Place Name Name likely comes from Epping Forest which this street overlooks. A ditch opposite the houses was a boundary…
Place Name Thought to be a corruption of an ancient name for the River Lea which is nearby. The name…
Place Name Sir Henry Bennet (January 30, 1618 – July 28, 1685), a loyal supporter and member of Charles II’s…
Place Name Named after Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (October 3, 1554 – September 30, 1628), who bought the Earl of…
Place Name The Watling in this name does not have anything to do with the ancient Roman superhighway that ran…
PLACE NAME Early spellings of the local area have it as Hallinges in 1200 suggesting this may be the Healla’s…
Place Name Named after the local area of Croham Hurst, which was first recorded as Crawham in 1225, meaning the…
Place Name Laid out in the 9thCentury to lead up from the river and hythe – an Old English word meaning…
PLACE NAME Descriptive, the prefix High comes from the Middle English heghe meaning chief or important, it was often used…
Place name Named after the former Manor House on Turpin Lane, immediately north of where this road enters Chigwell parish…