Leytonstone & Leyton 1915

Detailed map of Leytonstone; London sheet 23. Introduction by Jonathan Evans. The map covers an area stretching from Manor Road and Lea Hall Road eastward to Poppleton Road and St John the Baptist's church; from Grove Road southward to Grove Green Road. It covers much of Leytonstone and also part of north Leyton. Features on the 1915 map include a stretch of the MR Tottenham & Forest Gate railway, incl Leyton station; Leyton cricket ground, tramways, Kinematagraph studio, Knotts Green, West Ham Union Infirmary, a short stretch of the GER Epping line incl Leytonstone station, Forest House and the fringe of Epping Forest. Churches include St John the Baptist's High Road, St Catherine's, St Stephen's Grove Road etc. Streets include Hainault Road, Hoe Street, High Road, Peterborough Road and many more. More dominant here are the large houses, such as Knotts Green House, Leyton House and Wallwood House. We include a selection of street directory entries on the reverse.

Reduced from the original Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map to a scale of approximately 1:4,340 (or about 15" to the mile). Published by Alan Godfrey Maps, Leadgate, Consett