Barking

Summary

Barking is a town^[1]. Barking ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (337 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Barking is located in London Borough of Barking and Dagenham^[3].
• Barking is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Barking is on the body of water River Roding^[5].
• Barking's image is recorded as Barking abbey curfew tower london.jpg^[6].
• Barking's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• Barking's instance of is recorded as area of London^[8].
• Barking's instance of is recorded as market town^[9].
• Barking's shares border with is recorded as Ilford^[10].
• Barking's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 234768684^[11].
• Barking's postal code is recorded as IG11^[12].
• Barking's Commons category is recorded as Barking, London^[13].
• Barking's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ440840^[14].
• Barking's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.54, 'lon': 0.08}^[15].
• Barking's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_4n4^[16].
• Barking's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Barking, London^[17].
• Barking's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 7da6642d-4785-4aea-a66e-7a5df7cca80a^[18].
• Barking's population is recorded as {'amount': '+59068'}^[19].
• Barking's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[20].
• Barking's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• Barking's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Barking, London^[22].
• Barking's category for people who died here is recorded as Q110628937^[23].
• Barking's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2656333^[24].
• Barking's BBC Things ID is recorded as 4e830da2-c60d-4b81-b4e1-ab49a3610d8f^[25].
• Barking's category of associated people is recorded as Q110628952^[26].
• Barking's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2589258^[27].

Body

Geography

Barking is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Barking is located in London Borough of Barking and Dagenham^[3]. Barking is on the body of water River Roding^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Barking's population is recorded as {'amount': '+59068'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[7], area of London^[8], and market town^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Barking include Barking F.C.^[28], an association football club^[29], in United Kingdom^[30], founded in 2006^[31].

Why It Matters

Barking ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (337 views/month).^[2] Barking has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32]

Entities named for Barking include Barking F.C.^[28], an association football club^[29], in United Kingdom^[30], founded in 2006^[31].