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 Railway to promote the new suburbs.Victoria County History: A History of the County of Essex Volume 5, Chapter 36 The Borough of Ilford (1966) Goodmayes station was built in 1901.Cherry, O'Brien and Pevsner, The Buildings of England - London 5: East (2005), Yale University Press, New Haven 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.
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 Railway to promote the new suburbs.Victoria County History: A History of the County of Essex Volume 5, Chapter 36 The Borough of Ilford (1966) Goodmayes station was built in 1901.Cherry, O'Brien and Pevsner, The Buildings of England - London 5: East (2005), Yale University Press, New Haven 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.