August 2019 Walthamstow: From Monoux and Morris to Beer and Bacon Jam. Guided Walk. Sun 18th Aug at 2pm 1 Feb 201927 Jul 2019 Book Tickets here There’s so much more to Walthamstow than just its famous mile-long Market. Its history is not what you might think either but the grand tombs in St…
August 2019 Chingford: From Fields and the Forest, to Royals and the Railway. Guided Walk – Sat 24 Aug at 2pm 1 Feb 20194 Jun 2019 Book Tickets here What do Ivor Novello, Lawrence of Arabia, Queen Victoria and the Forgotten Father of English Sport have in common? Answer – they all have connections to Chingford.…
August 2019 Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. Sun 25th Aug 11am – 3pm 1 Feb 201920 Feb 2019 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…
August 2019 Penny loaves, Poisoning, Poverty and Pubs – a Walthamstow walk – Sat 31 August at 2pm 1 Feb 20197 Aug 2019 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…
September 2019 Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. Sun 29th Sep 11am – 3pm 1 Feb 20197 Aug 2019 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…
October 2019 A virtual walk around Walthamstow – Joanna Moncrieff talk. 17th Oct 7.30pm 1 Feb 201923 Jul 2019 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…
October 2019 Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. Sun 27th Oct 11am – 3pm 1 Feb 20194 Feb 2019 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…
November 2019 The Stort Story – Richard Thomas talk. 14th Nov 7.30pm 1 Feb 201920 Feb 2019 at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford. A Chingford Historical Society event.
November 2019 Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. Sun 24th Nov 11am – 3pm 1 Feb 20194 Feb 2019 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…
December 2019 Chingford in the 80s and 90s – Acorn Films talk. 12th Dec 7.30pm 1 Feb 201920 Feb 2019 at The C of E Primary School, Cambridge Road, Chingford. A Chingford Historical Society event.
December 2019 Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. Sun 29th Dec 11am – 3pm 1 Feb 20194 Feb 2019 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…
Regular Events Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum- LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH 1 Jan 20194 Jun 2019 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…
Regular Events Muslim History tour of Walthamstow 1 Jan 20194 Jun 2019 Book a Guided Tour of Walthamstow here Learn how Muslims numbering only 4,000 in the 1960s experienced life in Walthamstow. Find out how they struggled in their lives to establish…
Past Events Archive Forgotten Walthamstow and its late 19th Century Musical Heritage – Sat 15 Jun at 12.30pm 1 Jan 201915 Jun 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. 9th Mar at 10am. 1 Jan 20199 Mar 2019 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. Tue 12th Mar 8pm 1 Jan 201912 Mar 2019 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 In Her Footsteps: Women-led activism in Waltham Forest. Esther Freeman Guided Walk. 1 Jan 201931 Mar 2019 This is a ticketed walk - book tickets on Eventbrite Esther Freeman leads a walk round central Walthamstow talking about women activists of the area, with a section about Leytonstone…
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 Walthamstow Historical Society A.G.M. 1 Jan 201929 Apr 2019 at St Gabriel's Church Havant Road. Ends at 8.45pm
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 ‘Cut-throat Alley’ the Aubrey Rd. murders – Heather Gower talk. 1 Jan 20194 Jun 2019 at St Gabriel's Church Havant Road
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 Engine Run day at Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. 1 Jan 20192 Jul 2019 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…
