Highams Park

Highams Park is a district in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, England, near Epping Forest and 8.1 miles (13 km) northeast of Charing Cross. The earliest recorded settlement was a small Saxon one near this location in the Great Forest of Waltham. Vikings are thought to have arrived here after sailing up the River Lea. The Saxon lord, Haldane, is noted as possessing lands stretching from the Lea marshes to the highest point in the forest. He relinquished these lands after the Norman Invasion of 1066. By the beginning of the 14th century, the renamed Manor of Higham Bensted(e) was divided into two, with the smaller manor of Salisbury Hall including Chapel End and Hale End.. Historically, it has been in the county of Essex, and part of Walthamstow parish and municipal borough. It is primarily a residential area, with mainly Victorian and 1930s terraced houses.