The London to Colchester Roman road led to some early development while much of the rest of the area remained rural.

[3] It was the end of the line for both the London tram system and later the electric trolley bus service from Aldgate.

During the 1920s and 1930s, the local government arrangements of the area came under review and various proposals would have merged the two sections of Chadwell Heath into a single district, however this was not acted upon.

It was found by Walter Wiffen, a train guard from Cedar Park Gardens on his way to work at the station early the next morning.

A V2 rocket landed on Blackbush Avenue killing several people and blowing out windows for half a mile around.

Later, the local council replaced the windows with much more modern frames, and the results provided an incongruous look to the older house designs.

A heavy anti-aircraft battery was located east of Whalebone Lane North and traces of the concrete emplacements remain today.

The two combined wards had no single ethnic majority, with the largest group being White British people comprising 44.3% of the population.

Most of the major buildings, such as the local school and former police station lie in the London Borough of Redbridge.

Royal Mail includes Chadwell Heath as part of the RM6 postcode district and the Post Town of Romford,.

[citation needed] There is an Art Deco former cinema on Chadwell Heath High Road, built in May 1934.

[citation needed] West Ham United's training ground was located in the area until late 2015.