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Barking may refer to: Places * Barking, London, a town in East London, England ** London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, a local government district covering the town of Barking ** Municipal Borough of Barking, a historical local government district covering the town of Barking ** Barking (UK Parliament constituency), including Barking and Becontree * Barking, Suffolk, a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England * Barking Lodge, a village in Jamaica * Barking Sands, Hawaii, United States Arts and media * ''Barking'' (album), by Underworld * "Barking" (song), by Ramz * ''Barking'' (TV series), a British television sketch comedy show Other uses * Bark (sound), the sound made primarily by domesticated dogs for communication * Barking Rugby Football Club Barking RFC is an English rugby union team based in Barking, east London and currently play in the ninth tier of the English rugby union league system, Essex 1. History Park Modern Old Boys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barking, London
Barking is a suburb and List of areas of London, area in Greater London, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It is east of Charing Cross. The total population of Barking was 59,068 at the 2011 census.If defined as the Abbey, Eastbury, Gascoigne, Longbridge, and Thames Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral wards of Barking & Dagenham Council In addition to an extensive and fairly low-density residential area, the town centre forms a large retail and commercial district, currently a focus for regeneration. The former industrial lands to the south are being redeveloped as Barking Riverside. Origins and administration Toponymy The name Barking came from Old English language, Anglo-Saxon ''Berecingas'', meaning either "the settlement of the followers or descendants of a man called Bereca" or "the settlement by the birch trees". In AD 735 the area was ''Berecingum'' and was known to mean "dwellers among the birc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Borough Of Barking And Dagenham
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham () is a London borough in East London. It lies around 9 miles (14.4 km) east of Central London. It is an Outer London borough and the south is within the London Riverside section of the Thames Gateway; an area designated as a national priority for urban regeneration. At the 2011 census it had a population of 187,000, the majority of which are within the Becontree estate. The borough's three main towns are Barking, Chadwell Heath and Dagenham. The local authorities are the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Councils. Barking and Dagenham was one of six London boroughs to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. History The London Borough of Barking was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covered almost all the area of the Municipal Borough of Barking and the greater part of the area of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham, both of which were abolished by the same act. At the time of its creation the combined population of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Borough Of Barking
Barking was a local government district, and later civil parish and borough, in southwest Essex, England from 1882 to 1965. It was known as Barking Town from 1882 to 1931. The district included the town of Barking, eastern Beckton and the southwestern part of the Becontree estate. The district was within the Metropolitan Police District and experienced a steady increase in population during its existence. It now forms the western part of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and the eastern extremity of the London Borough of Newham in Greater London. Background The ancient parish of Barking covered an area of in the Becontree (hundred), Becontree hundred. The parish was the largest in Essex in terms of area and was divided into the four wards of Barking, London, Town, Ripple, Ilford, Great Ilford and Chadwell. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barking (UK Parliament Constituency)
Barking is a constituency formed in 1945, and represented since then by a member of the Labour Party in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 1994, its Member of Parliament has been Margaret Hodge. Political history The area has elected Labour MPs since its creation in 1945, on strong majorities of 20.4% of the vote or greater, except for the results in 1983 and 1987. The rise in support for the British National Party since the turn of the 21st century saw the party attain 17% of the vote at the 2005 general election. Party members and supporters were optimistic that the party would soon make the breakthrough into UK parliament, and party leader Nick Griffin stood in Barking for the 2010 general election. However, his performance in Barking was poor, as he polled 14.8% of the vote (which actually represented a decline in percentage terms compared to 2005), and Margaret Hodge retained the seat with more than half of the vote. During the run-up to the 2010 election, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barking, Suffolk
Barking is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is west of Needham Market on the B1078 road. The village is linear along the road with its centre being around the area known as Barking Tye and away from the large village church of St Mary.St Mary, Barking Suffolk churches website. Retrieved 2013-01-25. There are six bells that hang the church of St Mary with the largest weighing 11 cwt - 1 qr - 7 lb.Dove's Guide Retrieved 2013-04-14. All 6 bells were recast and rehung in 1911 by Alfred Bowell. |
Barking Lodge
Barking Lodge is a small village in the parish of Saint Thomas close to the south-east coast of Jamaica. History Barking Lodge was once a small sugar estate spanning and worked by 150 slaves at the time of emancipation when the property belonged to Philip Forsyth and the heirs of Robert Lindsay, having been owned in 1811 by the heirs of Ambrose S. Carter. Ambrose S. Carter appears to have first settled the estate in the 1770s. Upon his death in the early 1790s, the plantation may have descended to the Forsyth and Lindsay families into whom Carter's daughters had married whilst another daughter made union with the Dickinson family. Ambrose Carter was latterly married to the owner of Newmarket plantation. Other Carters of the period became proprietors of the Essex and Wilmington estates whilst a family of Carters settled at Bath and one Carter married into the Worsfold family. It is not apparent how these Carters may have been related. The prevalence of the name Carter in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barking Sands
The Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands is a U.S. naval facility and airport located five nautical miles (9 km) northwest of the central business district of Kekaha, in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. PMRF is the world's largest instrumented, multi-dimensional testing and training missile range. The US military and its contractors favor its relative isolation, ideal year-round tropical climate and encroachment-free environment (see "PMRF Agriculture Preservation Initiative" below). It is the only range in the world where submarines, surface ships, aircraft and space vehicles can operate and be tracked simultaneously. There are over of instrumented underwater range and over of controlled airspace. The base itself covers roughly . The base includes a runway with operations and maintenance facilities. It has roughly 70 housing units and various recreational facilities for those who can access the base. The base has support facilities at Port Allen, Makaha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barking (album)
''Barking'' is the eighth studio album by British electronic group Underworld, released on 2 September 2010. The lead single, "Scribble", produced with Welsh drum and bass producer High Contrast, was released on 28 June 2010. The band released a radio edit of the track for free download on their website on 13 May 2010. Each track on the album was written by band members Karl Hyde and Rick Smith in Essex, before being sent to producers well known for their contributions to trance, drum and bass and dubstep. The album sees further collaboration with Mark Knight and D. Ramirez, whose 2009 single, "Downpipe", featured lyrics and vocals by Hyde. ''Barking'' received positive reviews from most music critics. The album debuted at number twenty-six on the UK Albums Chart, selling 5,146 copies in its first week. There are seven slightly modified variations of the cover artwork - depending on edition and format - all created by John Warwicker. The album is named after Barking, an ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barking (song)
"Barking" is a 2017 song by British rapper Ramz. It was released on 1 December 2017 as his debut single. The song entered the UK Singles Chart on 14 December 2017 at number 41, before peaking at number two on 19 January 2018. A promotional music video, filmed around Waterloo, London and Barking, London, was uploaded to GRM Daily's YouTube YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by ... channel on 17 September 2017. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References 2017 songs 2017 singles Afroswing songs {{2010s-hiphop-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barking (TV Series)
''Barking'' is a late night sketch comedy show broadcast on Channel 4 in 1998, starring Mackenzie Crook, David Walliams, Omid Djalili, Peter Kay, Dave Lamb, Rhys Thomas, Catherine Tate, and Marcus Brigstocke. The series featured up-and-coming comedians, most of whom went on to successful careers. The show was released on DVD in November 2011. Episodes Episode 1: This first episode features a guided tour of Buckingham Palace, a WI meeting that goes horribly wrong and introduces us to Mr. Bagshaw: bully, sadist, social misfit, and Maths teacher. There is also a special guest appearance from an Airfix Matthew Kelly blowing up a block of flats. Episode 2: Britain's most unsuccessful actor tries to get a job as a dolphin, a team of blasphemous vicars has a crisis moving into their new parish and a desperately right-on couple host a dinner party 'ethnic style'. Dialogue from this episode was sampled in the 2000 song "I Don't Smoke" by Deekline. Episode 3: Two old school friends h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bark (sound)
A bark is a sound most commonly produced from dogs. Other animals that make this noise include, but are not limited to, wolves, coyotes, foxes, seals and barking owls. Woof is the most common onomatopoeia in the English language for this sound. "Bark" is also a verb that describes the sound of many canids. University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers define a bark as a short vocalization. Definition While there is not a precise, consistent and functional acoustic definition for barking, researchers may classify barks according to several criteria. University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers define a bark as a short, abrupt vocalization that is relatively loud and high-pitched, changes in frequency and often repeats rapidly in succession.Lord, Kathryn., Feinstein, Mark., Coppinger, RaymondBarking and mobbing. ''Behavioural Processes''. 2009. In dogs Dog barking is distinct from wolf barking. Wolf barks represent only 2.4% of all wolf vocalizations and are described as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
