WALTHAM-WEST, (Middlesex and Hertfordshire) or WALTHAM-CROSS, on the W. side of the Lea r. in Middlesex and Hartfordshire,
is a post-T. and good thoroughfare in the Ware road, 10 cm. 12 mm. from London. It has its name of Cross, from that
erected here by order of Edw. I. in memory of its being one of the resting-places for the corpse of his Q. when brought
from the N. to be interred at Westminster. It formerly gave name to a part of the large forest of Essex, and is supposed
to have had its rise from a lodge fixed here by Edw. the Confessor's standard bearer, who placed 66 men here to guard the
abundance of deer, with which its forest, also now called Epping, was stocked. It gave title of baron, in the R. of Ja. I.
to Sir Anth. Denny, whom Cha. I. created E. of Norwich; but both honours died with him, for want of issue-male. While the
neighbouring abbey flourished, it had several Fairs and Mts. which were granted by Rich. I. and Hen. III. of which one
Fair lasted a week; but since the Diss. the Mt. which is on T. is but small, and the Fairs on May 3, Aug. 10, and Sept.
15.