ILFORD (LITTLE), a parish in the hundred of
BECONTREE, county of ESSEX, 7 miles (E. N. E.) from
London, containing 87 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of
London, rated in the king's books at £11. 13. 9. James
H. Leigh, Esq. was patron in 1815. The church is
dedicated to St. Mary. In this parish, with those of
East and West Ham, Leyton, and Wansted, a great
mart is annually held for cattle brought from Wales,
Scotland, and the North of England, from February
until May.