John Cary Survey Map - Stratford to Woodford Hall (1801)
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.
On these maps, "every gentleman's seat, situate on, or seen from the road, (however distant) are laid down, with the name of the possessor, to which is added the number of Inns on each separate route; also, the different turnpike gates''. There is an indication to Wanstead House, marked as the seat of J. Tilney Long Bt. You can see the Eagle Pond marked in blue, as well as the Spread Eagle - now known as the Eagle Pub. Notice also how much green covers the area, and imagine how that part of Wanstead at that time was very much part of Epping Forest !
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