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Ilford history
Pre-historic natural history
The only complete skull of a mammoth discovered in the UK was unearthed in 1864 close to where Uphall Road is today. The skull can now be seen in the Natural History Museum and a cast of the skull and other prehistoric animal remains can be seen at Redbridge Museum, Central Library, Ilford.
Iron Age
Oldest evidence for human occupation is the 1st- and 2nd-century BC Iron Age earthwork known as Uphall Camp. This was situated between Roding and Ilford Lane and is recorded in 18th-century plans. Roman finds have also been made in the vicinity.
Lavender Mount
Lavender Mount may have been a 16th-century ‘beacon-mound’ The mound was removed during building work at Howards chemical works in the 1960s.
Economic development
Ilford straddled the important road from London to Colchester from 1721. The early businesses gave way to new industries, such as paper making and services such as steam laundries and collar making, to provide for the new commuting class created by the railway.
Suburban expansion
By 1653, Ilford was a compact village of 50 houses, mostly sited north and south of the current Broadway. In 1801 the population of the area was 1,724 and by 1841 it had grown to 3,742. It had a population of 41,244 in 1901 and occupied an area of 8,496 acres (34 km) 2,500 houses of the vast Becontree Estate, built by the London County Council from 1921, were within the boundaries of Iford.
Notable events
John Logie Baird, who invented the television, moved to Ilford in the 1920s to work on his new invention. He worked in a workshop on the roof of the Plessey premises in Ley Street, which has long since been demolished to make way for new housing. The town was also the birthplace of the actor Maggie Smith who left to Oxford aged four.
Olympics
In 2011, Ilford was the fastest-growing tourist destination in Europe due to the London 2012 Summer Olympics. Its proximity to the Olympic Park in Stratford meant that in 2011 it was the city’s fastest growing tourist destination.
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