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Waltham Forest

Waltham Forest , outer borough (1991 pop. 203,400) of Greater London, SE England. The borough, covering 15 sq mi (40 sq km), is primarily residential. William Morris lived in Water House. The hunting lodge of Queen Elizabeth I is a museum.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Â© A Dictionary of British Place-Names 2003, originally published by Oxford University Press 2003. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Waltham Forest Gtr. London, new London borough recalling old foresta de Wautham 1261 (so named from Waltham Abbey).

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Waltham, found in various counties, ‘homestead or village in a forest’ (probably indicating a royal hunting estate), OE w(e)ald + hām; examples include: Waltham NE. Lincs. Waltham 1086 (DB). Waltham Abbey Essex. Waltham 1086 (DB). Affix from the medieval Abbey of Holy Cross here. Waltham, Bishops Hants. Waltham 904, 1086 (DB). Affix from its early possession by the Bishop of Winchester. Waltham Cross Herts. Walthamcros 1365. ‘Cross near Waltham [Abbey]’. Named from the ‘Eleanor Cross’ set up here by Edward I in memory of Queen Eleanor in 1290. Waltham, Great & Waltham, Little Essex. Waltham, Waldham 1086 (DB), parua Waltam 1197, Waltham Magna 1238. Waltham on the Wolds Leics. Waltham 1086 (DB). See Wolds. Waltham St Lawrence & White Waltham Winds. & Maid. Wealtham 940, Waltham 1086 (DB), Waltamia Sancti Laurencii 1225, Wytewaltham 1243. Distinguishing affixes from the dedication of the church and from OE hwīt ‘white’ referring to chalky soil.

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