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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
    • A short History of the White Swan Hotel

      A short History of the White Swan Hotel

      The original Swan premises were owned by Thomas Bell.
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    • Belmont Avenue (b), photographs of the end of the 1950s.

      Belmont Avenue (b), photographs of the end of the 1950s.

      Following on from Sue Sage's memories.
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    • 'Father of Wickford' - Dr. Frew

      'Father of Wickford' - Dr. Frew

      An extract from 'Wickford Life', March 1998.
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    • How to meet the Archive group.

      How to meet the Archive group.

      Meet members of the Archive at their monthly Memory Desks in the library, within The Willows Centre.
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    Latest articles
    • Bromfords School 2

      04/12/2023
      In the early days of Bromfords School , in the 1970s, it was normal for ...
    • Eliot Close Retirement Home

      02/12/2023
    • Cars and Carnivals

      23/11/2023
      These photographs are from the collection of the late Mr Peter Nutt. Can anybody identify ...
    • A Mystery Photograph

      18/11/2023
      Can you assist us with information about this photograph?
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    Latest comments
    • Meeting of Wickford Headteachers 03/12/2023 Mr Eagling (god rest his soul) from North Crescent is second from bottom on the left
    • New Supermarket? 29/11/2023 I Worked at Somerfields in the early 2000's. From other sources it was originally KeyMarkets, Gateway then purchased and rebranded...
    • Cars and Carnivals 24/11/2023 The house in pictures 1, 2 and 4 could well be 80 London Road (opposite St Peters Terrace).
    • The Tolstoyan Colony in Wickford 23/11/2023 The Wickford Colony gets a mention in a book by W H G Armytage entitled Heavens Below: Utopian experiments in...
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