Guide to rate books
held at the Barking and Dagenham
Archives and Local Studies Centre
To access any of the material listed below, please email
localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk or telephone 020 8227 2033
Last updated September 2014
Introduction
This guide provides a list of rate books created by successive local authorities, which are now held at
the Barking and Dagenham Archive and Local Studies Centre. Rate books are a great way to discover
the history of your house or the whereabouts of an elusive ancestor. Houses are often listed
alphabetically, on a street-by-street basis, and changes of occupant and the values of properties can
be traced by comparing the information in the most recent rate books with that in earlier books.
For further information about the records listed below or to enquire about viewing archive material
in the reading room, please do not hesitate to contact a member of staff by email at
localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk or telephoning 020 8227 2033.
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Rate books of the parish of Barking
Rate books of the Overseers’ of the parish of Barking (1739-1836)
Rate books of the Church Wardens’ of the parish of Barking (1738, 1756, 1765, 1770-1771, 1773 and
1866)
Rate books of the Surveyors’ of the parish of Barking (1828 and 1837-1844)
Rate collection books for Barking Town Ward of the parish of Barking (1747, 1752-1754, 1757, 17601763 and 1767-)
Rate collection books for the Ilford Ward of the parish of Barking (1728, 1732, 1737-1739, 17441745, 1747, 1749-1751, 1753, 1756-1757, 1761, 1771, 1786, 1788-1789, 1796, 1798, 1807, 1810,
1815, 1819, and 1829)
Rate collection books for the Chadwell Ward of the Parish of Barking (1744, 1746-1749, 1752-1756,
1758, 1761-1762, 1765, 1767 and 1778)
Rate collection books for the Ripple Ward of the Parish of Barking (1744, 1747-1748, 1750-1952,
1759, 1761-1763, 1765, 1768-1771 and 1777-1779)
Poor rate books of Barking the parish of Barking (1837-1875, 1881, 1884, 1886-1887, 1891, 1896,
1901, 1906, 1911-1912, 1914 and 1916).
Rate books of the parish of Dagenham
Poor rate books for the parish of Dagenham (1839-1892)
Church rate books for the parish of Dagenham (1849, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1863 and 1865)
Sanitary rate books for the parish of Dagenham (1887-1890 and 1892)
Lighting rate books for Dagenham for the parish of Dagenham (1901-1925)
Lighting rate books for Beacontree Heath of the Parish of Dagenham (1923-1925)
Lighting rate books for Chadwell Heath of the Parish of Dagenham (1900-1901, 1904-1909, 19111912, 1914-1917 and 1919-1925).
Highways rate books for the parish of Dagenham (1874-1880)
Poor and sanitary rate books of the Parish of Dagenham (1893-1913)
Poor and special rate books of the Parish of Dagenham (1914 and 1921-1922)
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Rate books of the Borough of Barking
Poor and general rate books for Barking (1921-1922, 1926-1928 and 1931-1932)
General rate demand summary books for Barking (1933-1963)
Rate books of the Borough of Dagenham
General rate books for Dagenham (1928, 1930-1932, 1939-1940 and 1951-1965))
General rate books Chadwell Heath (1928, 1930-1932, 1939-1940 and 1951-1965)
General rate books for Beacontree Heath (1928, 1933-1934 and 1951-1964)
Rate books of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
General rate demand summery books (1965-1971 and 1988-1990)
Rate cash collection books (1967-1970)
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