A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Highams Park like this:
Higham House.-- seat, Woodford par., W. Essex, 1¼. mile W. of Woodford sta., and 8 miles SW. of Epping.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Highams Park by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Waltham Forest | 1 | 1 |
| Woodford | 2 | 4 |
| Chingford | 0 | 2 |
| Woodford Wells | 0 | 2 |
| Walthamstow | 2 | 3 |
| Snaresbrook | 0 | 2 |
| Buckhurst Hill | 0 | 2 |
| Woodford Bridge | 0 | 2 |
| Wanstead | 9 | 2 |
| Edmonton | 4 | 3 |
| Leytonstone | 0 | 2 |
| Lower Edmonton | 0 | 1 |
| Tottenham | 6 | 3 |
| Leyton | 4 | 2 |
| Bruce Grove | 0 | 1 |
| Ponders End | 0 | 2 |
| Seven Sisters | 0 | 2 |
| Lea Bridge | 0 | 2 |
| South Tottenham | 0 | 1 |
| Aldersbrook | 0 | 2 |