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Leytonstone is a place in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, in East London, England. The London Borough of Waltham Forest is a London borough in North-East London, England and forms part of Outer London. ... East London area East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames. ...

History

The main thoroughfare in Leytonstone, High Road Leytonstone, which runs the length of Leytonstone to Stratford is an ancient pathway dating to pre-Roman times. Roman archaeological features have been found in the area. , Stratford, historically Stratford Langthorne, is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London. ... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ...

The name Leytonstone - in early documents Leyton-Atte-Stone - may derive from the large stone standing at the junction of Hollybush Hill and New Wanstead; in the 18th-century an obelisk was mounted on top of it, and it has been claimed that it is the remains of a Roman milestone.

Two of the obelisk's inscriptions are still just legible: others are not.

"To Epping XI Miles through Woodford, Loughton"

"To Ongar XV Miles through Woodford Bridge, Chigwell, Abridge"

It has been claimed that High Road Leytonstone is a prehistoric pathway dating from before the Romans built a road along the same route to London. However Roman roads have since been found during excavations. Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ...

The earliest known cartographic reference to Leytonstone is dated from 1545. It was part of Essex until 1965. For other meanings of Essex, see Essex (disambiguation). ...

Leytonstone was the centre of protests against the construction of the M11 link road, in 1990. The protesters' final stand was staged at Claremont Road, Leytonstone and was ended by the forced eviction of protestors in 1994. The M11 link road protest was an anti-road campaign in London, UK in the early 1990s. ... This page is about the M11 motorway in England. ... Claremont Road was a road in Leytonstone, London, and the site of a protest from 1992 to 1994 to stop the M11 motorway from being built. ...

Notable features

• Epping Forest boundaries reach Leytonstone in wooded areas called Hollow Ponds and Wanstead Flats.
• Whipps Cross University Hospital
• Dagenham & Redbridge football club is an amalgamation of several amateur football clubs, including Leytonstone F.C., who played along Leytonstone High Road. The Wanderers F.C. also originated from Leytonstone but played in several other venues round London.

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Notable people associated with Leytonstone

St John’s Church, Leytonstone

• Alfred Hitchcock was born and raised in the area; the entrance to Leytonstone tube station has a number of murals depicting scenes from his films. There is a pub and hotel named after him in Whipps Cross Road.
• One infamous person who reputedly passed through Leytonstone, staying at the Green Man pub (now O'Neill's), was Essex-born highwayman Dick Turpin. Turpin allegedly passed through Leytonstone to Epping Forest en route to Norwich, and eventually to his appointment with the hangman in 1739.

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Lifestyle

Leytonstone spans a transition zone between some of the more deprived areas of east London and the more affluent areas on the Essex borders. In the south - the areas known as Cann Hall and Cathall - there is a large amount of council housing, incomes tend to be low, and a gang culture has developed. In March 2007, 56% of young people surveyed said that they felt unsafe [1], and indeed, in April 2007 a teenager was stabbed to death there. However, in the northern part of Leytonstone, especially Upper Leytonstone, Bushwood, and near Wanstead Park, most houses are privately-owned and can be highly sought-after, with prices having risen rapidly in recent years. Cann Hall is a ward in Leytonstone district in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. ... Cheap, safe, housing owned by the British Government. ... // Wanstead Park is located in the London Borough of Redbridge, formerly (until 1965) part of Essex, near to Wanstead. ...

Transport and locale

Nearby places

• Epping Forest
• Forest Gate
• Leyton
• Snaresbrook
• Stratford
• Temple Mills
• Walthamstow
• Wanstead

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Nearest tube station

• Leytonstone tube station
• Leyton tube station

Leytonstone tube station is on the Central Line of the London Underground, on the boundary of Zones 3 and 4. ... Leyton tube station is a London Underground station at Leyton. ...

Nearest railway station

• Leytonstone High Road railway station

Leytonstone High Road railway station is a train station in Leytonstone, London in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, on the Gospel Oak to Barking line, between Leyton Midland Road and Wanstead Park. ...

External links

• The Leytonstone Festival
• A brief history of Leytonstone
• Woodhouse Players