London Borough of Redbridge
| London Borough of Redbridge | |
|---|---|
| status | London Borough | 
| region | Greater London | 
| Administrative headquarters | Ilford | 
| surface | 56.41 km² | 
| Residents | 303.858 | 
| was standing | June 30, 2018 | 
| ONS code | 00BC | 
| Website | www.redbridge.gov.uk | 
The London Borough of Redbridge [ ˈɹɛdbɹɪdʒ ] is a borough of London . It is in the northeast of the city. When the Greater London Administrative Region was founded in 1965, it emerged from the Municipal Borough of Ilford , the Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford and parts of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham and the Chigwell Urban District in Essex . The district name comes from a bridge over the Roding River .
The population in 2008 was composed of 57.6% white, 27.7% Asian, 9.5% black and 1.1% Chinese.
Districts
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Personalities
- Peter Arundell (1933–2009), racing car driver
 - Kenny Ball (1930–2013), jazz musician
 - Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein (1899–1993), media entrepreneur
 - John Boardman (born 1927), archaeologist
 - Vince Clarke (born 1960), musician
 - Stuart Conquest (* 1967), chess grandmaster
 - Keith Flint (1969-2019), musician (The Prodigy)
 - Lynn Fontanne (1887–1983), actress
 - Tim Garland (* 1966), jazz musician
 - Anton Gill (* 1948), author
 - John Carmel Heenan (1905–1975), Archbishop
 - Paul Ince (* 1967), football player
 - Jessie J (* 1988), singer
 - Kathy Kirby (1938-2011), singer
 - Jane Leeves (born 1961), actress
 - Louise Lombard (* 1970), film actress
 - Frank Lupton (1854–1888), administrator in Sudan
 - Raymond Lygo (1924–2012), Admiral, Industry Manager
 - Stanley Morison (1889–1967), typographer
 - Keith Nichols (* 1945), jazz musician, arranger and band leader
 - Ruth Pitter (1897–1992), poet
 - Ruth Rendell (1930–2015), writer
 - Phyllis Sellick (1911-2007), pianist
 - Maggie Smith (born 1934), actress
 
Web links
Commons : London Borough of Redbridge  - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Redbridge Borough Council (district administration)
 
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mid 2018 Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
 - ^ ONS mid-2007 Ethnic Group Population Estimates. (PDF, 89 KB) (No longer available online.) Greater London Authority, October 2009, archived from the original on July 19, 2011 ; accessed on May 23, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
 
Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ' N , 0 ° 5' E
