Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge in Ranger's Road
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Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge in Ranger's Road
Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge in Ranger's Road
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SC_PHL_01_563_80_5196 (Collage 147139)
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London Metropolitan Archives: LCC Photograph Library
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General view of Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge, 8 Ranger's Road, Chingford. Grade II listed former hunting lodge on the edge of Epping Forest. In 1542, Henry VIII commissioned the building, then known as Great Standing, from which to view the deer chase at Chingford; it was completed in 1543. It was renovated in 1589 for Queen Elizabeth I. The former lodge, now a three-storey building, has been extensively restored and is now a museum, which has been managed by the City of London Corporation since 1960.
General view of Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge, 8 Ranger's Road, Chingford. Grade II listed former hunting lodge on the edge of Epping Forest. In 1542, Henry VIII commissioned the building, then known as Great Standing, from which to view the deer chase at Chingford; it was completed in 1543. It was renovated in 1589 for Queen Elizabeth I. The former lodge, now a three-storey building, has been extensively restored and is now a museum, which has been managed by the City of London Corporation since 1960.
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