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Curfew Tower

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The east gate or Curfew Tower was built about 1460. It now forms the main entrance to the churchyard. This tower is the only complete building remaining  of the abbey. It has been extensively refaced and restored. It contains a large mid twelfth century rood.



Curfew Tower Embroidered Cushion
Civic Seat, St. Margaret's Church

 









Curfew Tower, Barking September 16th 1893
9pm. Very Dull
Reproduced from the Collection of the Essex Field Club

Curfew Tower, Barking 23rd April 1937
Reproduced from the Collection of the Essex Field Club

The "Fire-Bell" Gate Barking, Duncal Moul 1905






Curfew Tower Barking
circa 1910
taken from a glass lantern slide

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