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  • 1. Towards the railway bridge from The Broadway.
    1. Towards the railway bridge from The Broadway.
  • 2. Hall's Corner in the 1958 flood
    2. Hall's Corner in the 1958 flood
  • 3. London Road, with Ivy Cottage on the right.
    3. London Road, with Ivy Cottage on the right.
  • 4. The High Street.
    4. The High Street.
  • 5. The village pump, in the High Street.
    5. The village pump, in the High Street.

    • Browse through these pages and share your thoughts on Wickford’s history.

    This new website is a developing collection of memories, photographs, stories and comments, forming the community history of Wickford – the town and its surrounding areas. In ‘Wickford’ we include Runwell, Battlesbridge, Shotgate, Rawreth, North Benfleet, Crays Hill, Downham and the Ramsdens – the boundaries are very flexible.  You are invited to explore this history and to add to it.

    General information for all users of our new website
    Important info. for registered users of our old site retaining the same email address
    Important info. for registered users of our old site now with a new email address

    All existing pages and comments from our previous website are here on the new one.  You will find links to all our subject material in the top bar and links to featured posts and new material down below.

    Featured subjects
    • Businesses

      Businesses

    • Carnival and Fetes

      Carnival and Fetes

    • Private houses

      Private houses

    • The Market

      The Market

    Featured articles
    • First World War Memorials (1) - 100 years since a crash over Shotgate, March 7th 1918.

      First World War Memorials (1) - 100 years since a crash over Shotgate, March 7th 1918.

      Memorials to two airmen
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    • Silk Undies that arrived with a bang

      Silk Undies that arrived with a bang

      On the night of the 17th October 1940, two landmines were dropped in the area ...
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    • Wickford Railway Station and Wick Lane Railway crossing

      Wickford Railway Station and Wick Lane Railway crossing

      These photographs are showing the railway through Wickford in earlier times.
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    • How to meet the Archive Group.

      How to meet the Archive Group.

      Meet members of the Archive at their Memory Desks.
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    Latest articles

    • Wickford Market 1950s

      20/07/2018
      This photograph shows a rather drab time. Bright colours were in short supply. The structure in ...

    • Wickford Women's Institute Celebrate 100 years.

      20/07/2018
      On the 12th June 2017, Wickford Women’s Institute celebrated their 100th anniversary. The Queen sent ...

    • Stanley's sermon hits the airwaves

      20/07/2018
      On the 27th May, 1981, the Rev. Stanley Hodges had the biggest congregation of his ...

    • MEMORIES OF ELIZABETH (BETTY) SHYNN, NEE WATTS, APRIL 2018.

      24/05/2018
      In 1941 my family moved from Thundersley to Wickford. At first we lived in a ...
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    Latest comments
    • Franklin’s Butchers (1), the shop, early 1900s 05/08/2018 Albert Warren is mentioned in an earlier comment. I wonder if he's my relative? My grandad was Albert Warren, his...
    • The High Street in the late 1940s and early 1950s 03/08/2018 Great write-up on Wickford High Street, loved reading it. The dry cleaners was Lush and Cook, a tiny shop. I...
    • Memories of South Hanningfield 19/07/2018 I worked at 'Bearmains' in the early 1990s, when it was a care home. I'd like to know more of...
    • Wickford Junction Signal Box 14/07/2018 I can remember cleaning the outside of those windows with the trains thundering closely past. Used to terrify me. In...
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