London Borough of Redbridge - History

History

The borough was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 as a merger of the former area of:

Former local government district Population (1961)
Municipal Borough of Ilford 178,024
Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford 61,416
northern part of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham around Hog Hill 3,569
south eastern part of Chigwell Urban District around Hainault 7,071

All of which had been transferred from Essex to Greater London by the Act.

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