Place Name A reference to the boulder that is now in two pieces at the junction of the High Street…
Place Name The name Ilford comes from a crossing over the River Hyle or Hile, from Old English meaning trickling…
Place Name An area laid out between about 1858 and 1880 by the Birkbeck Freehold Land Society which was financed…
Place Name Named after the solicitors, Fladgate & Co who acted in the development of the Wallwood Estate, which was developed…
Place Name Directional, the road leading to Hainault. The name Hainault was first recorded as Henehout in 1221 and later…
Place Name Named, unsuprisingly enough, as it borders Epping Forest land, by Whipps Cross Hospital. The road was developed by 1908…
Place Name It is thought to be a literal reference to an annual fair that was held near an old…
Place Name Originally called Wellesley Road, after the principal name of the lords of Ruckholt and Wanstead manors, namely Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley.…
Place Name A somewhat obscure reference to Daniel Defoe’s book, Robinson Crusoe, the development also includes a Crusoe Court. The…
Place Name In 1739 John Peck, a member of the Dyers’ Company, gave 16 acres of land in Leytonstone to…