Vestry House Museum

The Vestry House Museum is a local history museum located in Walthamstow Village, a designated conservation area with a rural feel. The house dates from 1730 and has been used as a workhouse, police station and armoury. Exhibits at the Vestry House Museum include a police cell, a Victorian parlour, 19th- and 20th-century games, a costume gallery and the 1892 Bremer car, which is claimed to be the first British-built petrol car.