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==History== The borough was formed in 1965 under the [[London Government Act 1963]], covering the whole of the former [[municipal borough]]s of [[Municipal Borough of Ilford|Ilford]] and [[Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford|Wanstead and Woodford]], plus smaller areas from the [[Municipal Borough of Dagenham]] and [[Chigwell Urban District]], which were included to unite in one borough the [[Hainault, London|Hainault]] area which had previously straddled Ilford, Dagenham and Chigwell.<ref>{{cite vob|name=Redbridge|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10074356|access-date=10 February 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104163437/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10074356|archive-date=4 January 2012}}</ref> The area was transferred from [[Essex]] to Greater London to become one of the 32 London Boroughs.<ref>{{cite book | first=Frederic |last=Youngs | title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England | volume=I: Southern England | year=1979 | publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]] | location=London | isbn=0-901050-67-9}}</ref> Following a review by the [[Local Government Boundary Commission for England (1972)|Local Government Boundary Commission for England]], minor changes were made on 1 April 1994 to the boundary with [[London Borough of Barking and Dagenham|Barking & Dagenham]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The East London Boroughs (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1443/made}}</ref> and [[London Borough of Newham|Newham]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The East London Boroughs (London Borough Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1993|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1444/made}}</ref> Further changes were made on 1 April 1995 to the boundary with [[London Borough of Waltham Forest|Waltham Forest]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Redbridge and Waltham Forest (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2881/made}}</ref> and [[Epping Forest District]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The Essex and Greater London (County Boundaries) Order 1993|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2091/contents/made}}</ref> The latter change transferred an area around [[Grange Hill tube station|Grange Hill]] and [[Roding Valley tube station|Roding Valley]] [[tube stations]] from Essex to Greater London.<ref name=":0" />
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