Barking and Dagenham

Barking and Dagenham bärˌkĭng ən dăgˈnəm, bôˌ– [key], outer borough of Greater London, SE England. The borough has a power plant and an automobile manufacturing plant as well as engineering, chemical, paint, wood, and other industries. The remains of a Benedictine abbey (c.670) are there.

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