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  • Hall's Corner in the 1958 flood
    Hall's Corner in the 1958 flood
  • The High Street
    The High Street
  • The village pump, in the High Street
    The village pump, in the High Street
  • London Road, with Ivy Cottage on the right
    London Road, with Ivy Cottage on the right
  • Towards the railway bridge from The Broadway
    Towards the railway bridge from The Broadway
  • Browse through these pages and share your thoughts on Wickford’s history.

    This 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, by adding comments to existing articles or providing new photographs, memories and personal histories. If you want to add an article to the site please click on the above “contribute” link. If you want to add a comment to any article please use the “Add your own comments” link at the bottom of the article.

    Featured subjects
    • Businesses

      Businesses

    • Carnival and Fetes

      Carnival and Fetes

    • Private houses

      Private houses

    • The Market

      The Market

    Featured articles
    • Wickford during the time of the Covid 19 Pandemic.

      Wickford during the time of the Covid 19 Pandemic.

      What are your abiding memories of the Pandemic years?
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    • Water colour paintings of scenes in Wickford.

      Water colour paintings of scenes in Wickford.

      Paintings by Vernon Cobourne
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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 in the new library premises in The Willows Centre.
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    Latest articles
    • Long Meadow Drive, 1960’s

      24/06/2022
      Do you remember this area?
    • The changing River Crouch.

      21/06/2022
      Changing views of the River Crouch
    • King's, the grocers..

      04/06/2022
    • King's, the Grocers, High Street, Wickford.

      29/05/2022
      Further to my request for information about King’s grocers shop, Wickford High Street,  information has ...
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    Latest comments
    • St Margaret’s Church, Downham. 23/06/2022 The carving in the above picture appears to have been done by one of the daughters of the Reverend Edward...
    • Memories of of Downham and South Hanningfield 22/06/2022 I went to South Hanningfield school, so did my three sisters and brother, we were living next door to the...
    • St Margaret’s Church, Downham. 18/06/2022 In the early 1960's Downham was a small, restful, tightly-knit, sleepy little community. We loved it there. Our address was...
    • The Happy Hours Club 16/06/2022 My Mum, Iris Orr (who later became a member of Wickford Inner Wheel), was involved in The Happy Hours Club...
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