Editing Goodmayes (section)

==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.<ref>The Place Names of Essex, P.H. Reaney, English Place-name Society Volume 12, Cambridge University Press, p 97</ref> 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).

Goodmayes was part of the Chadwell ward of the ancient parish of [[Barking, London|Barking]], [[Essex]]. In 1888 the Chadwell and Great Ilford wards of Barking became a new parish of Ilford. This became Ilford Urban District in 1894 and was the [[Municipal Borough of Ilford]] from 1926 to 1965. The [[London Borough of Redbridge]] was formed in 1965 from Ilford and other areas. Councillors for the [[Goodmayes (ward)|electoral ward of Goodmayes]] were first elected in 1964.

Goodmayes was largely undeveloped until the end of the 19th century, when large scale suburban development took place as London expanded. Most of the area here and in neighbouring [[Seven Kings]] was only built up between 1898 and 1910 by the developer A. C. Corbett who used new stations on the [[Great Eastern Main Line|Great Eastern Railway]] to promote the new suburbs.<ref>''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Essex Volume 5'', [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42730 Chapter 36 ''The Borough of Ilford''] (1966)</ref> [[Goodmayes station]] was built in 1901.<ref>Cherry, O'Brien and Pevsner, ''The Buildings of England - London 5: East'' (2005), Yale University Press, New Haven {{ISBN|0-300-10701-3}}</ref> Since then, little has changed in the area, although there have been, and still are, regeneration projects taking place within the area. However, the lines of [[Edwardian]] [[terraced housing]] continue to dominate the district with relatively few more recent additions.

Former extensive railway sidings near Goodmayes Station were closed in the 1970s and later redeveloped for retail purposes. A large [[Tesco]] store and a branch of [[Wickes]] now occupy the site. On the [[A118 road]], a Homebase store occupied the site until it was demolished in early 2023.