Aldersbrook (also known as
Aldersbrook Estate
The Aldersbrook Estate is the name given to an Edwardian housing estate in Aldersbrook, Wanstead, in the London Borough of Redbridge. The built-up area is surrounded on all sides by open space and parkland, including Wanstead Park, Wanstead Flat ...
), is an
Edwardian housing estate in Wanstead,
East London
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Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ...
. It is named after the medieval
Manor of Aldersbrook the manor itself was named after the
Alders Brook, a minor river which marks part of the boundary between the London Boroughs of
Newham and
Redbridge.
The area and the estate now wholly fall within the
London Borough of Redbridge
The London Borough of Redbridge is a London borough established in 1965.
The borough shares boundaries with the Epping Forest District and the ceremonial county of Essex to the north, with the London Borough of Waltham Forest to the west, the ...
, though historically Aldersbrook Manor has always fallen inside the parish of
Little Ilford
Little Ilford is a district of London, England in the London Borough of Newham and the name of a ward in that borough.
Little Ilford is now usually referred to as Manor Park.'Little Ilford', in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6, ed. W ...
, which is in turn part of what is now the
London Borough of Newham
The London Borough of Newham is a London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of West Ham and East Ham, authorities that were both abolished by the s ...
.
The 2010
Mike Leigh film ''
Another Year'' used the area for locations.
Filming locations for Another Year (2010)
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External links
A map of Aldersbrook Area
References
{{LB Redbridge
Districts of the London Borough of Redbridge