The Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge c1950, captured on a snowy winter day. In 1542, Henry VIII commissioned the building, then known as Great Standing. It was constructed essentially as an open-sided viewing platform from which guests could view the hunt and shoot deer from the upper floors. The building was renovated in 1589 for Queen Elizabeth I.
Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge
Now a three-storey building, it has been extensively restored and is now a museum.
Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge today
Credit: Gary Stone www.chingfordhistory.org.uk
A winters day view of Epping High Street c1905. A group of children sit on the grass posing towards the camera. Newly installed trees line the street of this quaint Essex Village.
High Street, Epping, c 1905
Epping was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, "Epinga", a small community of a few scattered farms and a chapel on the edge of the forest. However, the settlement referred to is known today as Epping Upland.
High Street, Epping, today
Credit: Gary Stone Instagram: @eppinghistory
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