Aldborough Hatch, Redbridge
A semi-rural residential locality situated on the north side of the A12, just beyond Newbury Park
The Aldborough name probably derives from the family who built a hall here, while the hatch (a wicket gate) would have led into Hainault Forest. Writing in his Environs of London
Before the extensive deforestation of the 1850s, according to local historian George Tasker
The Eastern Avenue brought the builders with it in the late 1920s and early 1930s, including Suburban Developments (London) Limited, which laid out the Aldborough Grange estate on land east of Aldborough Road North. The green belt has restricted further expansion into the farmland on the north side of the road. Aldborough Hall has a long established equestrian centre.
Aldborough ward has a culturally diverse population. Thirty-five per cent of residents are Christians (a huge drop from 50 per cent in 2001). Hinduism and Islam are the other principal religions here.