Introduction and domestic buildings british history. The edwardian estate was planned by john farrer with the houses built between 1898 and 1909. Thomas courtenay warner inherited his fathers estate in walthamstow in 1875. The stow had to be included to distinguish walthamstow from nearby waltham abbey and waltham cross. The first stage was in collaboration with local writer kirstin sibley and walthamstow historical society. If you are able to respond to one of these searches for past relatives then use the email address after each entry.
By the 17th century walthamstow was an area of large houses mainly occupied by london merchants, bankers, and public officials. The exwarner estate in waltham forest, runs from 29 october to 19 february at vestry house museum, london. The area was developed by thomas courtenay warner and the warner company. Today, the old village still survives in the middle of walthamstow. We can see that average property prices in walthamstow are higher than last year. This property is for sale by douglas allen, powered by. Historically in the county of essex, it significantly increased in population as part of the suburban growth of london and was incorporated as the. Subsequent developments included houses built in the 1920,s,the wolverton council flats in warner road and the priory sheltered housing complex. The warner estate was a social housing project in the borough of waltham.
We have set up a flickr group to allow the archive of photos about the ex warner estate in walthamstow and leyton to grow, please visit and contribute any photos you would like to share. Welcome welcome to the website for the walthamstow historical society. History of walthamstow, in waltham forest and essex map. The warner estate in waltham forest consists of three distinct areas of housing development, spanning 1880s until the 1950s. The majority of walthamstows property was built during the 20th century, mainly as a result of bombing raids during the war. Walthamstow, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in west ham district, essex. Vestry house museum is an old workhouse, expolice station and now community centre and local museum which we found by chance when planning a trip to the nearby william morris gallery in walthamstow. Youll find fascinating talks, exhibitions, guided tours, open days and fairs, as well as screenings, workshops and meetings of the history and heritage organisations in chingford, leyton, leytonstone and walthamstow, in the northeast london borough of waltham forest. Their welltended gardens and parks were set in a landscape of farmland, forest, and marsh. Warner houses for sale walthamstow enter your email address to receive alerts when we have new listings available for warner houses for sale walthamstow.
For a brief history of walthamstow and its railways. Lovely three bedroom house, set over three floors offering a large reception room, an eatin kitchen, one bathroom, one shower room, a large paved garden and a. I remember my house from the picture, especially the black fire cooker. Iv lived in warners houses since i was born 56 year ago and my mum 84 years.
Seven miles northeast of central london, walthamstow sits between the lea valley and epping forest at the end of the victoria line. The warner estate is an area of housing in waltham forest in east london. A major arts and heritage project exploring the social history and continuing importance of the warner estate in waltham forest, london, by artists lucy harrison and katherine green rendezvous projects cic. You can still see many of the old houses that belonged to members of the royal family during the 15th and 16th centuries as well as the medieval church. Despite their efforts to balance the books that included the sale of 60, broad street. Warner road walthamstow london 31 property for rent in. The exwarner estate in waltham forest includes archive. This warner built family is close to lloyd park and easy to reach walthamstow central station from. Warner, one of the largest landowners in walthamstow, began to develop the clock house pretoria avenue estate. Nra 37953 warner family of walthamstow, clock house and higham hall estates. Use rightmove online house price checker tool to find out exactly how much properties sold for in warner road, walthamstow, east london, e17 since 1995 based on official land registry data. House prices in warner road, walthamstow, east london, e17.
The project has so far uncovered hundreds of historical photos and recorded. Gwillim the herald resided at walthamstow, as appears by his account of queen elizabeths funeral, printed in the monumenta vetusta. When uploading photos, please tag them with keywords such as, exwarner, warner, exwarnerproject, walthamstow, leyton, etc. Scroll down to see the calendar of upcoming waltham forest history and heritage events. Property details for warner road london e17 7dy zoopla.
The average home in walthamstow is now worth 10% more this year. The vestry house local history museum in walthamstow, whilst having a lot of material on the warner estate houses, has nothing at all on these roads. Walthamstow is situated in the northeastern corner of london, six and a half miles from the. Email field should not be empty please enter a valid email address. This 2 bed leasehold maisonette is located at warner road, london e17 7dy. Built for the working classes, these welldesigned and wellbuilt flats and houses are a distinct character within the area and have helped shape a community. Houses for sale in walthamstow buy houses in walthamstow. The site provides information on the background of the group, the current programme of talks and visits, a list of current publications and prices, membership information as well as images of walthamstow. The project focussed on capturing previously unrecorded social history and aimed to document the current residents of ex warner properties, including longterm renters, new. A number of builders and architects were involved in the development of the warner estate but janet owens research shows that farrer designed the majority of the houses. Per bend argent and gules, two bendlets between six roses all counterchanged. Houses for sale in walthamstow walthamstow houses to buy. Hello there, i have visited the warner estate exhibition at vestry house museum and went to their tea party last saturday. The borough was formed in 1965 from the merger of the municipal boroughs of leyton, walthamstow and chingford.
He began developing the clock house estate which he owned. Based at green pond road, they played in dark and light blue hooped shirts, and light blue shorts. I could go on about the pleasures which abound in walthamstow village the old almshouses, the georgian vestry house which is now a museum, the school built in 1819 but i wont. Great, informative social history book, lovely case studies and photos. A saracens head affrontee couped at the shoulders proper vester gules on the head a cap chequy argent and gules, in the front thereof. In fact, property prices in walthamstow have been increasing for 2 years in a row now which is a great sign for local homeowners looking for larger equity in their homes. Warner, one of the largest landowners in walthamstow, fn. Walthamstow brief history walthamstow history home. See more ideas about walthamstow, central station, central. Where more than one name has been provided for a particular entry it can be found under any of the given names. A new edition of the book with the inclusion of a map of the warner estate was published in 2016 and is available for.
It included an exhibition in the former warner rent office for lloyd park, the publication of a book, a series of community events and the collection of archive material, much of which is available on this website. Walthamstow by keith romig the history press ltd isbn 10 0752403591 isbn 0752403591 this book is. George monox, alderman of london, built almshouses on the north side of the churchyard, for eight men and five women, with a schoolhouse and apartments for a master. Before the railway arrived in the 1840s, walthamstow village was surrounded by countryside. The word walthamstow is derived from weald meaning wood, ham meaning a manor ham is also where the english word home originates and stow meaning a place. Estate agents in walthamstow, letting agents in walthamstow. Public houses in walthamstow, london ask for free quotes.
Walthamstow avenue football club is an english football club based in walthamstow in london. Vestry house museum london 2020 all you need to know. The property benefits from a good size lounge, 2 double bedrooms, fitted kitchen, fitted bathroom, part furnished or unfurnished, shared garden. However, there are still victorian and edwardian terrace houses to be found. Walthamstow sold house prices prices of sold properties. The exwarner estate in waltham forest katherine green. In the 19th century, perhaps when edward warner acquired the property in 1849. The club was established in 1900, and were one of the most successful amateur clubs in the country during the 1950s. I lived in a warners house for many years as a child in pretoria ave. Warner houses are distinctive properties built by thomas warner from the 1880s across waltham forest. Farrer road, warner road and redston road largely consist of farrerdesigned houses. Elphinstone road the warner estate was a social housing project in the borough of waltham forest that began in the late 19thcentury. The exwarner estate in waltham forest second edition with map by lucy harrison, katherine green, kirstin sibley isbn.
Active local history society founded in december 1914 to further the study of local history. Memories of walthamstow read and share your memories of walthamstow itself or of a particular photo of walthamstow. Warner estate exhibition november 6, 2016 walthamstowdiary dont tell anyone, but before i discovered the peoples republic of walthamstow, i used to live in south east london. With plenty of victorian and edwardian terrace houses, this cultural hotspot is attracting buyers searching for goodvalue homes. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nov 1, 2012 photos and pictures from in and around walthamstow central station. See more ideas about london, old london and london history. This book is part of the images of london series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in england. Walthamstow photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. William morris gallery walthamstow 2020 all you need. As well as his distinctive edwardianstyle houses he also built some of the 1920s houses.
Buy walthamstow archive photographs new edition 2003 by romig isbn. Its part of the priory estate which in the 19th century was owned by the warner family. Warner flat in the trendy lloyds park walthamstow e17. There are household items on display from old days, ww2 rationing info, victorian living room, toy museum, dress, a jail cell, an an automobile. Use the alphalist below to find any of the family surnames that have been emailed to us. Unfortunately, dick passed away on december the 3rd, 2014, leaving many happy memories to his family and many friends, and this site for all to enjoy. By 1900 the company had built up most of blackhorse lane between edward road and pretoria avenue and completed a substantial terraced business development of shops and offices at the west end of high. Little free library books in decorated box on the walthamstow art trail outside a warner house in walthamstow, london e17 kathy dewitt e3rm9c from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.
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