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 | | Upminster at the turn of the century was a very different place, one without cars, traffic jams and air travel. |
 | | Upminster Court still is the largest and only example of a manor house built from local bricks, produced not a quarter of a mile away from where the brick earths were dug. |
 | | The architect of Upminster Court, Sir Charles Reilly also developed the plans for housing to accommodate the newly required workforce, and as most of them had come from the countryside, he planned small green grassed areas, (known later as ‘Reilly Greens’) to help them feel at home, so the village green was not far away. |
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