Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Dagenham is a place in London, England in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham is the home of an assembly plant owned by the Ford Motor Company. The plant was built in 1931 for the purpose of producing Ford carss, however on February 20, 2002, this was discontinued due to the expense of manual labour in the United Kingdom, and the factory was downsized to produce only engines. Nearest places: Romford, London, England Barking, London, England Nearest station: Dagenham East tube station This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.