Foster Street is a hamlet in the

North Weald Bassett North Weald Bassett, or simply North Weald ( ), is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest (district), Epping Forest district of Essex, England. The village is within the North Weald Ridges and Valleys landscape area. A market is held ...

civil parish of the

Epping Forest Epping Forest is a area of ancient woodland, and other established habitats, which straddles the border between Greater London and Essex. The main body of the forest stretches from Epping in the north, to Chingford on the edge of the Lond ...

district in the English county of

Essex Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...

. A non-conformist burying ground was established in 1677 by William Woodward, for the congregation that he was the leader of in the

Harlow Harlow is a town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Founded as a Planned community, new town in 1947, it is situated on the border with Hertfordshire, and occupies a large area of land on the south bank of the ...

area. Among the burials are the radical editor Benjamin Flower, his wife Eliza, and their two daughters, the composer Eliza Flower and the poet Sarah Fuller Adams. The burial ground remained in use until 1979.

Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include the town of

and the area of Church Langley and the hamlets of Hastingwood, Threshers Bush and Hobbs Cross.

Transport

For transport there is the

M11 motorway The M11 is a motorway that runs north from the A406 road, North Circular Road (A406) in South Woodford to the A14 road (Great Britain), A14, northwest of Cambridge, England. Originally proposed as a trunk road as early as 1915, various plans ...

and the

A414 road The A414 is a major road in England, which connects the towns of Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire and Maldon in Essex. The road commences at the A41, at a junction west of Hemel, and travels through the town to junction 8 of the M1 motorway a ...

nearby.

References

* A-Z Essex (page 55) Hamlets in Essex North Weald Bassett {{Essex-geo-stub