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Ilford is a district of the London Borough of Redbridge
London Borough of Redbridge

The London Borough of Redbridge is a London borough in north east London, England and forms part of Outer London....
. It is a suburban development situated east north-east of Charing Cross
Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
 and one the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan
London Plan

The London Plan is a planning document written by the Mayor of London in the United Kingdom and published by the Greater London Authority. The plan was first published in final form on 10 February 2004 and has since been amended....
.

Ilford was historically known as Great Ilford to differentiate it from nearby Little Ilford
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....
, in the London Borough of Newham
London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Newham is a London borough in East London, England, within Greater London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames....
. It is bounded in the west by the North Circular Road
A406 road

The A406 or the North Circular Road is a trunk road which crosses North London, United Kingdom, linking West and East London. It, together with the A205 road, forms a ring road through the inner part of Outer London....
 and the River Roding
River Roding

The River Roding is a river in England that rises near Dunmow, flows through Essex and forms Barking Creek as it reaches the River Thames in London....
 and is contiguous with Barking
Barking

Barking is a suburban town in east London, England in the district of Barking and Dagenham. It is the main district of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham....
 to the south, Gants Hill
Gants Hill

Gants Hill is a district in the London Borough of Redbridge in North East London. It is a suburban development situated 9.5 miles north east of Charing Cross....
 to the north and Seven Kings
Seven Kings

Seven Kings is a town in North East London, England, England. It is a suburban development in the London Borough of Redbridge and forms part of the IG postcode area....
 to the east. Ilford is also the home to Ilford Cricket Club

name is first recorded in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England, or William the Conqueror....
 of 1086 as Ilefort and means ford over the Hyle; an old name for the River Roding
River Roding

The River Roding is a river in England that rises near Dunmow, flows through Essex and forms Barking Creek as it reaches the River Thames in London....
 that means "trickling stream".






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Ilford is a district of the London Borough of Redbridge
London Borough of Redbridge

The London Borough of Redbridge is a London borough in north east London, England and forms part of Outer London....
. It is a suburban development situated east north-east of Charing Cross
Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
 and one the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan
London Plan

The London Plan is a planning document written by the Mayor of London in the United Kingdom and published by the Greater London Authority. The plan was first published in final form on 10 February 2004 and has since been amended....
.

Ilford was historically known as Great Ilford to differentiate it from nearby Little Ilford
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....
, in the London Borough of Newham
London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Newham is a London borough in East London, England, within Greater London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames....
. It is bounded in the west by the North Circular Road
A406 road

The A406 or the North Circular Road is a trunk road which crosses North London, United Kingdom, linking West and East London. It, together with the A205 road, forms a ring road through the inner part of Outer London....
 and the River Roding
River Roding

The River Roding is a river in England that rises near Dunmow, flows through Essex and forms Barking Creek as it reaches the River Thames in London....
 and is contiguous with Barking
Barking

Barking is a suburban town in east London, England in the district of Barking and Dagenham. It is the main district of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham....
 to the south, Gants Hill
Gants Hill

Gants Hill is a district in the London Borough of Redbridge in North East London. It is a suburban development situated 9.5 miles north east of Charing Cross....
 to the north and Seven Kings
Seven Kings

Seven Kings is a town in North East London, England, England. It is a suburban development in the London Borough of Redbridge and forms part of the IG postcode area....
 to the east. Ilford is also the home to Ilford Cricket Club

History of Ilford


Etymology

The name is first recorded in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England, or William the Conqueror....
 of 1086 as Ilefort and means ford over the Hyle; an old name for the River Roding
River Roding

The River Roding is a river in England that rises near Dunmow, flows through Essex and forms Barking Creek as it reaches the River Thames in London....
 that means "trickling stream". Little Ilford shares the etymology.

Civic history and administration

Ilford was a village and later ward in the ancient Barking
Barking

Barking is a suburban town in east London, England in the district of Barking and Dagenham. It is the main district of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham....
 parish, in the Becontree
Becontree (hundred)

Becontree was an ancient hundred in the south west of the county of Essex, England. Its area has been entirely absorbed by the growth of London; with its name reused in 1921 for the large Becontree of the London County Council....
 hundred of Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
. Ilford formed a civil parish from 1888, with a local board created in 1890, and it became an urban district of Essex from 1894. The council offices were at first in rooms above a shop in Cranbrook Road and, from 1898, council meetings were held in a hired schoolroom in Ilford Hall, High Road, but in 1901 a large town hall, also in the High Road, was completed at a cost of about £30,000. This was designed by B. Woollard in an ornate Renaissance style; it was enlarged in 1927 and 1933. Successive acts provided the council with increased powers and they used these to embark on an expansion of public services, providing sewerage, public baths, an isolation hospital, a fire station, an electricity and tramway undertaking, and several public parks – including Valentine's Park, opened as Central Park in 1898. In 1904, the council also took over the responsibilities of the school board.

In 1926, Ilford was incorporated as the Municipal Borough of Ilford
Municipal Borough of Ilford

Ilford was a local government district in south west Essex, England from 1890 to 1965, covering the parish of Ilford. The district saw a considerable rise in population throughout its life, caused by the expansion of the built-up area of London....
. In the succeeding years, Ilford Corporation made several failed attempts to gain county borough status, which would have given independence from Essex County Council. In 1965 the municipal borough was abolished and its former area was transferred to Greater London
Greater London

Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The administrative area was officially created in 1965 and covers the City of London , the City of Westminster and the other 31 London boroughs....
 to form part of the London Borough of Redbridge.

In 1914, the parish of Barking was transferred from the Diocese of St Albans to a new Diocese of Chelmsford
Diocese of Chelmsford

The Diocese of Chelmsford is a Church of England Diocese based in Chelmsford, covering Essex and the five east London boroughs of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, matching Essex's Historic counties of England and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood....
, reflecting the increase in population to the east of London.

Origins

The only complete skull of a Mammoth
Mammoth

A mammoth is any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus. These proboscideans are members of the Elephantidae and close relatives of modern elephants....
 discovered in the United Kingdom was unearthed in 1860 at the site where Boots the Chemist
Boots Group

The Boots Company, commercially known as Boots is a leading pharmacy chain in the United Kingdom, with outlets in most high streets throughout the country....
 now stands in the High Road; the skull can now be seen in the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
.

Redevelopment has destroyed much of the evidence for early Ilford, but the oldest evidence for human occupation is the 1st and 2nd century BC Iron Age
Iron Age

In archaeology, the Iron Age was the stage in the development of any people in which tools and weapons whose main ingredient was iron were prominent....
 earthwork known as Uphall Camp. This was situated between the Roding and Ilford Lane and is recorded in 18th century plans. Roman
Roman Britain

Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia....
 finds have also been made in the vicinity. A nearby mound called Lavender Mount existed into the 1960s, when it was removed during building work at Howards chemical works. Excavation has shown that the latter may have been a 16th century 'beacon-mound'.

Ilford straddled the important road from London to Colchester
Colchester

Colchester is a town, and the largest settlement within the Colchester , in Essex, England.It has a population of List of English cities by population....
, again likely to be of Roman origin, and also (in historic times) was the main crossing point of the marshes, providing the only land access from London to Barking
Barking

Barking is a suburban town in east London, England in the district of Barking and Dagenham. It is the main district of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham....
 and Tilbury
Tilbury

Tilbury is a town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England. As a settlement it is of relatively recent existence, although it has important historical connections, being the location of a 16th century fort, and an ancient cross-river ferry....
. Barking was the site of Barking Abbey, an important Christian centre from 666AD, and a major fishing port from the Middle Ages
Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
. Tilbury achieved importance in the Tudor era as a fort, and later as a port. The Middlesex and Essex Turnpike Trust controlled and maintained this road from 1721. The River Roding
River Roding

The River Roding is a river in England that rises near Dunmow, flows through Essex and forms Barking Creek as it reaches the River Thames in London....
 was also made navigable for barges as far as Ilford Bridge from 1737.

Development

By 1653, Ilford was a compact village of 50 houses, mostly sited north and south of the current Broadway and the area was distinctly rural. In 1801 the population of Ilford was 1,724 and by 1841 it had grown to 3,742. In 1839, a railway station was opened on the Great Eastern Main Line
Great Eastern Main Line

The Great Eastern Main Line is a major railway line of the National Rail, which connects Liverpool Street station in the City of London with destinations in East London, England and the East of England, including Ipswich, Norwich and several coastal resorts....
 and the following year, Ilford was included in the Metropolitan Police District
Metropolitan Police District

The Metropolitan Police District is the area policed by London's Metropolitan Police Service. It currently consists of Greater London, excluding the City of London....
. It had a population of 41,244 in 1901 and occupied an area of . 2,500 houses of the vast Becontree Estate, built by the London County Council
London County Council

London County Council was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889-1965 existence, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected....
 from 1921, were within the boundaries of Ilford; the addition caused a rise in population of 11,600 by 1926. The Central Line
Central Line

The Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and has the greatest total length of track of any line on the Underground....
 service of the London Underground
London Underground

The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK....
 began in 1947 and the population peaked in 1951 at 184,706. In 1961 the population was 178,024.

Year 1921 1931 193819511961
Dwellings 17,797 30,404 - 50,209 53,800
Population 85,194 131,061 166,900 184,706 178,024


Ilford has a large population of Jews (20,000), as well as Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs numbering some 30,000. The South Asian community in Ilford speak a variety of languages, including Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.

Notable events

Kensington Gardens was the location of the 1922 murder of Percy Thompson by Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters
Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters

Edith Jessie Thompson and Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters were a United Kingdom couple who were executed for the murder of Thompson?s husband Percy....
.

Commerce

Ilford was largely rural until its expansion in the 19th century. This expansion brought about brickworks, cement works and coal yards to service the new buildings, largely centred on the River Roding. These businesses gave way to new industries, such as paper making (commemorated in Mill Lane) and services such as steam laundries and collar making to provide for the new commuting class created by the railway.

Ilford photographic

A number of major businesses have been founded in the town, including the eponymous photographic film
Photographic film

Photographic film is a sheet of plastic coated with an emulsion containing light-sensitive silver halide salts with variable crystal sizes that determine the sensitivity, contrast and of the film....
 and chemicals manufacturer Ilford Photo
Ilford Photo

Ilford Photo is a maker of photographic films, photographic paper, and chemicals. Ilford is known worldwide for its black-and-white films and papers, as well as its range of Ilfochrome and Ilfocolor colour printing materials....
. This was founded in 1879 by Alfred H. Harman, a photographer from Peckham
Peckham

Peckham is an area of London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark, located 3.5 miles south-east of Charing Cross, about one mile east of Camberwell and one mile west of New Cross....
, who established the business in a house in Cranbook Road making gelatino-bromide 'dry' plates. The business soon outgrew these premises, and their headquarters moved to a site at Roden Street which was demolished during the early 1980s to make way for a new one way traffic system to help with the town's traffic problem. A supermarket now stands on the former site.

Plessey

A major employer in Ilford was the radio, electronics and telecommunications company Plessey
Plessey

The Plessey Company plc was a United Kingdom-based international electronics, defence and telecommunications company. It originated in 1917, growing and diversifying into electronics....
. Founded in 1917 in Marylebone
Marylebone

Marylebone is an affluent, inner-city area of central London, located within the City of Westminster. It can be pronounced as Marribun or Mar-lee-bone Marylebone is in an area of London that can be roughly defined as the area bounded by Oxford Street to the south, Marylebone Road to the north, Edgware Road to the west and Portland Place to...
, it moved to Cottenham Road in Ilford early in 1919 then to Vicarage Lane where it remained, becoming one of the largest manufacturers in this field.

During World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, the factory was heavily damaged by bombing and the company carried out much of its manufacture, with 2000 workers servicing a production line, located in the underground railway tunnel between Wanstead
Wanstead

Wanstead is a suburban area in the London Borough of Redbridge, East London, England. The main road going through Wanstead is the A12 road . The name is from the Old English words w?nn and stede, meaning "settlement on a small hill"....
 and Gants Hill
Gants Hill

Gants Hill is a district in the London Borough of Redbridge in North East London. It is a suburban development situated 9.5 miles north east of Charing Cross....
.

In 1955, the company employed 15,000 workers, in sites throughout Ilford and neighbouring areas, with an extensive research department. Plessey were partners in the development of the Atlas Computer in 1962, and later applied this expertise in developing the System X
System X (telephony)

System X was the name of the UK's first national digital telephone exchange system....
 for the Post Office. The company merged with GEC
GEC

The three-letter acronym GEC may mean* Goa Engineering College, Goa,India* Government Engineering College, Thrissur* Gwalior Engineering College, Gwalior,India...
 in 1988, and was acquired by Siemens
Siemens

Siemens AG is a German electrical and telecommunications companysiemens may refer to*siemens , the SI unit of electrical conductance, equivalent to 1 ampere/volt...
 in 1989, but the site was closed nine years later when the company was reorganised, as part of Marconi plc
Telent plc

Telent plc is a radio, telecommunication, and internet systems installation & services provision corporation. The Company was formed in 2006 from the UK and German services businesses of General Electric Company plc which had not been acquired by Ericsson....
.

Politics

Ilford is represented in the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 by MP
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
s Lee Scott
Lee Scott (UK politician)

Lee Scott is a United Kingdom politician. He is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Ilford North ....
 (Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
, Ilford North
Ilford North (UK Parliament constituency)

Ilford North is a constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom comprising the north part of the town of Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge....
) and Mike Gapes (Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
, Ilford South
Ilford South (UK Parliament constituency)

Ilford South is a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
). It is part of the Havering and Redbridge
Havering and Redbridge (London Assembly constituency)

Havering and Redbridge is a constituency represented in the London Assembly....
 London Assembly constituency.

Sport

The local football team is Ilford F.C.
Ilford F.C.

Ilford F.C. are a London association football club based in Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge founded in 1987.There was an earlier famous non-league club of the same name, founded in 1881....
, which has existed in two separate guises, and now play at Cricklefield Stadium, a venue that was used for some of the football events during the 1948 Summer Olympics
1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, United Kingdom....
. The main cricket team in Ilford is Ilford Cricket Club. They play their home games at Valentines Park
Valentines Park

Valentines Park is, at , the largest green space in the London Borough of Redbridge, between Ilford and Gants Hill. It was acquired in various purchases and gifts of land, starting in 1898 and culminating in the 1920s....


Transport

Ilford is a hub on the London Buses
London Buses

London Buses is the subsidiary of Transport for London that manages bus services within Greater London, United Kingdom. Buses are required to carry similar red colour schemes and conform to the same fare scheme....
 network. Its main rail service is from Ilford railway station
Ilford railway station

Ilford railway station is a suburban National Rail station located in Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge. Passenger services are operated by National Express East Anglia and most trains run between Shenfield railway station and Liverpool Street station....
 and there is also a station at Seven Kings
Seven Kings railway station

Seven Kings railway station is a railway station at Seven Kings in the London Borough of Redbridge in East London, England. It was opened on 1 March 1899 by the Great Eastern Railway on their Great Eastern Main Line which opened sixty years earlier....
.

Nearest places

  • Little Ilford
    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....
  • Gants Hill
    Gants Hill

    Gants Hill is a district in the London Borough of Redbridge in North East London. It is a suburban development situated 9.5 miles north east of Charing Cross....
  • Seven Kings
    Seven Kings

    Seven Kings is a town in North East London, England, England. It is a suburban development in the London Borough of Redbridge and forms part of the IG postcode area....
  • Manor Park
    Manor Park, London

    Manor Park is the name of an area in the London Borough of Newham, as well as of the local Manor Park railway station and cemetery. There is another railway station - Woodgrange Park railway station....
  • Goodmayes
  • Chadwell Heath
    Chadwell Heath

    Chadwell Heath is a place in the London Borough of Redbridge and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in Greater London although is also known as traditionally being part of Essex....
  • Barkingside
    Barkingside

    Barkingside is a place in the London Borough of Redbridge, East London, England. It is a suburban development.Barkingside was historically part of Essex until 1965, when the Greater London boroughs were created....
  • Redbridge
    Redbridge

    Redbridge may refer to:...
  • Newbury Park
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    Newbury Park can refer to:*Newbury Park, California*Newbury Park, LondonExcess long comment to prevent listing on...


Famous births

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  • Bernard Ashmole
    Bernard Ashmole

    Bernard Ashmole, Order of the British Empire was a British archaeologist and art historian , who specialized in ancient Greek sculpture. He was Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of London, 1929-1948....
    , archaeologist who gives his name to the Ashmolean Museum
    Ashmolean Museum

    The Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum. Its first building is sometimes attributed to Christopher Wren, though there is no good evidence for this claim, and was built in 1678?1683 to house the collection or cabinet of curiosities Elias Ashmole gave Oxford University in 1677....
    , Oxford
  • Nina Bawden
    Nina Bawden

    Nina Bawden CBE is a popular United Kingdom novelist and children's writer. Her mother was a teacher and her father a Marine .When World War II broke out she spent the school holidays at a farm in Shropshire along with her mother and her brothers, but lived in Aberdare, Wales, during term time....
    , author
  • Raymond Baxter
    Raymond Baxter

    Raymond Frederic Baxter, Order of the British Empire, Royal Society of Arts , was a British television presenter and writer. He is best known for being the first presenter of Tomorrow's World, continuing for 12 years, from 1965 to 1977....
    , TV presenter
  • Tony Bayfield
    Tony Bayfield

    Rabbi Dr. Tony Bayfield was born in Ilford, Essex UK in 1946. Educated at the Royal Liberty Grammar School in Romford and Magdalene College, Cambridge....
    , Rabbi and leader of the Movement for Reform Judaism
    Movement for Reform Judaism

    Movement for Reform Judaism is the main organizational body of the Reform Judaism community in United Kingdom.The first Reform congregations in Great Britain appeared in West London Synagogue and Manchester in the mid-19th century....
     in the UK
  • Nigel Benn
    Nigel Benn

    Nigel Benn is an England former Boxing who held world titles at both middleweight and super middleweight and was known as "The Dark Destroyer." He also served in Her Majesty's Armed Forces....
    , former boxer
  • Sidney Bernstein, media entrepreneur
  • Jet Black
    Jet Black

    Jet Black is an English people drummer and one of the founder members of punk rock / New Wave music band The Stranglers....
     (Real name Brian Duffy), drummer with The Stranglers
    The Stranglers

    The Stranglers are an England Rock and roll group, formed on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey.Scoring a string of UK top ten hits, including "Golden Brown", "No More Heroes " and "Peaches " and UK top forty hits spanning four decades, the Stranglers originally built a following alongside the mid-'70s pub rock scene....
  • John Boardman, classical art historian, "Britain's most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art."
  • Ken Campbell
    Ken Campbell (actor)

    Kenneth Victor Campbell was an England writer, actor, theatre director and comedian known for his work in experimental theatre. He has been called "a one-man dynamo of British theatre." ...
    , comedian and actor
  • Stuart Conquest
    Stuart Conquest

    Stuart Conquest is an English chess Grandmaster ....
    , chess player
  • The Dooleys (1970s pop act) were born and lived in the Seven Kings
    Seven Kings

    Seven Kings is a town in North East London, England, England. It is a suburban development in the London Borough of Redbridge and forms part of the IG postcode area....
     area of Ilford
  • Noel Edmonds
    Noel Edmonds

    Noel Ernest Edmonds, Deputy Lieutenant is an English television presenter, Senior management and philanthropist, who made his name as a disc jockey on BBC Radio 1 in the UK....
    , TV entertainer and presenter
  • Bill Fraser
    Bill Fraser

    William Simpson "Bill" Fraser was a Scotland actor on the British screen for many years.Educated at Strathallan School, Fraser began his career in a bank before moving on to acting....
    , TV actor, (especially the Army Game
    The Army Game

    The Army Game is a United Kingdom Situation comedy that aired on ITV from 1957 to 1961. Made in black-and-white, it is about National Service#United Kingdom....
    ) who ran a sweet shop in Ilford Lane between bookings
  • Jon Hare
    Jon Hare

    Jon "Jops" Hare is a Great Britain computer game game designer, game artist and musician. He is one of the two founder members and directors, with Chris Yates, of Sensible Software, one of the most successful European video game developer of the late 1980s and 1990s....
    , computer game designer and co-founder of Sensible Software
    Sensible Software

    Sensible Software was a highly regarded software house in the 1990s from the United Kingdom.The company were well-known for the very small sprite s used for the player characters in many of their games, including Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder and Sensible Golf....
  • John Carmel Heenan, cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster
  • Nasser Hussain
    Nasser Hussain

    Nasser Hussain OBE is a former Essex County Cricket Club and English cricket team cricketer. He was born of an Indian father, Jawad , and an England mother, Patricia, who changed her name to Shireen on conversion to Islam....
    , former England cricket team captain. Although born in India, he grew up and went to school in Ilford. His father Joe Hussain still owns and runs Ilford Cricket School for youngsters situated off Beehive Lane.
  • Ronald Hutton
    Ronald Hutton

    Ronald Hutton is a professor of History at the University of Bristol, author, and occasional commentator on United Kingdom television and radio....
    , revered historian of Stuart England and witchcraft
    Witchcraft

    Witchcraft, in various historical, anthropological, religious and mythological contexts, is the use of certain kinds of supernatural or Magic powers....
     in the British Isles (attended Ilford County High School
    Ilford County High School

    Ilford County High School is a selective boys' secondary grammar school and a specialist science college in the Barkingside area of the London Borough of Redbridge....
    )
  • Paul Ince
    Paul Ince

    Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince is an England Association football manager and former professional player. He last managed Blackburn Rovers F.C. until he was dismissed on 16 December 2008....
    , footballer
  • Kathy Kirby
    Kathy Kirby

    Kathy Kirby is a retired England singer, whose popularity was at its peak during the 1960s....
    , singer
  • Jane Leeves
    Jane Leeves

    Jane Leeves is an England actress.After beginning her career in the Benny Hill Show, Leeves moved to the United States, where she performed in small roles until she secured a recurring part in the television sitcom Murphy Brown....
    , actress most known for her role as Daphne Moon
    Daphne Moon

    Daphne Moon Crane is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Frasier, played by Jane Leeves.Daphne is a recent immigrant from England who is employed by Frasier Crane as a live-in housekeeper and physical therapist for his father, Martin Crane....
     in Frasier
    Frasier

    Frasier is an American situation comedy broadcast on National Broadcasting Company for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993 to May 13, 2004....
  • Richard Littlejohn
    Richard Littlejohn

    Richard William Littlejohn is a right-wing England author, broadcaster and journalist. His twice-weekly columns in the Daily Mail and The Sun earned him a place in the inaugural 'Newspaper Hall of Fame' as one of the most influential journalists of the past 40 years....
    , right-wing journalist with The Sun and The Daily Mail
    Daily Mail

    The Daily Mail is a United Kingdom newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1896 by Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun ....
  • Denise Levertov
    Denise Levertov

    Denise Levertov was a United Kingdom-born American poet....
    , poet
  • Sir Raymond Lygo
    Raymond Lygo

    Admiral Sir Raymond Lygo has had a distinguished career in the Royal Navy and subsequently in industry.He was born 15 March 1924 and educated at Valentine's School, Ilford, Ilford County High School and Clark's College, Bromley....
    , admiral
  • Victor Maddern
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Further reading

  • Ian Dowling Valentines Park, Ilford: A Century of History (1999) ISBN 0901616255
  • J E Oxley Barking and Ilford: An Extract from the Victoria History of the County of Essex vol 5 (1987)


External links

  • London Borough of Redbridge -
    • (PDF)