Nearby is Bury Fen[?] where in 1826 a Roman bronze statue was found. It is now in the British Museum.
In 1947, there was the "Battle of Erith Gap".
... (poet, communist resistance) Marie Fourcade[?] André Gide André Malraux (“Colonel Berger”) Julien Meline[?] Pierre Mendès-France[?] Christian Pineau Odette ...