Further information and useful publications

Redbridge Libraries Local Studies Service have an extensive collection of materials covering the history of the area and, of course, Valentines Park. Most of this material is available in the Central Library on Clements Road, Ilford.

The Local History Museum - also in the Central Library - has a small display on Sarah Ingleby, including a memorial stained glass window from the old St Clements Church

Some of the books listed below may be purchased from the Local History Museum and most Redbridge Libraries

Victor Bateson

The Future of Valentines Park (1912)

J A G Bodger

Opening of Valentines Park and the American Gardens (1907)

George Caunt

Ilford's Yesterdays: the village that became a town (1980)

Andrew Crowe

The Parks and Woodlands of London (1987)

Ian Dowling

Valentines Park, Ilford: a century of history (1999)

Norman Gunby

A Potted History of Ilford (1997)

Jim Hetherington

Valentines Mansion: Love's Labours Lost? (1999)

Land Use Consultants

Valentines Park: historic survey and restoration management plan (1999)

London Borough of Redbridge

Proposals for the restoration of Valentines Park and Mansion (1996)

Stephen Smith

A thesis study of Valentines Park (2000)

George Tasker

Ilford Past and Present (1905, reprinted 1992)

Susan Taverner

Cranbrook Hall and Valentines Mansion (1973)

Edward Tuck

A Sketch of ancient Barking, its Abbey and Ilford (1899)

Victoria County History

Victoria County History of the County of Essex, Vol. V (1966)