Redbridge, London Borough Genealogy

Guide to London Borough of Redbridge history, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



History
As with most of the other London Boroughs, the British Government action of 1965 destroyed all traces of the original settlements from the point of view of Family History. Researchers should instead consider researching Redbridge in its original county of Essex.

At the time of the Domesday Survey the hundred of Redbridge (Rodbrige, xi cent.) included the parishes of Eling, Fawley, Dibden, Oakley in Mottisfont, 'Hariford' (perhaps Hartford in Beaulieu), Otterwood in Beaulieu, 'Gatingeorde' (perhaps Gatewood in Exbury), ' Titegrave' (perhaps Tidgrove in Kingsclere) and 'Roweste' and 'Northam,' which have not been identified. In 1316 only Eling, Dibden and Stone in Fawley remained in the hundred. Stone was transferred between 1831 and 1841 to Dibden Liberty,  in which the rest of the parish of Fawley is now situated. Wigley has always formed part of Thorngate Hundred. Cadnam also, which lies partly in the parish of Eling and partly in that of Minstead, has always been in the hundred of Thorngate.

A survey of the hundred was taken in 1651. The court leet and law day were held twice yearly at Hocktide and Martinmas, either at Totton or Lyndhurst, as were the three-weekly hundred courts. In the tithing of Eling it was the custom for the last taker of any land there to do the service of tithingman. The steward for the courts was usually appointed by the Warden of the New Forest, who was also, as a rule, the owner of the hundred for the time being. The bailiff was appointed by the sheriff of the county.

Redbridge was a royal hundred, but was several times given in dower to the queens consort of England or otherwise granted out by the Crown, and in this way was granted to Eleanor (in 1279) and Margaret (in 1299), consorts of Edward I; Isabella consort of Edward II in 1318, Philippa consort of Edward III in 1331, who granted it to Thomas West in 1333 and John de Beauchamp about 1343. The king confirmed it to John de Beauchamp in 1359–60, and granted it to Richard de Pembrugg in 1360; to Sir John de Foxle in 1372–3 and 1376); to Edward Duke of York in 1397; to Sir Edward Courtenay in 1415; and to Thomas Earl of Salisbury in 1418. It was granted to Humphrey Duke of Gloucester in 1428, and in 1441 to William de la Pole Earl of Suffolk on the death or cession of Duke Humphrey. The duke held it until his death in 1446–7, and it was granted in 1461 to William Fiennes Lord Say and Sele, who surrendered it in 1467 to William Earl of Arundel, to whom a grant of the hundred was made for life with remainder to Sir Thomas Arundel and his heirs male by Margaret his wife. This grant was confirmed in 1490 to Thomas, then Earl of Arundel. (fn. 30) No further grants of the hundred have been found until 1624, when it was granted to the Earl of Pembroke during the minority of the Earl of Southampton, by whose father the hundred had formerly been held. In 1668 a warrant was issued for a grant of the hundred to Charles Lord St. John de Basing,  and in 1689 it was confirmed to him as Marquess of Winchester.  Presumably in the next century it reverted to the Crown, by whose appointment the office of steward of the hundred of Redbridge and the manor of Lyndhurst is held.

The Redbridge formed part of the ancient parish of Barking, Essex. In 1888 it became part of the new civil parish of Ilford. The civil parish became a local board district in 1890, urban district in 1894 and municipal borough in 1926. The Municipal Borough of Ilford was abolished in 1965 and its former area became part of the London Borough of Redbridge in Greater London.

Cemeteries (Civil)
Buckingham Road Cemetery 495 High Rd Ilford IG1 1RE

Barkingside Garden of Rest 87 Greenleafe Dr Ilford IG6 1LH

Forest Park Cemetery and Crematorium Forest Rd lford, Hainault IG6 3HP Phone: +44 20 8501 2236

Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium Holders Hill Rd London NW7 1NB Phone: +44 20 8359 3370

Roding Lane Cemetery Woodford Woodford Green IG8 8NA Phone: +44 20 8501 2236

Parishes
St Cedd's Church address: 91 Chalgrove Cres Ilford IG5 0LX Phone: +44 20 8551 3406

St Paul's Parish Church Church address: 35 Barley Ln Ilford IG3 8XE Phone: +44 20 8983 8998

St Alban's Church address: 99 Albert Rd Ilford IG1 1HS Phone: +44 20 8478 2031

All Saint's Church address: 8AX, Hampton Rd London,

St Margaret of Antioch Church address: Balfour Rd Ilford IG1 4HP Phone: +44 20 8554 7542

St Barnabas' Church address: Browning Road Manor Park, London, E12 6PB Phone: +44 20 8472 2777

St John the Baptist Church address: High Rd Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RX Phone: +44 20 8506 2150

St John's, Leytonstone Church address: High Rd Leytonstone, London E11 1HH Phone: +44 20 8558 2481

Christ Church Church address: Wanstead Pl London E11 2SW Phone: +44 20 8530 8743

St Anne's Church address: 200 Larkshall Rd London E4 6NP

Emmanuel Parish Church Church address: Romford Rd London E7 8BD Phone: +44 20 8522 1900

All Saints Church address: 38 Broomhill Rd Ilford IG3 9SJ Phone: +44 20 8590 1476

Non Conformists

 * The Apostolic Church
 * Baptist
 * Church of Christ
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
 * Elim Christian Center
 * Evangelical
 * Jubilee Church
 * Methodist
 * Pentecostal
 * Salvation Army
 * Seventh Day Adventist
 * Tamil Church

Additionally the following non-Christian groups have assemblies in the region of Glasgow:


 * Buddhist
 * Hindu
 * Jewish
 * Muslim
 * Sikh

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths records have been kept by the UK government since July 1837 to the present day. Prior to that, local parishes of the Episcopal Church, and other religious organizations, were the only repositories of this information.


 * Redbridge Council BMD records


 * UKBMD: Redbridge District


 * BMD-certificates: Redbridge District


 * Essex County Record Office

Local Histories

 * The Guardian Series: History of Redbridge.


 * British-History Online: Ilford


 * VisionofBritain: Redbridge and Ilford


 * Ilford Through Time by Michael Foley


 * Redbridge History Books at the Redbridge Council Library

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Redbridge Council maps


 * Google Maps: Borough of Redbridge


 * Old maps online: Redbridge


 * Francis Frith: Old maps of Ilford


 * Hidden London: Redbridge Gazetteer


 * Hidden London: Little Ilford

Newspapers

 * The Ilford Recorder


 * The East London and West Essex Guardian


 * The Independent: Redbridge edition


 * The London Evening Standard: Redbridge edition

Occupations
The most important industries in Redbridge in terms of employee jobs are within Public Administration, Education and Health; Financial, Real Estate and Administrative Activities and Wholesale and Retail (including motor trades). The following listing indicates the major occupational opportunities in the Borough, with present employment levels:


 * Energy and Water Management                200 positions.
 * Manufacturing                             1800 positions.
 * Construction                              4000 positions.
 * Wholesale and Retail, incl. motor trades 11800 positions.
 * Transportation and Storage                2700 positions.
 * Accommodation and Restaurants             4200 positions.
 * IT                                        4000 positions.
 * Financial and Business Management         14700 positions.
 * Public Admin, Health and Education        27400 positions.
 * Other Services                             3500 positions.

Societies

 * The East of London Family History Society


 * The Ilford Historical Society


 * The Essex Society for Family History


 * GENUKI: London Family History Societies

Archives

 * Redbridge Borough Council Archives


 * The National Archives: Redbridge Borough


 * The National Archives: Ilford


 * Essex County Council Archives

Web Sites

 * Wikipedia: Redbridge


 * Wikipedia: London Borough of Redbridge


 * Wikipedia: Ilford


 * Essex County Council