a market-town of the county of Essex, in the hundred of Waltham, 17 miles N.N.E. from London. It is situated in a district formerly very woody, and preserved by our ancient monarchs for the enjoyment of field sports. It was then called Waltham Forest, and extended almost to the capital. In the same neighbourhood also was Hainault Forest, where a fair was held for many centuries under a remarkable tree, well known by the name of Fairlop Oak, which existed till recently, and was of prodigious size. This town is singularly irregular in its appearance; one part of it, called Epping Upland, where the church stands, being nearly a mile and a half distant from the other part, named Epping Street, which is the largest portion, and where the market is held. It has long been famed for its sausages and pork, and especially for its butter. Pop. of parish (1851) 2255.