London Borough of Waltham Forest

The London Borough of Waltham Forest [ wɔ ː lθəm fɒɹɪst ] is a city district of London. It is located in the northeast of the city. With the establishment of the administrative region of Greater London in 1965, he emerged from the Municipal Borough of Chingford, the Municipal Borough of Leyton and Municipal Borough of Walthamstow in the County of Essex. The name " Walthamstow " is derived from the first time in 1075 under the name Wilcumestowe ( " The Place of Welcome ", " place of welcome " ) and known in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a district named Wilcumestou.

The population continued in 2008, composed of 62.7 % White, 15.2 % Asian, 15.5% black and 1.0 % Chinese.

In the county the Walthamstow College, the William Morris Gallery and the Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road, a former workhouse are. The 1885 -founded Street Market on the High Street is a kilometer of the supposedly longest in Europe. The Hamburg Wandsbek maintains a district sponsorship with the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It was founded in 1949 with the former Municipal Borough of Leyton.

Districts

• Bakers Arms
• Cann Hall
• Chingford *
• Chingford Hatch
• Friday Hill
• Highams Park *
• Leyton *
• Leytonstone *
• Upper Walthamstow
• Walthamstow *

* - There are no separate article, only redirects here For the corresponding parts of the city.

Sports

In Leyton district is the Stadium Brisbane Road Leyton Orient.

Personalities

• William Cotton (1786-1866), banker and inventor
• William Morris (1834-1896), artist
• Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892-1988), composer and pianist
• Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), Film Director
• Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby (1904-1992), British botanist
• Thomas George Cowling (1906-1990), astronomer and mathematician
• Derek de Solla Price (1922-1983), historian of science
• Peter Winch (1926-1997), philosopher
• Keith Greene ( born 1938 ), race car driver
• Derek Jacobi ( born 1938 ), actor
• Steve Hillage ( born 1951 ), musician and producer
• Graham Gooch ( born 1953 ), cricketer
• Steve Harris ( born 1956 ), heavy metal bassist
• Paul Di'Anno (* 1958), Metal singer
• Jane Ray ( b. 1960 ), illustrator
• Teddy Sheringham (born 1966 ), football player
• Simon Khan (born 1972 ), golfer
• David Beckham ( born 1975 ), football player
• Jodi Albert ( b. 1983 ), actress and singer
• Colin Kazim-Richards ( born 1986 ), football player
• East 17 ​​(1992-1999 and since 2006), Boy Band
• Benik Afobe Tunani (* 1993), football player