Place Name Named in honour of the work of the rector of Wanstead, the astronomer James Pound, who in 1717 was…
Place Name The name of Wanstead is Anglo-Saxon. Written as Wænstede sometime around 1050, it means a settlement by a…
Place Name Named in honour of the First World War sailor boy and recipient of the Victoria Cross, who grew up…
Place Name This short close, certainly doesn’t lend itself to being a lane in the traditional sense and that is…
Place Name This street has undergone numerous name changes in the past 300 years. In 1764 it was called Harrow…
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…