Parsloes Manor was a manor house in what is now known as

Parsloes Park Parsloes Park is a 58 hectare public park in Dagenham in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It is owned and managed by the borough council. A small area opposite the Wren Road entrance is managed for wildlife and designated as a Local Na ...

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in the

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. In 1585, it was described as containing 10

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s, a cottage, 10 gardens, 2 orchards, 100 acres of

arable land Arable land (from the , "able to be ploughed") is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops.''Oxford English Dictionary'', "arable, ''adj''. and ''n.''" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2013. Alternatively, for the purposes of a ...

, 20 acres of meadow, 50 of pasture 30 of wood and 40 rent. In 1619,

William Fanshawe William Fanshawe (1583 – 4 March 1634) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons between 1614 and 1625. Life Fanshawe was the second son of Thomas Fanshawe (remembrancer of the exchequer), Thomas F ...

purchased the house and 91 acres attached to it for £1150 from Edward Osborne. The house was owned by the Fanshawe family for over 300 years. In 1819, it was enlarged, the walls were faced with new brick and the windows were replaced in a neo-gothic manner. The house fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1925.

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{{reflist Manor houses in England Buildings and structures demolished in 1925 Dagenham