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EPPING
, a See also:market See also:town in the Epping See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Essex, See also:England, 17 M
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N.N.E. from See also:London by a See also:branch of the See also:Great Eastern railway
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (19o1), 3789
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The town lies high and picturesquely, at the See also:northern outskirts of Epping See also:Forest
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The See also:modern See also: The See also:corporation of the See also:city of London then acquired the See also:freehold See also:interest of See also:waste See also:land belonging to the lords of the See also:manor, and finally secured 55591 acres, magnificently timbered, to the use of the public for ever, the See also:tract being declared open by See also:Queen See also:Victoria in 1882 . The Ancient See also:Court of Verderers was also revived, consisting of an hereditary lordwarden together with four verderers elected by freeholders of the' county . The See also:present forest lies between the valleys of the Roding and the See also:Lea, and extends southward from Epping to the vicinity' of See also:Woodford and See also:Walthamstow, a distance of about 7 m . It is readily accessible from the villages on its outskirts, such as Woodford, See also:Chingford and See also:Loughton, which are served by branches of the Great Eastern railway . These are centres of residential districts, and, especially on public holidays in the summer, receive large See also:numbers of visitors . |
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