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Articles about the owners of Wanstead Park

These excellent articles are on the
Friends of Wanstead Parklands website

Part 1 - 1086-1499

Part 2 - 1499-1543

Part 3 - 1543-1578

Part 4 - 1578-1598

Part 5 - 1598-1606

Part 6 - 1606-1673

Part 7 - 1673-1699

Part 8 - 1699-1750

Part 9 - 1750-1784

Part 10 - 1784-1825

Part 11 - 1825-1882

Other historical information about Wanstead Park

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LONDON WALKS

Walk 11 - A Walk Around Historical Deptford
Walk 12 - A Walk Around the Roman London Wall
Walk 13 - London City Passages, Alleys and Hidden Treasures
Walk 14a - 2000 Years of Religion in the City of London - Part A
Walk 14b - 2000 Years of Religion in the City of London - Part B
Walk 15 - A Walk Around Shakespeare's London
Walk 16a - Tracing London's Forgotten Civil War Fortifications - Revealing the hidden history of the inner suburbs - Wapping to Islington
Walk 17 - Buried River, Walking the Walbrook
Walk 18 - A Trail of Two Cities - A Walk From the City of Westminster to the City of London
Walk 19 - THE BLACK PATH - A walk following the route of an ancient track from Walthamstow to Smithfield
Walk 20 - PALACES, PARKS AND POSH SHOPS - A walk from the site of Whitehall Palace to the Georgian St James's area
Walk 21 - GREENWICH - ROYAL HOMES AND QUIRKY PLACES IN THE PARK - A walk around some interesting historical places in Greenwich
Walk 22 - FLEETING GLIMPSES - Walking the path of the River Fleet
Walk 23 - WALKING THE REGENT'S CANAL (Parts 1 & 2) - A country walk through London
Walk 24 - WALKING SHERLOCK HOLMES' LONDON - Discover some of the London places that Arthur Conan Doyle used in Sherlock Holmes stories
Walk 25 - WALKING HISTORICAL SOHO - Discover the rich history of Soho, and its beautiful Georgian buildings
Walk 26 - SOME FASCINATING LONDON BUILDINGS AND OBJECTS - PART ONE (PART 2 in production) Discover some of the interesting places between St Pauls and Charing Cross
16th CENTURY ORIENTEERING - THE CITY OF LONDON - This is a collection of downloadable PDF materials. These can be printed out and used to support an historical orienteering exercise around the Bishopsgate / Gracechurch Street area of the City of London, UK.

LOCAL WANSTEAD WALKS

Introduction

Walk Descriptions

Walk 1 - Wanstead Flats, Park and the River Roding

Walk 2 - A Circuit Around Wanstead Park and its Ornamental Waters

Walk 3 - Hollow Ponds, Snaresbrook And Wanstead High Street

Walk 4 - City of London Cemetery

Walk 5 - Manor Park to Valentines Park

Walk 6a - Original Rediscovering Wanstead House Walk (No Sound Version)

Walk 6b - MOBILE PHONE AUDIO GUIDE - PART 1 - Rediscovering Wanstead House (Aldersbrook to St Mary's Church)

Walk 6c - MOBILE PHONE AUDIO GUIDE - PART 2 - Rediscovering Wanstead House (Wanstead to Aldersbrook)

Walk 7 - River Roding

Walk 8a - EDGES - Manor Park to Forest Gate

Walk 8b - EDGES - Forest Gate to Leytonstone

Walk 9 - Aldersbrook to Alders Brook

Walk 10a - Ilford Bridge to Barking Quay and Abbey, along the River Roding

Walk 10b - Barking to the Thames, along the River Roding

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