Then and Now

Gary Stone compares photos of Woodford Green 100 years apart

By Gary Stone, historian

Woodford Green c1925 with The Castle Hotel on the left (Image: Gary Stone) (Image: Gay Stone)

The Castle Hotel (left) in Woodford Green, seen here c1925, was an early 19th century Inn and posting house, now a Grade II listed building.

These Inns became popular with visitors from the east end of London following the 1878 Epping Forest Act.

The bank on the right was rebuilt in 1921.

Little has changed in this view of Woodford Green over the last 100 years (Image: Gary Stone) Little has changed in 100 years,

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