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2 unusual facts about Chingford


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Trials flown by pilots of the Royal Naval Air Service at Chingford proved the aircraft to be seriously overweight, fragile, sluggish, and difficult to handle, even on the ground.

Dyott Bomber

The first prototype, serial number 3687, made its maiden flight at Chingford in August 1916, with the second prototype, serial number 3688 following in September.


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Chingford Reservoirs

The Chingford Reservoirs is the collective name for the King George V Reservoir and the William Girling Reservoir, which form part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain in the London Borough of Enfield.

James Alexandrou

Other notable past pupils of Chingford Foundation School include footballer David Beckham and Sir Jonathan Ive, Senior Vice President of Design at Apple Inc.

King George V Reservoir

The storage reservoir is bordered by Sewardstone and Chingford to the east and Brimsdown and Ponders End to the west, and covers 420 acres (170 hectares), making it the largest in London.

Louisa Aldrich-Blake

Born in Chingford, Essex, the daughter of a rector, she moved with her family to Welsh Bicknor.

M11 motorway

The first version had a mid-south section to follow a River Lea route, starting at The Angel, Islington southwest of Dalston, London, heading northeast then north taking land by the river in Walthamstow, Chingford and Waltham Cross to meet the built alignment of today, north of Harlow and the road from South Woodford to Islington would have been the designated as the M12.

RBW British Middleweight Championship

On May 22, 2004 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, "Misfit" Jorge Castano defeated Johnny Kidd for the Championship, in his third attempt, following previous contests between the two in Chingford and Nottingham, and would hold the belt until RBW's eventual closer in late 2005.

Walthamstow station

Walthamstow Central station on the London Underground Victoria Line and the National Rail Chingford Branch

William de Bois Maclaren

On the recommendation of P.B. Nevill, acting on behalf of Baden-Powell, Maclaren purchased the 53 acre Gilwell Hall estate near Epping Forest near the town of Chingford for GBP 7,000, and presented it as Gilwell Park to the Scout Association in July 1919.


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