The Mystery of this Ancient Trail in East London (4K)

Walking the curious strip of land that runs through Leyton in East London that belonged to the parish of Walthamstow. Known as the Walthamstow Slip, nobody knows exactly why this wide piece of land came to belong to the people of Walthamstow. There are some great stories to explain this curious anachronism including the possibility that it follows the course of an ancient trackway.
The walk starts on Leyton Flats, Epping Forest, near the Eagle Pond where this is an old stone parish boundary marker. We then skirt around the Hollow Ponds, over Whipps Cross Road then through the streets of Leyton. The Walthamstow Slip follows Capworth Street, past the site of a Roman Road, to Church Road where the grand Leyton House once stood.
We then follow our ancient trail over Leyton Jubilee Park, and the East London Waterworks to where the path ends (or starts) on the banks of the River Lea.
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Excavation report of Roman Road in Leyton: A road to where? by Gary Brown , London Archaeologist, Spring 2016 Volume 14 Number 8


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