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8 unusual facts about Loughton


Arthur Llewellyn Basham

Arthur Llewellyn Basham was born on 24 May 1914, in Loughton, Essex, the son of Abraham Arthur Edward Basham and Maria Jane Basham née Thompson.

Carli Norris

She moved with her family to Woodford in East London in 1991 and took a Performing Arts Course at Epping Forest College in Loughton, Essex.

Loughton Orient F.C.

Loughton Orient F.C. was a football club based in Loughton, Milton Keynes, England.

Loughton, Milton Keynes

The area also contains the head office of the National House Building Council (NHBC) and a testing laboratory set up by the Consumers' Association but now owned by Intertek, as well as lawyers, graphic design companies and warehousing.

Mary Anne Clarke

When the scandal forced Clarke to leave London, she took a tenancy of Loughton Lodge, Loughton, Essex.

Sidney Godley

Loughton Town Council placed a Blue Plaque at 164 Torrington Drive to commemorate its famous former resident

Upul Tharanga

He was sent by the Sri Lankan cricketing board to play league cricket for Loughton Cricket Club in Essex.

Wilson Hungerford

He retired to England and lived at Dragons, a prominent house in Upper Park, Loughton, Essex.


020

Communities outside the administrative area of Greater London that are within the code are Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell, Loughton and Sewardstone in Essex; Borehamwood, Bushey, Carpenders Park, Elstree and South Oxhey in Hertfordshire; and Ewell, Molesey, Thames Ditton and Whyteleafe in Surrey.

London Buses route 20

In 1986, the route was tendered out to Eastern National after Loughton garage closed, with their CityBus subsidiary operating the route from a base in Walthamstow.

Ron Greenwood

The Town Council of Loughton, where Greenwood lived during his time as West Ham manager, erected a blue plaque to his memory on one of his former houses in the town, 22 Brooklyn Avenue: this was unveiled by Sir Trevor Brooking and the Town Mayor, Chris Pond on 28 October 2008.

Shenley Brook End

The brook rises near the site of Snelshall Priory, flows through Furzton where it is joined by a tributary from Emerson Valley, becomes the "tear-drop lakes" in Loughton and flows into the River Great Ouse at New Bradwell.

Susannah Corbett

She attended Moira House Girls School in Eastbourne, East Sussex and trained as an actor at East 15 Acting School, Debden, Loughton, Essex.

Whitechapel Road

Davenant Foundation School, now in Loughton, was previously located on Whitechapel Road, built on the Lower Burial Ground.


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