Seven Kings is a district of Ilford

Ilford

Ilford is a large cosmopolitan town in East London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Redbridge. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It forms a significant commercial and retail...

 in north-east London

London

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, England. It is part of the London Borough of Redbridge

London Borough of Redbridge

The London Borough of Redbridge is a London borough in outer north-east London. Its administrative headquarters is at Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford. The local authority is Redbridge London Borough Council.-Etymology:...

 and forms part of the Ilford post town.

Seven Kings Park is a large open space containing sports facilities such as tennis courts,a sports ground, and a bandstand; there is also Westwood Park, a smaller open space and playground in Meads Lane. It also borders the districts of Ilford and Goodmayes.

History

The earliest recorded use of the name is as Sevekyngg or Sevekyngges in 1285, meaning 'settlement of the family or followers of a man called Seofoca'.

Seven Kings has not historically formed a parish or other division; instead it was part of the ancient parish of Ilford

Ilford

Ilford is a large cosmopolitan town in East London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Redbridge. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It forms a significant commercial and retail...

 in the Becontree hundred

Becontree (hundred)

Becontree was an ancient hundred in the south west of the county of Essex, England. Its area has been entirely absorbed by the growth of London; with its name reused in 1921 for the large Becontree estate of the London County Council...

 of the county

Counties of the United Kingdom

The counties of the United Kingdom are subnational divisions of the United Kingdom, used for the purposes of administrative, geographical and political demarcation. By the Middle Ages counties had become established as a unit of local government, at least in England. By the early 17th century all...

 of Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

, which formed from 1894 the Ilford Urban District

Municipal Borough of Ilford

Ilford was a civil parish and local government district in south west Essex, England from 1888 to 1965, covering the town Ilford. The district saw a considerable rise in population throughout its life, caused by the expansion of the built-up area of London, and became one of the most populous...

 (later municipal borough). Seven Kings is situated next to the ancient Roman road between London and Colchester and was rapidly developed during the 19th Century with the construction of the Great Eastern Main Line

Great Eastern Main Line

The Great Eastern Main Line is a 212 Kilometre major railway line of the British railway system, which connects Liverpool Street in the City of London with destinations in east London and the East of England, including Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich, Norwich and several coastal resorts such as...

 railway.

In 1965 the Ilford parish and municipal borough were abolished by the London Government Act 1963

London Government Act 1963

The London Government Act 1963 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which recognised officially the conurbation known as Greater London and created a new local government structure for the capital. The Act significantly reduced the number of local government districts in the area,...

, and the area of Essex including Seven Kings has since formed part of Greater London

Greater London

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Education

Located in the immediate area are Mayfield High School (London)

Mayfield High School (London)

Mayfield School is located on Pedley Road in Redbridge, Greater London, despite its Dagenham address. The current headteacher, Andy Rehling, is the former Seven Kings High School Deputy Head. Mayfield includes a Sixth Form Block and a Field and a new science block built in 2008...

, Canon Palmer Catholic School

Canon Palmer Catholic School

Canon Palmer Catholic School was the first Roman Catholic Secondary School located in Seven Kings, Ilford, in East London, England. The school consists of 5 buildings, each named after 5 different saints, Palmer House, named after Canon Patrick Palmer, Heenan House, Kolbe house, Mother Theresa...

 and Seven Kings High School

Seven Kings High School

Seven Kings High School is a mixed comprehensive in the London Borough of Redbridge in London, United Kingdom. It is located on Ley Street, Ilford, Essex. It is a specialist school in science and technology as well as being a language college...

. Primary schools in this area include Downshall Primary School, Farnham Green Primary School, South Park Primary School and Eastcourt.

Transport

The area is served by Seven Kings railway station

Seven Kings railway station

Seven Kings railway station is a railway station at Seven Kings in the London Borough of Redbridge in east London. It was opened on 1 March 1899 by the Great Eastern Railway on their Main Line which opened sixty years earlier....

 on the Great Eastern Main Line

Great Eastern Main Line

The Great Eastern Main Line is a 212 Kilometre major railway line of the British railway system, which connects Liverpool Street in the City of London with destinations in east London and the East of England, including Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich, Norwich and several coastal resorts such as...

 from Liverpool Street station

Liverpool Street station

Liverpool Street railway station, also known as London Liverpool Street or simply Liverpool Street, is both a central London railway terminus and a connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, England...

. This service is operated by National Express East Anglia.

The nearest London Underground station is Newbury Park

Newbury Park tube station

Newbury Park tube station is a London Underground station in Newbury Park, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is on the Hainault loop of the Central Line, in Zone 4....

 on the Central Line

Central Line

The Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and, at , has the greatest total length of track of any line on the Underground. Of the 49 stations served, 20 are below ground...

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