Bugger!

Missed it.

It's my own fault for going to Basildon by train.

@jagohazzard.bsky.social did say the #LibertyLine trains were infrequent

This Sunday we have two walks, a walk from Battle via the beautiful Norman Bodiam Castle and the return of our Overground & Out of town series.
www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk
#ramblersuk #hiking #walking #battle #bodiamcastle #emersonpark #libertyline #ingatestone

The Liberty line walking tour - Go Jauntly Discover the history of the Liberty of Havering and then explore freedom in nature along the lush green spaces of the River Ingrebourne.

🏰🌿 Walk through history with the Liberty Line Walking Tour!

🫶 Discover Havering’s independence as a Royal Liberty, Romford’s iconic market, and green spaces like Upminster Windmill.

📲 Start your free #walking adventure now! #LibertyLine #TransportForLondon
walks.gojauntly.com/walks/the-li...

Map showing the boundary of the liberty of Havering c.1845. Havering-atte-Bower to the north, Romford in the middle, and Hornchurch in the south bounding the river Thames. The whole was, until the 1780s all part of the parish of Hornchurch.

So now there is a railway line called Liberty what is a liberty (in this sense)?

It simply means that it was an area outside the normal mechanisms of county governance - in the case of Havering from the mid 15th century until 1892.

Was this unusual? No. #LibertyLine 🗃️

Colour codes and names for the London Overground network

Today is a good day to look at the introduction to
VCH Essex volume 7.

'The manor and liberty of Havering-atte-Bower, in south-west Essex, was conterminous with the ancient parish of Hornchurch.' which includes Upminster and Romford.
www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vo...

#LibertyLine 🗃️