Woodford Wells
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| Woodford Wells | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Woodford Wells | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ405927 |
| Location: | 51°36’56"N, -0°1’44"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Woodford Green |
| Postcode: | IG8 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Redbridge |
Woodford Wells is a village on the edge of Epping Forest in Essex.
The name is shown in the Chapman and Andre 1777 map of Essex, and shortly after on an Ordnance Survey map of 1805;[1] the name refers to mineral water wells. In the 18th century briefly the hamlet was a small spa but by the 1870s the wells had been long neglected and Woodford Wells had become part of a "straggle of hamlets".[2][3] Among its notable features is the Horse & Well, a 17th-century coaching inn still in operation.
Woodford Wells is home to Woodford Wells F.C.
References
- ↑ Mills, A.D. (2001). Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford.
- ↑ James Thorne (1876). Handbook to the environs of London: alphabetically arranged, containing an account of every town and village, and of all places of interest, within a circle of twenty miles round London. 2. London: J. Murray. pp. 736–738. https://books.google.com/books?id=9jwQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA736.
- ↑ London, Volume 5. Pevsner Architectural Guides. Yale University Press. 2005. pp. 63, 371–372. ISBN 0-300-10701-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=EW7k2KA4UkwC.