Leytonstone, Essex Genealogy

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Chapelry History
LEYTONSTONE, a village and a chapelry in Leyton parish, Essex. The village runs parallel to Leyton village, and northward of it; lies on the Roman road to Colchester, adjacent to the London and Ongar railway; took the latter part of its name from a Roman milliarium, which stood at it; has recently undergone great increase; contains many fine suburban villas; and has a station on the railway, about a mile N of that of Leyton, and a post office under London NE. The chapelry was constituted in 1845. Pop. in 1861,2,396. Houses, 325. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of London. Value, £150.* Patron, J. Pardoe, Esq. The church occupies a commanding site on the road from Stratford to Epping; and is a handsome edifice, with light square W tower, surmounted by four fine spirelets. There are an Independent chapel, and a national school for boys and girls.

John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870)

The main thoroughfare in Leytonstone, High Road Leytonstone, which runs the length of Leytonstone to Stratford is an ancient pathway dating to pre-Roman times. Roman archaeological features have been found in the area.

The name Leytonstone — in early documents Leyton-Atte-Stone — may derive from the large stone standing at the junction of Hollybush Hill and New Wanstead; in the 18th-century an obelisk was mounted on top of it, and it has been claimed that it is the remains of a Roman milestone.

Two of the obelisk'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" It has been claimed that High Road Leytonstone is a prehistoric pathway dating from before the Romans built a road along the same route to London. However Roman roads have since been found during excavations.

The earliest known cartographic reference to Leytonstone is dated from 1545. It was part of Essex until 1965.

Originally part of the ancient parish of Leyton, Leytonstone became a civil parish in 1845. In 1894 it became part of the Leyton urban district, later a municipal borough in 1926. As part of the Municipal Borough of Leyton, Leytonstone became part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest in 1965 upon the borough's creation.

The diocese of Chelmsford was created in 1914, prior to this Essex parishes were in the jurisdiction of the Bishops of London until 1845 when they transferred to the diocese of Rochester. The diocese of Chelmsford has 474 parishes and 600 churches and is the second largest region in the church of England outside London.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
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Probate records
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