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5 unusual facts about Walthamstow


Benbros

The company was founded by two brothers, Jack and Nathan Beneson, the name a contraction of "Beneson Brothers" and were based at 145 Gosport Road Walthamstow.

Favell Lee Mortimer

When she was six the family moved to Hale End, Walthamstow where her mother came under the strong evangelical influence of both the Rev. George Collison and the family governess Clara Claire.

Hugh Farmer

Early in 1737 he took charge of a struggling congregation at Walthamstow, founded by Samuel Slater, a minister ejected from St. James's, Bury St Edmunds.

He died on 5 February 1787, and was buried in the parish churchyard at Walthamstow, in the same grave with his friend Snell.

Wine from the United Kingdom

In the 1660s Lady Batten, wife of Sir William Batten, Surveyor of the Navy, had a vineyard at their estate at Walthamstow; Samuel Pepys thought the wine (which was red) "very good".


Ballyregan Bob

In 1985 Ballyregan Bob won three major events, the Olympic at home track Brighton, the Test at Walthamstow and the Essex Vase at Romford.

Bow Creek Ecology Park

The park was created by the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) in 1994, after a survey identified rare and unusual plant species in the area, some presumed carried in by shipping, such as Hairy Buttercup (Ranunculus sardous), Walthamstow Cress, and Unreel’s Wormwood.

Facing Fearful Odds

The Royal Military Police arrive at 165, and after Hudson tells Daisy that the punishment for going AWOL is the firing squad, she tells them that Edward is hiding in his father's bombed out house in Walthamstow.

Harry Cohen

Cohen left the George Gascoigne Secondary Modern school (closed in 1966) on Queens Road in Walthamstow at 15, and went on to train as a public service accountant at the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, as well as studying part-time at East Ham Technical College (became Newham College of Further Education).

Heather Jansch

While an art student at Walthamstow in 1967 she met the musician Roy Harper.

Jerome Knapp Junior

Jerome was the son of Jerome Knapp Senior of Chieveley in Berkshire and Walthamstow in Essex (now Greater London) and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Preston of Bromley in Kent and heiress of her brother, Alderman Thomas Preston of the City.

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.

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.

Quinton Fortune

Fortune left South Africa at the age of 14 and moved to England where he played for the Tottenham Hotspur junior team (whilst attending Forest School), but never made a senior appearance for the club.

Stephen Gomersall

Sir Stephen Gomersall, KCMG was educated at Forest School, Snaresbrook and Queens' College, Cambridge.

The Choir: Sing While You Work

Sainsbury's - using staff from a store in Walthamstow, the Waltham Point distribution centre, and the Store Support Centre in London.


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