This is a list of chairmen of Walthamstow Urban District Council, Essex.The office was created when the urban district came into being on 1 January 1895 under the terms of the Local Government Act 1894. See List of Mayors of Walthamstow Walthamstow received its charter [2] in 1929, and became a municipal borough, with a mayor replacing the office of chairman. Based on [3] 4