Notable Residents
- John Foxe, the author of Foxe's Book of Martyrs, lived in the town. His house is in a street called 'Foxes Parade'. The book was hung in chains on a pillar in Waltham Abbey church.
- BBC News presenter Kate Silverton grew up in the town.
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