This volume is the first of two containing the history of all the
places in Waltham hundred and some of those in Becontree hundred.
This region, most of which is now in Greater London, extends
eastwards from the River Lea and northwards from the Thames. Until
the mid-19th century it was rich farm land, and was also
fashionable with the gentry as a place of residence. Its northern
fringe is still rural, but the remainder has since 1850 been the
scene of a most remarkable example of sustained inflow and
settlement of population. This transformation, starting in West
Ham, is described for the region as a whole in a special
introductory article. The parish histories include Barking and
Dagenham, which now contain the Becontree housing estate; the
residential suburbs of Chingford and Ilford; and the market towns
of Epping and Waltham Abbey.
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