Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Forest Gate within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Forest Gate, eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., West Ham and East Ham pars., S. Essex -- dist., pop. 13,288; the vil. is 2 miles SW. of Ilford.