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Leytonstone
Leytonstone (Greater London)
Leytonstone

Leytonstone shown within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ395875
London borough Waltham Forest
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district E11,E15
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
European Parliament London
UK Parliament Leyton & Wanstead
London Assembly North East
List of places: UK • England • London

Coordinates: 51°34′09″N 0°00′50″E / 51.569053, 0.013768

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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. Stratford, historically Stratford Langthorne, is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Roman archaeological features have been found in the area.

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. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC However Roman roads have since been found during excavations.

The earliest known cartographic reference to Leytonstone is dated from 1545. It was part of Essex until 1965. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common

To the eastern side of Leytonstone lies the Lake House estate, which until its recent inclusion within the London Borough of Redbridge was also seen as belonging to the area. The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. [1]

Leytonstone was the centre of protests against the construction of the M11 link road, in 1990. The M11 link road protest was an anti-road campaign in London, United Kingdom in the early 1990s This page is about the M11 motorway in England For the M11 motorway in the Republic of Ireland see N11 road. 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, United Kingdom in the early 1990s

Education

The borough includes the prestigious girls' school Connaught School for Girls, which is now a specialist Language College, and also Leytonstone School which is a specialist school in business and enterprise. Connaught School for Girls is a girls' only 11-16 comprehensive school in Leytonstone, London. Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom.

Notable features

Notable people associated with Leytonstone

Leytonstone Station
Leytonstone Station

Transport and locale

Nearby places

Nearest tube station

Nearest railway station


References

[1] http://www.wansteadwildlife.org.uk/INTRODUCTORY_AND_VARIOUS_FILES/about_Wanstead_Wildlife.htm

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