Some Chingford Walls: Everyday heritage and material consciousness – assembling an archive through community research

‘Some Chingford Walls’ is a community research project about everyday heritage and the value we place on seemingly mundane things. The project centres around a specific type of residential wall in Chingford, a suburban town in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. These walls, known as ‘burr’ walls, are constructed from reused ‘waster’ bricks – discarded from the brickworks that were once prevalent in the area.