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Earl of Essex, Manor Park

pub in Manor Park, London

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ17300022 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Earl of Essex is a Grade II listed public house at 616 Romford Road, Manor Park, London.

It was built in 1902 by the architects Henry Poston and William Edward Trent.

The pub has been closed since 2012, and as of April 2016, it is hoped to reopen in the near future.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Earl of Essex, Manor Park” as pub in Manor Park, London. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1902, 2012, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1902. The account is most persuasive where Earl, Essex and Manor can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as pub in Manor Park, London. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17300022. Authority coordinates are 51.550, 0.047. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1902, 2012 and 2016.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Earl of Essex, Manor Park”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Earl of Essex, Manor Park primary sources, Earl of Essex, Manor Park archive and Earl research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Earl of Essex, Manor Park”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Earl of Essex, Manor Park” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.