Loxford

Loxford
Essex
Loxford House, Loxford
Location
Grid reference:	TQ444852
Location:	51°32’53"N, -0°4’55"E
Data
Population:	16,544  (2011)
Post town:	Ilford
Postcode:	IG1
Dialling code:	020
Local Government
Council:	Redbridge

Loxford is an urban village by Ilford in Essex.

The ward of the same name has one of the highest numbers of individuals of Pakistani descendant in London at 28.4%, forming the ward's largest ethnic group. The next largest ethnic groups in the 2011 census were Indian (15.6%), Other Asian (10.4%) and White British (10.2%).

Flowing through the village is the Loxford Water, a tributary of the River Roding that forms the northern boundary of Barking Park.

History

The mediæval manor of Loxford was in the possession of Barking Abbey and in 1319 the Abbess of Barking was licensed to fell oaks in Hainault Forest to rebuild her house here after a fire. The present Loxford Hall dates from about 1830 and was enlarged around 1860.

The terraced street plan of the Loxford Hall estate was laid out at the end of the nineteenth century as one of a cluster of developments that filled southern Ilford with relatively small and cheap houses. The first Loxford schools were opened in 1904.