Goodmayes
Sign in to saveGoodmayes is an area in East London, England. It is a ward of the London Borough of Redbridge, eleven miles north-east of Charing Cross, and forms part of both the Romford and Ilford post towns. Historically part of Essex, it was part of the Municipal Borough of Ilford until 1965 when it was incorporated into Greater London.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.official_name
- Goodmayes
- UK place.post_town
- ILFORD
- UK place.postcode_area
- IG
- UK place.postcode_district
- IG3
- UK place.post_town1
- ROMFORD
- UK place.postcode_area1
- RM
- UK place.postcode_district1
- RM6
- UK place.london_borough
- Redbridge
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ465865
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ilford South
- UK place.static_image_name
- Goodmayes High Road - geograph.org.uk - 600174.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Goodmayes High Road in 2005
- UK place.population
- 13,069
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census. Ward)
- UK place.charingX_distance_mi
- 11
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- London Borough of Redbridge
- Population
- 13069
- Shares border with
- Hainault
- Image
- Goodmayes High Road - geograph.org.uk - 600174.jpg
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- postal code
- IG3
- OS grid reference
- TQ465865
- P8168
- Liam Howlett
- P12749
- Jonathan Dufrasne
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Goodmayes is an area in East London, England. It is a ward of the London Borough of Redbridge, eleven miles north-east of Charing Cross, and forms part of both the Romford and Ilford post towns. Historically part of Essex, it was part of the Municipal Borough of Ilford until 1965 when it was incorporated into Greater London.
==History== The name Goodmayes and Goodmaistrete is recorded in 1456, and the name is likely to be associated with the family of John Godemay who was referred to in a document of 1319. A farm called Goodmath is recorded on the Chapman and Andre 1 inch to one mile map of Essex from 1777. Barley Lane is believed to be named after Dorothy Barley, the sister of Henry Barley, Dorothy was the last Abbess of nearby Barking Abbey (elected 1527).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Goodmayes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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