Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Walthamstow

Walthamstow, par. and ry. sta., Essex, in SW. of co., 6 miles NE. of Liverpool Street Station, London, by rail, 4374 ac., pop. 21,715; the rapid growth of the population of Walthamstow is due to its proximity to London.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Walthamstow CP/AP       Essex AncC
Place: Walthamstow

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