Little Ilford is a district of London, England in the London Borough of Newham. It gives its name to the Little Ilford ward.
Little Ilford is now also referred to as Manor Park.
Toponymy
Little Ilford and Ilford (historically known as Great Ilford) in the London Borough of Redbridge have a common etymology.
The name is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ilefort and applied means ford over the Hyle; an old name for the River Roding that means "trickling stream". Great Ilford was not mentioned at Domesday as it was part of the Manor of Barking.
Little Ilford became an ancient parish centred on St Mary's Church on Church Street, by the late 12th century; the parish organisation of England was completed at that time and sub-divisions and boundary changes were rare. Little Ilford may have been an exception to the rule in that it may have extended northward in the 16th century. The area remained an ecclesiastical parish until 1938.
Geography
Little Ilford is divided from Ilford by the North Circular Road, the Alders Brook and the River Roding, and connected by the A118 road.
Little Ilford is sometimes referred to as being part of Manor Park due to historic links.
Education
There is a large comprehensive school in the area called Little Ilford School.
Connections
London bus route 147 serves the neighbourhood.
The nearest railway station is Manor Park, an Elizabeth line station in zones 3/4.