Welcome to our online archive of images of Wanstead from past and present - the parks, the people, the buildings,
the history, and well, all things Wanstead.
An engraving showing a view of the Infant Orphan Asylum being opened in 1843, by the King of the Belgians, showing the King being met at the gates by the crowd.
An image taken from John Cary's "Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London" showing the road from Stratford to Woodford Hall, passing through Leytonstone and Epping Forest. Published in 1801.
An image taken from John Cary's "Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London" showing the road from the Lea Bridge Farm to Higham Hill. Published in 1801.