Highams Park

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Highams Park is a suburban district in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest, 8.8 miles (14.2 km) north-east of Charing Cross. It sits on the western edge of Epping Forest, with Chingford Hatch to the north, Woodford to the east, Hale End and Walthamstow to the south, and Chingford Mount to the west. The earliest recorded settlement was a small Saxon one near this location in the Great Forest of Waltham. Vikings are thought to have arrived here after sailing up the River Lea. The Saxon lord, Haldane, is noted as possessing lands stretching from the Lea marshes to the highest point in the forest. He relinquished these lands after the Norman Invasion of 1066. By the beginning of the 14th century, the renamed Manor of Higham Bensted(e) was divided into two, with the smaller manor of Salisbury Hall including Chapel End and Hale End.. Historically, it has been in the county of Essex, and part of Walthamstow parish and municipal borough. It is primarily a residential...

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