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Britain By Car - A Motoring History

Walthamstow

A north London suburb that was, until 1965, in Essex.  Today it forms part of the Borough of Waltham Forest.

Fredrick Bremer, left, seated in his car; source: Grace's Guide to British Industrial History.

Bremer

The first British-built internal combustion-engined car.

Location
1 Connaught Road, Walthamstow, London E17 8QB.

Date
1892.

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The Vestry Museum, Walthamstow, © Tony Thorpe.

Vestry House Museum

A small local museum in a secluded part of Walthamstow village; exhibits include the restored Bremer car, probably originally built between 1892 and 1894.

Location
Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road, Walthamstow, E17 9NH.

Date
1930/1 - present.

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