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511:, which remains the name of the A1 route). Its current title appeared in official documents from at least 1863. Islington Local History Education Trust believes Essex Road is so named because it is part of a main route into the county of Essex, although it may take its name from the
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was established by 1678, but the Epping New Road - bypassing
Loughton - was not created until 1834. According to the Buckhurst Hill Residents' Society, the creation of the Epping New Road "encouraged some of the earliest developments" in the town. A study of the Epping and
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Highway Trust, which was charged with caring for public highways in the corridor between
Woodford and Harlow, suggests that around 25 coaches passed through Epping each day in the 1800s on what appeared to be the main route between London,
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An Act for building a Bridge over the River Lea, at or near a Place called Jeremy's Ferry; and for making, repairing and widening Roads from thence into the great Roads at
Snaresbrook in the County of Essex, and at Clapton in the County of
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Woodford and Wake Arms) in John Norden's 1594 "Map of Essex". Historians have identified two main routes between London and Epping in the sixteenth century - the first through
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A104 Dalston Lane railway bridge Old and new style height warning signs can be seen on the bridge which carries the railway through
Hackney Downs station over the A104 Dalston Lane.
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Baggs, A.P.; Bolton, Diane K; Croot, Patricia E C (1985). "Islington: Communications".
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Middlesex: Volume 8, Islington and Stoke Newington Parishes
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852:"Road Sense: A11 - Major route linking London and Norfolk"
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in central London). As of 2022, the road is maintained by
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in 1975. The sections north of Wake Arms were renumbered
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Middlesex: Volume 10, Hackney
681:. The Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts
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bearing the street's name was opened in 1904 - on the
1042:. London: Victoria County History. pp. 174–184.
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Baker, T F T, ed. (1995). "Hackney: Communications".
790:"1922 Road Lists - Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki"
1018:. London: Victoria County History. pp. 4–10.
1036:Powell, W R, ed. (1973). "Leyton: Introduction".
891:. London: Victoria County History. pp. 3–8.
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1805:Streets in the London Borough of Waltham Forest
459:. The A11 through Woodford, Buckhurst Hill and
434:List of Class I and Class II Roads and Numbers
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1800:Transport in the London Borough of Redbridge
730:Chelmsford (Harlow & Bishop’s Stortford)
912:Streets with a Story: The Book of Islington
1795:Streets in the London Borough of Islington
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537:Welwyn Garden City
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