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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Snaresbrook like this:
SNARESBROOK, a village in Wanstead parish, Essex; in Epping forest, adjacent to the Ongar railway, 7½ miles NE of St. Paul's, London. It has a station, with telegraph, on the railway The Infant orphan asylum, for 700 children, and the Merchant Seamen's orphan asylum, for 130 boys and 75 girls, are here; the former built in 1843, the latter in 1862-3. The latter stands on a plot of 20 acres; exhibits a splendour of architecture almost palatial; and is capable of such extension as to accommodate 400 children.
Snaresbrook is now part of REDBRIDGE District. Click here for graphs and data of how REDBRIDGE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Snaresbrook itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Snaresbrook, in Redbridge and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23797
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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