Editing Harold Wood (section)

===Toponymy===
The name Harold Wood was recorded in about 1237, when it was shown as ''Horalds Wood''. It was named after King [[Harold Godwinson]], who was defeated by [[William the Conqueror]] in 1066. He held the surrounding [[manor of Havering-atte-Bower]].<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t40.e6530&category= |editor=A. D. Mills |title= A Dictionary of British Place Names |date=January 2011 |publisher=Oxford Reference Online|isbn=978-0-19-960908-6 |access-date=7 June 2012}}</ref> Some of the original roads are named after Anglo-Saxon kings such as [[Æthelstan]] and [[Alfred the Great]].