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| | Walthamstow 1848 Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The manor of Higham Bensted belonged to the Bensted family, from the reign of Edward ll, to that of Henry Vll., and it was afterwards held by the Heron, Rowe, Newman, Bacon, and other families. |
 | | Highams House, a large and brick mansion, belonging to J. Sands, Esq., of Liverpool, and now unoccupied. |
 | | Though this estate was purchased in 1691, the charity was not established till 1715, when £450 was recovered from the trustees as arrears of rent, and invested in the purchase of a farm of 30a 2r 14p., at Hale-end, now let for £100. |
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