Photographs of Earl's Path, Loughton, nearly 125 years apart

As with many paths through Epping Forest, some became very popular and over time, became roads.  

Earl's Path through Epping Forest (Image: Gary Stone)

Each parish had to maintain its own roads, and a good source of road material came from the digging of gravel pits. 

These pits soon flooded and became natural-looking forest ponds.

• Gary Stone  is a local historian: Instagram - @loughtonhistory