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465:
452:
445:Celtic cross
441:war memorial
425:
393:Whipps Cross
392:
390:
386:Hollow Ponds
346:Whipps Cross
345:
344:
212:Metropolitan
60:Whipps Cross
24:Whipps Cross
15:
1454:Wood Street
1399:Leytonstone
1311:Walthamstow
1175:Attractions
1130:(including
1127:Walthamstow
1113:(including
1110:Leytonstone
1099:Bakers Arms
1097:(including
1085:(including
1075:Friday Hill
1057:(including
918:Temple p 22
807:16 February
680:Walthamstow
639:World War I
614:, the last
544:forest laws
499:cycle lanes
484:Hollow Pond
417:Walthamstow
362:East London
354:Walthamstow
350:Leytonstone
331: /
259:Walthamstow
1547:Categories
1495:Public art
1369:Lea Bridge
1103:Lea Bridge
707:References
651:Queen Mary
635:work house
491:roundabout
431:Centre by
316:51°34′54″N
277:North East
1478:Grade II*
1349:Chingford
1054:Chingford
1049:Cann Hall
1041:Districts
976:2 January
624:Bosanquet
562:in 1492.
535:consonant
521:in 1517,
391:The name
319:0°00′02″E
231:Ambulance
167:Post town
1519:Category
1483:Grade II
1143:Woodford
1087:Hale End
781:7 August
745:Archived
628:West Ham
600:Huguenot
495:junction
380:The area
86:TQ387888
1531:Commons
1500:Schools
1470:Council
608:Abraham
548:whipped
478:called
435:of the
356:in the
300:England
149:England
143:Country
1490:People
1379:Leyton
1307:(part)
1301:(part)
1094:Leyton
946:
854:
827:
696:spring
676:Leyton
525:1537,
421:Leyton
305:London
236:London
224:London
207:Police
172:LONDON
133:London
125:Region
873:(p 4)
592:Doric
546:were
493:to a
374:Essex
1134:and
1101:and
1069:and
978:2014
944:ISBN
852:ISBN
825:ISBN
809:2019
783:2021
684:lido
678:and
649:and
606:and
604:John
596:City
419:and
411:and
405:B160
401:A104
352:and
219:Fire
415:of
372:of
360:in
196:020
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1073:,
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295:UK
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