Background
Leyton St Mary, sometimes known as Low Leyton, was an ancient parish in the Becontree hundred of Essex, England. It included a detached part to the north of 588 acres, separated from the main part of the parish by a long, narrow exclave of Walthamstow. To the south, the parish of Wanstead formed a long protrusion meeting with the marshes of the River Lea and divided Leyton from West Ham.
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