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the history of Leyton and Leytonstone

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the Anglo-Saxon period

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the later Victorian and Edwardian times 1890 to 1919

between the World Wars 1919 – 1939

The Second World War

1945 to 1965

1965 to 1979

1997 onwards

the bottom drawer

recollections, photos and memorabilia of Leyton and Leytonstone

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1979-97

1727 accession of George II to 1793 execution of Louis XVI of France

1688 to 1727, the reigns of William and Mary, Anne and George I

1642 1688, Civil War to the ‘Glorious Revolution’

Prehistory

Roman period

1066 - 1154, The Norman Conquest to the death of King Stephen

1348 - 1540, The Black Death to the Dissolution of the Monasteries

1154-1348, the reign of Henry II to the Black Death

1540 - 1642, The Dissolution of the Monasteries to the Civil War

1793 (execution of Louis XVI of France) to 1837

1837 (start of Queen Victoria’s reign) to 1860 (beginning of urbanisation)

The First World War

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