Walthamstow (/ˈwÉ"Ë lθəmstoÊŠ/ or /ˈwÉ'lθəmstoÊŠ/) is a major
district in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, located 7.5 miles
(12.1 km) north-east of Charing Cross and immediately east of the Lee
Valley Reservoir Chain and the Walthamstow Marshes. Historically an
ancient parish in the county of Essex, its population increased as
part of the suburban growth of London, becoming the Municipal Borough
of Walthamstow in 1929. In 1965 the district merged with neighbouring
Leyton and Chingford to form the new Borough of Waltham Forest, a
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ul{display:none}Walthamstow is recorded c. 1075 as Wilcumestowe ("the
Place of Welcome") and in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wilcumestou.The
Domesday Book describes Wilcumestou as a manor owned by the
Anglo-Saxon nobleman Earl Waltheof of Huntingdon and Northumbria
before the Norman conquest of 1066. After the execution of Earl
Waltheof, the property of the land passed to his wife, Countess
Judith, also known as Judith of Lens, a niece of William the
Conqueror. The Domesday Book records 36 villeins, 25 bordars and 4
slaves living in the manor in 1086. Alice, daughter of Earl Waltheof
and Countess Judith, inherited Walthamstow. She married the Norman
nobleman Ralph de Tosny or Toeni (also known as Raoul IV de Conches)
in 1103. When her husband died, c. 1126 , Alice gave the church of
Walthamstow to the Priors of the Holy Trinity based in Aldgate,
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