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Ilford

American  
[il-ferd] / ˈɪl fərd /

noun

  1. a former borough in SE England, now part of Redbridge, Greater London.


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Bystanders - including Craig Bowe, who made three rescue attempts - have been praised for trying to help, including administering CPR to the Rahmans, who were from Ilford.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The last 10 years of his working life, however, were somewhat more relaxed, driving students to and from a school in Ilford in a bus.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

But it wasn’t long before Hynes, who hails from Ilford, England — sitting between London and coastal Essex — found himself reminiscing about his youth and what home meant to him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025

Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who is the MP for Ilford North, posted on X his thanks to police, fire and ambulance crews for their response.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025

Mary and Erkemould, Ilford, Essex; and the preceptory of Chosely, in Norfolk, besides many others, were annexed to it, as cells containing fratres leprosos de Sancto Lazaro de Jerusalem.

From The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses by Robert Charles Hope

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