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Leytonstone

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{{infobox London place| |Place= Leytonstone |Borough= London Borough of Waltham Forest Waltham Forest |Traditional= Essex |Constituency= Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency) Leyton & Wanstead |PostTown= LONDON |PostCode= London E11 E11 |DiallingCode= 020 |GridReference= TQ395875 |GLA= North East London }} '''Leytonstone''' is a place within the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

History
The main thoroughfare in Leytonstone, Leytonstone High Road, which runs the length of Leytonstone to Stratford, London Stratford is an ancient pathway dating to pre-Roman Empire Roman times. Roman archaeological features have been found in the area. The name Leytonstone is believed to derive from a military distance marker placed by the Roman 10th Legion which is found on the border road at Hollybush Hill and New Wanstead. Two of the marker's inscriptions are still just legible: others are not. :''"To Epping XI Miles through Woodford, Loughton"'' :''"To Ongar XV Miles through Woodford Bridge, Chigwell, Abridge"'' In early documents the area was known as ''Leyton-Atte-Stone''. The High Road Leytonstone is an ancient prehistoric pathway route dating well before the Ancient Rome Romans built the road to London. However Roman roads have since been found during excavations. The earliest known cartographic reference to Leytonstone is dated from 1545.

Road protest
In 1990, Leytonstone was a major part of the M11 link road protest protests against the M11 M11 link road. The final part of the protest was staged at Claremont Road, Leytonstone and was ended by the forced eviction of protestors in 1994.

Notable features
Epping Forest boundaries reach Leytonstone in wooded areas called Waltham_Forest_parks_and_open_spaces Hollow Ponds and Wanstead Flats. Whipps Cross Hospital Dagenham & Redbridge football club is an amalgmation of amateur football clubs including Leytonstone football club.

Notable residents
Alfred Hitchcock was born and raised in the area, the entrance to Leytonstone tube station having a number of murals depicting scenes from his films. Image:Leytonstone.jpg thumb|right|206px|]|St John’s Church, Leytonstone Other notable Leytonstonians include: :Damon Albarn :David Beckham :Graham Gooch :Patrick Haseldine :Derek Jacobi :Jonathan Ross :Talvin Singh :Meera Syal One infamous person who passed through Leytonstone and – reputably stayed at the Green Man pub (now O’Neill’s) – was Essex born Highwayman Dick Turpin en route to Norwich, and eventually to his appointment with the Hangman at York in 1739.

Nearby places
* Leyton * Walthamstow * Epping Forest * Forest Gate * Wanstead * Snaresbrook

Nearest tube station
* Leytonstone tube station * Leyton tube station

Nearest railway station
* Leytonstone High Road railway station

External links

- The Leytonstone Festival
- A brief history of Leytonstone Category:Districts of London Category:Waltham Forest

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