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Oliver Road in Leyton
The Oliver Twist on the left is closed and will be converted into flats.
Image: © Steve Daniels
Taken: 11 Nov 2023
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Mosque and fire station on Church Road, Leyton
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 13 Feb 2014
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Oliver Twist Pub, Leyton
This closed public house is on the junction of Church Road and Oliver Road (on the right).
Image: © David Anstiss
Taken: 31 Mar 2013
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Leyton Fire Station
Large modern fire station on Church Road.
Image: © David Anstiss
Taken: 31 Mar 2013
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Church Road at the junction of Oliver Road
Looking towards Leyton Fire Station
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 5 Dec 2021
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Leyton United Charity Almshouses by St Mary's churchyard
They face Church Road on the other side.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 15 Jan 2011
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Leyton United Charity Almshouses by St Mary's churchyard
They face Church Road on the other side.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 15 Jan 2011
0.07 miles
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Almshouses on Church Road, Leyton
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 5 Dec 2021
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Traffic barrier on Oliver Road, Leyton
Whatever the politicians say, these do nothing except hold up traffic. There are huge humps slowing the vehicles down to a crawl already, so absolutely no need to bring them to a halt as well.
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 13 Feb 2014
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Leyton United Almshouses seen from Leyton Churchyard
Almshouses have adjoined Leyton Parish Church since 1656 when John Smith's almshouses were opened. The present building, seen here from the churchyard, dates from later, having been opened on 9th February 1886. They were designed in a Tudor style and to quote The Almshouses of London by Clive Berridge: "... the use of flint and stone in their construction, the low single storey design and the position of the almshouses nestling amid the greenery of the churchyard in Church Road combine to give a vivid impression of what it must have been like to live in a humble and isolated rural almshouse." The almshouses are now called Leyton United Almshouses.
Domesday Book records two priests in Leyton in 1086 so the current church almost certainly occupies the site of a much earlier building.The red brick tower of St Mary the Virgin, Leyton dates from 1658. It has an 18th century clock turret on top. Other parts date from the 17th and 19th centuries, although the church was much altered and enlarged in 1932.
The churchyard is very much like a country churchyard dropped down into densely-packed east London. The northern half is maintained as a nature reserve although the whole is of great ecological and historical interest.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 7 Jan 2015
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