Little Ilford

Little Ilford is a district of London, England in the London Borough of Newham and the name of a ward in that borough.[2]

Little Ilford
Little Ilford
Location within Greater London
Population16,633 (2011 Census. Ward)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ435855
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtE12
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
FireLondon
AmbulanceLondon
UK Parliament
London Assembly

Locale

It is located near to Ilford (historically known as Great Ilford)[3] in the London Borough of Redbridge. They are divided from each other by the North Circular Road, the Alders Brook and the River Roding, and connected by the A118 road.

There is a large comprehensive school in the area called Little Ilford School.

Little Ilford is served by Church Road which contains a variety of shops, food outlets and a cab office. St Stephens Church is located within the boundary of little Ilford. Transport links include the 147 bus route from Canning Town to Ilford.

Etymology

Little Ilford and Great Ilford have a common etymology. The name is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ilefort and means ford over the Hyle; an old name for the River Roding that means "trickling stream".[3]

History

Little Ilford was an Anglican religious parish centred on St Mary's Church, Little Ilford until 1938 and a civil parish in the West Ham Rural Sanitary District in Essex from 1875 to 1886, when it became part the East Ham Urban Sanitary District, and after 1894 the East Ham urban district. It was abolished as a civil parish in 1900, becoming part of the parish of East Ham and from 1915 the County Borough of East Ham.[4]

References
  1. "Newham Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. Newham London Borough Council - Councillors in Newham by Ward
  3. Mills, A., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001)
  4. Vision of Britain - East Ham CB Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine (historic map Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine)
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