Manor Park, London

Manor Park is the name of an area in the London Borough of Newham,^[1] as well as of the local railway station and cemetery. There is another railway station - Woodgrange Park. The 200-acre (0.81 km²) City of London Cemetery and Crematorium is also situated here.

The area is in the London post town and the E12 . Romford Road and High Street North are the main routes through the area.

Manor Park now has a large immigrant population, mainly from Pakistan and Bangladesh and more recently from Romania and Poland.

Manor Park's Itchycoo Park (officially Little Ilford Park) was made famous in a song by the Small Faces, whose lead singer Steve Marriott lived in the area.^[2] Manor Park also has an amateur football team called A.C. Manor Park playing in the AFL.

Manor Park was part of the County Borough of East Ham, Essex until 1965, when Greater London was created.

Notable people associated with Manor Park

• Stanley Holloway - actor, born at 25 Albany Road (at which there is an English Heritage blue plaque erected in 2009)
• Fry family (chocolate) - Quaker family lived in the Manor House, Gladding Road.
• Steve Marriott - of Small Faces and Humble Pie born in Manor Park.
• Owura Nyanin of The Mitchell Brothers.
• Kele Okereke - lead singer of Bloc Party is from Manor Park. Family still live there.
• Jack Cornwell - teenage recipient of the Victoria Cross, grew up in Manor Park, and buried there.
• Joshua Waters Rudge, guitarist and singer of The Skints originates from Manor Park.
• Bobby George - darts player and pundit.

Education

For details of education in Manor Park see the List of schools in the London Borough of Newham

References

External links

• The Manor Park blog