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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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Tamang, a university student from Nepal, died in hospital two days after being struck by Clarke-Samuel's car on Redbridge Lane East, Ilford, on the evening of 18 October 2025.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

At the trust's sister hospital in Ilford, another approach to easing pressure is under way.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

The valuation of the diamonds and the dodgy accounts had been signed off by a real accountant: Rajnikant Patel, who works from a small office on a row of shops in Ilford, east London.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

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

He loved his little detached villa residence at Ilford in Essex, with its little flower-garden showing from the high road, its little stable for the pony and little paddock for the cow.

From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May

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