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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Walthamstow

  

Walthamstow Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Walthamstow

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Walthamstow history

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Toponymy

Walthamstow is recorded c. 1075 as Wilcumestowe (“the Place of Welcome”) in the Domesday Book of 1086. In 1086, the town was recorded as Wilcumestou.

Early history

The Domesday Book describes Wilcumestou as a manor owned by the Anglo-Saxon nobleman Earl Waltheof of Huntingdon and Northumbria before the Norman conquest of 1066. King John stayed in Walthamstow for two nights in February 1208. The influential textile designer and craftsman William Morris was born in the village in 1834.

Urban development

Until the late 19th century Walthamstow was largely rural, with a small village centre and a number of large estates. The Lighthouse Methodist Church which dates from 1893 is situated on Markhouse Road, on the corner of Downsfield Road.

Transport breakthroughs

LGOC X-type and B-type buses were built at Blackhorse Lane in Walthamstow. The manufacturing operation later became AEC, famous as the manufacturer of many of London’s buses. Frederick Bremer built the first British motorcar in a workshop in his garden in 1892.

Walthamstow Power Station

Walthamstow Borough Corporation had been authorised in 1904 to supply electricity to the Borough. The power station in Exeter Street had three brick chimneys and an array of wooden cooling towers. In 1923 the revenue from sales of electricity was £109,909.

Post-war history

Since the 2012 Summer Olympics, Walthamstow has become increasingly popular. Property prices have increased at a high rate of 22.3% from 2013 to 2014, compared to London’s average of 17.8%. It has turned the town into a ‘trendy’ town similar to Shoreditch.

You can visit Walthamstow places with Walkfo Walthamstow to hear history at Walthamstow’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Walthamstow has 120 places to visit in our interactive Walthamstow map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Walthamstow, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Walthamstow places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Walthamstow & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Walthamstow Places Map
120 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Walthamstow tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Walthamstow

  

Best Walthamstow places to visit

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Walthamstow has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Walthamstow’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Walthamstow’s information audio spots:

Bushwood, Leytonstone Bushwood is an area in the north of Leytonstone in East London. The area is popular for its proximity to Wanstead Flats and Wanstead Park. It has many tree-lined streets with Victorian and Edwardian houses.

Woodford Green Woodford Green is 9.4 miles (15.1 km) north-east of Charing Cross. It adjoins Buckhurst Hill to the north, Woodford Bridge to the east, South Woodford to the south and Epping Forest to the west. It was a hamlet in the ancient civil parish of Woodford St Mary, in the historic county of Essex.

St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Woodford Green St Thomas of Canterbury Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Woodford Green, Woodford, London. It was built from 1895 to 1896 and was designed by Alexander Scoles. It has been served by the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor since its foundation.

Highams Estate The Highams Estate is a housing estate in Waltham Forest in East London. The area was developed by Thomas Courtenay Warner in the 1930s. The estate was within the grounds of the former Highams Manor House.

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