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Little Heath
London borough	Redbridge
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ROMFORD
Postcode district	RM6
Dialling code	020

Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London

EU Parliament	London
London Assembly	Havering and Redbridge
List of places UK England London 51°35′04″N 0°07′03″E / 51.584323°N 0.117610°E / 51.584323; 0.117610

Little Heath School

Little Heath is a locality in the London Borough of Redbridge. To the east is Chadwell Heath in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, after which it was modelled. The postcode for the area is RM6. Little Heath School is based in the area. East London Transit route EL3 terminates at Little Heath.

History

Toponymy

The name is recorded in 1369 as Lytel Ylleford heth, meaning 'little Ilford heath'. It had become shortened to Litelheth by 1456. It is formed from the Middle English words litel and hethe.

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