from it’s neighbours Rainham and Aveley by belts of farmland and marsh pasture; because of this and the Green Belt restrictions, the parish retains it’s ancient rural character.

The village itself is spread out along the Wennington Road, which before 1930 was the main road between Dagenham, Aveley, the Thurrocks, Purfleet and Grays.

There was a garrison at Purfleet and two forts, at Tilbury and East Tilbury, built during the Napoleonic wars.Sailors from Purfleet brought their washing  to the laundry that existed opposite  Laundry Cottages

The Wennington Village Millennium Map was commissioned to celebrate the thousand year history of Wennington Village.

Over the course of the intervening years the name Wennington has evolved from Winitune 1042, Wenninton 1190, Veneton, 1274, Wenyngton 1324, Wynnyngton 1553 and others.

The first known mention of this ancient place occurs in 969A.D. as Winnintuna.

The original saxon settlement was built on a causeway that crossed the marshes alongside the River Thames.

In 1086 the Domesday Book confirms
Wennington as belonging to Westminster Abbey

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