March 2023 Walking Tour: From Pimp Hall to Ale House Field Sat 18th March at 2pm 31 Jan 201911 Mar 2023 In 1897 the Medical Officer of Health reported that Chingford was ‘cut off, as it were, to a great extent from the rest of the world’.* It is obviously not…
Past Events Archive Walking Tour: Walthamstow High Street. Saturdays 15th/29th October at 10am 1 Jan 20192 Nov 2022 Join qualified tour guide Joanna Moncrieff on a walk seeking out the history of Walthamstow’s famous High Street. Originally called Marsh Street, as it led to the marshes, by the…
Regular Events Walking Tour: From Fields & the Forest to Royals & the Railway. 1 Jan 20196 Oct 2022 Explore Chingford's history from forest village to London suburb and meet an unexpected cast of characters along the way. This walk is almost on the 140th anniversary of Queen Victoria…
Regular Events Virtual Tour: From Fields and the Forest to Royals and the Railway. 1 Jan 20195 Apr 2022 Explore Chingford’s history from forest village to London suburb and meet an unexpected cast of characters along the way. Chingford on the edge of Epping Forest in north-east London has…
Past Events Archive Chingford Newsreels 1950s-1990s. hosted by Gary Stone. Thu 9th December at 7.30pm 1 Jan 201922 Dec 2021 at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford and online via Zoom. We will be back at our pre-pandemic meeting venue which is the C of E Primary School, Cambridge…
Regular Events Virtual Tour: From Fields and the Forest to Royals and the Railway 1 Jan 20198 Mar 2021 Explore Chingford’s history from forest village to London suburb and meet an unexpected cast of characters along the way. Chingford on the edge of Epping Forest in north-east London has…
Regular Events Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum- Last Sunday of every month. 1 Jan 201917 Jan 2020 On the last Sunday of each month the Marshall and Loughborough steam engines are run on compressed air. The engines will run at 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM on the…
Past Events Archive Chingford: From Fields & the Forest to Royals & the Railway. 1 Jan 201931 Dec 2020 Joanna has now turned this into a virtual walk. Follow her on Eventbrite to find out when she will next be 'leading' this walk. All her walks both virtual and…
Past Events Archive Forgotten Walthamstow and its late 19th Century Musical Heritage 1 Jan 20191 Sep 2019 Book Tickets Here A walk exploring the Walthamstow of the time when the railway was new and Hoe Street was still lined with grand houses; one of these was The…
Past Events Archive Insanity in the Family – Kathy Chater talk. 1 Jan 201920 Feb 2019 At Spruce Hill Baptist Church Hall, Brookscroft Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JP, starting at 8pm and finishing at 10pm. A Waltham Forest Family History Society event
Past Events Archive Lippitts Hill Camp in War and Peace – Bryn Elliott talk. 1 Jan 201924 Mar 2019 at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford. Bryn Elliott's Website
Past Events Archive Shakespeare’s London to the West End Playhouse – Richard Gray talk. 1 Jan 201921 Feb 2019 At St John’s Hall, off High Road, Leytonstone, London E11 by the entrance to the Matalan store, (not far from Leytonstone Central Line station). Entrance: £2. A Leyton and Leytonstone Historical…
Past Events Archive The Haile Farm Estate walk. 1 Jan 201917 Jan 2020 Meet at the Millennium Clock (by Highams Park Station). The Walk lasts for 2 hours and will finish at The County Arms at midday. It costs £3 or is free…
Past Events Archive Workshop: Family Businesses and Bankruptcy. 1 Jan 201917 Jan 2020 At Spruce Hill Baptist Church Hall, Brookscroft Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JP, starting at 8pm and finishing at 10pm.
Past Events Archive In Her Footsteps: 150 years of women-led activism in East London – Esther Freeman talk. 1 Jan 201921 Mar 2019 At St John’s Hall, off High Road, Leytonstone, London E11 by the entrance to the Matalan store, (not far from Leytonstone Central Line station). Entrance: £2. A Leyton and Leytonstone Historical…
Past Events Archive A tour of Elizabethan London – Nick Dobson talk. 1 Jan 201923 Mar 2019 This talk will follow Chingford Historical Society A.G.M. at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford. The image above is a detail from Visscher's View of London, 1616. ©…
Past Events Archive Views of Old Waltham Forest, a pictorial tour – Alan Simpson talk. 1 Jan 201923 Apr 2019 At Spruce Hill Baptist Church Hall, Brookscroft Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JP, starting at 8pm and finishing at 10pm.
Past Events Archive The work of the Essex Record Office – Lawrence Barker talk. 1 Jan 201923 Apr 2019 at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford. A Chingford Historical Society event.
Past Events Archive Before the archaeological dig. Christina Holloway talk. 1 Jan 201923 Apr 2019 Before the dig: why archaeology happens, how we know what to look for, and what might be found in your street. At St John’s Hall, off High Road, Leytonstone, London…
Past Events Archive Exhibition of photos of cultural centres – Walthamstow Central Library 1 Jan 201921 May 2019 Waltham Forest Civic Society have created an exhibition of photos of the wide variety of buildings and spaces that contribute to the cultural life of our Borough. It will be…
Past Events Archive The Wadham Farm Estate. Guided Walk 1 Jan 201921 May 2019 From the Millennium Clock (by Highams Park Station). A Highams Park Society event.
Past Events Archive “What I’m researching now” discussion 1 Jan 201921 May 2019 An opportunity for members to talk about research, finds, or ask for help. At Spruce Hill Baptist Church Hall, Brookscroft Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JP, starting at 8pm and finishing at…
Past Events Archive The Real Dad’s Army – The Home Guard. Mike Brown talk. 1 Jan 201921 May 2019 This talk follows Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society A.G.M. At St John’s Hall, off High Road, Leytonstone, London E11 by the entrance to the Matalan store, (not far from Leytonstone…
Past Events Archive East London and Essex in the 18th C. – Derek Morris talk. 1 Jan 201915 Jun 2019 at Spruce Hill Baptist Church Hall, Brookscroft Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JP, starting at 8pm and finishing at 10pm.
Past Events Archive Penny loaves, Poisoning, Poverty and Pubs – a Walthamstow walk. 1 Jan 201917 Jan 2020 Book Tickets Here Join qualified tour guide Joanna Moncrieff on a history walk around the mean streets of the Queen’s Road area of Walthamstow. Street names, building styles and plaques…
Past Events Archive A virtual walk around Walthamstow – Joanna Moncrieff talk. 1 Jan 201917 Jan 2020 at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford . Stories include the Dickens’plagiarist, the hidden Greek theatre, the butcher/property developer and what Pepys thought of Walthamstow wine. Joanna Moncrieff is…
Past Events Archive The Stort Story – Richard Thomas talk. 1 Jan 201917 Nov 2019 at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford. A Chingford Historical Society event.
Past Events Archive Chingford in the 80s and 90s – Acorn Films talk. 1 Jan 201918 Dec 2019 at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford. A Chingford Historical Society event.
Regular Events Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. 1 Jan 201926 Jan 2020 On the last Sunday of each month the Marshall and Loughborough steam engines are run on compressed air. The engines will run at 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM on the…
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