page_title: Walthamstow
section_title: Urban development
hierarchical_section_title: Walthamstow / History / Urban development
caption_attribution_description: English: Walthamstow: northward on Hoe Street approaching Forest Road, 1955. An everyday scene in a very suburban area of London. Note the overhead wires for the trolleybuses: three routes to Chingford Mount, No. 557 from Liverpool Street, No. 697 and 699 from Victoria &amp; Albert Docks.
context_page_description: Walthamstow is a major district in North East London, the central settlement of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is located 7.5 miles north-east of Charing Cross. Historically in the county of Essex, it significantly increased in population as part of the suburban growth of London and was incorporated as the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow in 1929 before becoming part of Greater London in 1965. Walthamstow is situated between the North Circular Road to the north, the Lea Valley and Walthamstow Reservoirs to the west, and Epping Forest to the east.
context_section_description: With the advent of the railways and the ensuing suburbanisation in the late 19th century, Walthamstow experienced a large growth in population and speculative building.
  The Lighthouse Methodist Church which dates from 1893 which is situated on Markhouse Road, on the corner of Downsfield Road. There is a lantern at the top of the tower, which also contains a spiral staircase. The church was erected because of the generosity of Captain David King of the shipbuilding firm of Bullard King & Co which also ran the Natal Direct Shipping Line, which ran ships direct from London to Durban without stopping at the Cape.
  
  The LGOC X-type and B-type buses were built at Blackhorse Lane from October 1908 onwards. The B-type is considered one of the first mass-production buses. The manufacturing operation later became AEC, famous as the manufacturer of many of London's buses. On 13 June 1909, A. V. Roe's aircraft took to the air from Walthamstow Marshes. It was the first all-British aircraft and was given the ominous nickname of the "Yellow Terror" but officially carried the name Avro1. Roe later founded the Avro aircraft company, which later built the acclaimed Avro Lancaster.
caption: Hoe Street, looking north, 1955
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