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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
    • Carter & Ward, new venture after the Second World War.

      Carter & Ward, new venture after the Second World War.

      Karrimix, one of the Carter and Ward group of companies.
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    • Wickford Academy of Music and Elocution

      Wickford Academy of Music and Elocution

      Principal: Florence Fox, L.L.C.M. A.L.C.M.
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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
    • Photographs taken in Church End Lane in 1960s.

      24/11/2019
      Photos taken by my granddad, Joe Saunders, outside his house in Church End Lane. The ...
    • My Round

      09/11/2019
      John Hawes, a former resident of Runwell, remembers his newspaper round.
    • Demolition of 2 - 12 The Broadway 2019

      20/10/2019
      Buildings demolished in the Aldi development.
    • Ursuline School, Brentwood.

      13/10/2019
      A Wickford girl remembers a war time attack on her school.
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    Latest comments
    • The Wick before it was built upon. 27/11/2019 My Nana was Ada and my Dad was John. His sisters Marina, Jacqui, Christine and Janice are my Aunts and...
    • The Wheatsheaf, Rettendon Common 26/11/2019 I saw the comment by Sue Hussey put on here on 20.02.2019 and if she is interested I do have...
    • Memories of of Downham and South Hanningfield 18/11/2019 I now am the very proud owner of Whitelilies Farm and would love to trace as much of its history...
    • ‘Ghosts’ of Wickford 15/11/2019 These tales are interesting, as my sister, Karen, and I grew up there. We have links to Canon John de...
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