Parsloes Manor

Parsloes Manor was a manor house in what is now known as Parsloes Park in Dagenham in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

[1] In 1585, it was described as containing 10 messuages, a cottage, 10 gardens, 2 orchards, 100 acres of arable land, 20 acres of meadow, 50 of pasture 30 of wood and 40 rent.

[2] In 1619, William Fanshawe purchased the house and 91 acres attached to it for £1150 from Edward Osborne.

[3] The house was owned by the Fanshawe family for over 300 years.

[4] In 1819, it was enlarged, the walls were faced with new brick and the windows were replaced in a neo-gothic manner.