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Bush Road

Friends Meeting Place. There since 1870 on the site of the Becontree Meeting place and archery ground . It was  rebuilt in 1968 as a modernist hexagon.. At Becontree Dickens gave readings. Wooded burial ground including the grage of Elizabeth Fry who was one of the Quakers here.  Norman Frith 1968. It replaced a meeting house on the same site, adapted in 1870 from Becontree Rooms, bought by Joseph Gurney Barclay for the Quaker families who had moved here.

Overton Drive

Sports ground owned by Wanstead Sports Grounds Co to protect from Cowley Estates in 1920s

Linkside Lawn Tennis from 1913

St.Mary’s . 1796. It was built in 1787-90 by Thomas Hardwick, as directed by Sir James Tylney- Long, and George Bowles of Wanstead Grove, on a site given by TyIney-Long. The building is faced ith finely jointed ashlar throughout, is in a restrained classical style. Inside are box pews; a pulpit sounding board carried on two  palm-tree columns and steps with a wrought-iron balustrade Monuments: Sir Josiah Child 1699 dominates the chancel. glorifying the father who was the source of wealth for the creator of the great house. Attributed to John van Nost. (Esdaile). On the pedestal  the reclining figure of the son, and two allegorical women. Higher up stands Sir Josiah in Roman vestments and a wig, two cherubs with symbols of mortality at his feet, a canopy with swagged drapery over his head; David Petty 1745 by P. Scheemakers; Barlow family, c. 1770; George Bowles 1817 by mourning woman seated

Churchyard, Large, wooded with many chest tombs. - Fine classical monument to Robert Pamplin, Vice Admiral, 824. Pedestal with naval trophies

Site of the earlier church marked by several 18^th  ledger stones

Sentry box in the church yard. - against bodysnatchers. a stone box with tapered sides, domed vault, built 1831 in memory of the Wilton family.

Wanstead Park 

The Basin fed from Wanstead Ditch running through Voluntary Place south east from Leyton

Maypole from the Strand held up largest telescope in Europe for Mr.Pound 

Also called river Holt.  Was for a while an open sewer - now culverted.  1878 West Ham Board secured a Chancery order restraining Leyton Board from letting sewage flow into the Wanstead ditch and then into the Channelsea.

Shoulder of Mutton pond, is fed from the basin west of the  house to which water was brought from Snaresbrook.

Bushwood Road:

Friends Meeting Place since 1870 on site of Becontree Meeting place and archery ground  rebuilt in 1968. Was Becontree abbey where  Dickens gave readings. Elizabeth Fry Quakers of Wanstead.

Overton Drive:

Ornamental gates from Wanstead House.

Stables of Wanstead House.  Brick piers with monogram.

Club house in painting by Hogarth

Sports ground owned by Wanstead Sports Grounds Co to protect from Cowley Estates in 1920s

Linkside Lawn Tennis from 1913

WansteadPark 

Keepers cottage now temple.  Temple was banqueting hall.

Wanstead House.  Begun in 1715.  First, major building in England in the renewed Palladian style.  All gone.  Was east of the boating pool & west of WansteadPark. Behind the club house cost  £100,000 & gardens had a large canal.

Dilapidated grotto.  Orgies?

Straight part artificial canal;

The Basin fed from Wanstead Ditch running through Voluntary Place south east from Leyton

  Maypole from the Strand held up largest telescope in Europefor Mr.Pound 

 Also called river Holt.  Was for a while an open sewer - now culverted.  1878 West Ham Board secured a Chancery order restraining Leyton Board from letting sewage flow into the Wanstead ditch and then into the Channelsea.