Ilford Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Ilford is a town in North-East London, UK in the London Borough of Redbridge. As Ilford was a part of Essex until 1965, there is some debate locally as to whether it is "really" a part of Essex - it remains in Essex for postal purposes - or a part of Greater London - where it is for local government.
The area is predominantly residential, mostly of commuters into London, although it is locally reckoned a large proportion of London's Taxi drivers live in the area.
Ilford is represent in the House of Commons by MPss Linda Perham (Ilford North) and Mike Gapes (Ilford South)
A number of major businesses have been founded in the town, including the eponymous photographic film and chemicals manufacturer Ilford. Originally called the Britannia Works and growing to occupy a large site in the centre of the town it was founded in 1879 by Alfred Hugh Harman and initially made photographic 'plates', later coming to world-wide attention for its black and white films and papers, as well as its range of Ilfochrome (formerly Cibachrome and developed in partnership with CIBA Geigy) and Ilfocolor colour printing materials. In 1989 Ilford was acquired by the USA-based International Paper company, also owners of graphic arts materials manufacturer Anitec and the two companies were merged in 1990 to become Ilford Anitec. Their UK base has moved to Knutsford, Cheshire.
Also a major employer here was the radio, electronics and telecommunications company Plessey. Founded in 1917 in Marylebone but moving to Cottenham Road in Ilford early in 1919 then to Vicarage Lane where it remained, becoming one of the largest manufacturers in this field. Plessey were partners in the development of the Atlas Computer in 1962. The site closed in 1998 when the company was taken over.
Nearest places:
Nearest stations:- Barking station
- Ilford railway station
- Gants Hill tube station
- Redbridge tube station
External links
- LB Redbridge
- Welcome to Ilford
- Discussion: Essex or Greater London?
- Ilford (imaging) homepage
- History of Plessey
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