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  • An Explosives Factory for Wivenhoe (1909)

    An Explosives Factory for Wivenhoe (1909)

    It could have gone with a bang !
  • Christmas Street lighting began in Wivenhoe in 1994

    Christmas Street lighting began in Wivenhoe in 1994

    How Wivenhoe Town Council bought £40,000 of Christmas lights to brighten Christmas in Wivenhoe
  • Cllr Bill Sparrow

    Cllr Bill Sparrow

    The retirement of Cllr Bill Sparrow from Wivenhoe Town Council
  • Colchester Borough Historic Environment Characterisation Project

    Colchester Borough Historic Environment Characterisation Project

    Report prepared by Essex County Council Historic Environment Branch, 2009, 285pp
  • Colne Local Nature Reserve

    Colne Local Nature Reserve

    An 85 acre site offering views of the River Colne and surrounding countryside.
  • Creating a Bright Future

    Creating a Bright Future

    The Launch of the Wivenhoe Town Plan, October 2008
  • History of the Wivenhoe Fire Service

    History of the Wivenhoe Fire Service

    Wivenhoe's first fire brigade was started in 1904
  • National Heritage List for England

    National Heritage List for England

    Wivenhoe has 74 Listed Buildings
  • People who have worked for Wivenhoe Town Council

    People who have worked for Wivenhoe Town Council

    Some pictures of those people who have for the Council since its formation in 1974
  • Tendring Geodiversity Characterisation Project

    Tendring Geodiversity Characterisation Project

    Tendring District Council, 2009, 361pp, Essex County Council Historic Environment Branch
  • The Wivenhoe Preservation Trust, Port Action Group, Port Co-ordinating Committee and the Wivenhoe Society

    The Wivenhoe Preservation Trust, Port Action Group, Port Co-ordinating Committee and the Wivenhoe Society

    Uproar in Wivenhoe in the early 1980s about the dust and effects of heavy lorries in Wivehoe's narrow streets
  • The Wivenhoe Trade Fair - May 1996

    The Wivenhoe Trade Fair - May 1996

    Held in the Wm Loveless Hall to promote Wivenhoe businesses as part of Project 2000
  • The Wivenhoe Urban District Council

    The Wivenhoe Urban District Council

    The Council Members and Staff in 1967 and other photos from that era
  • Toni Stinson retires as Town Clerk

    Toni Stinson retires as Town Clerk

    Mrs Antoinette Stinson retires from Wivenhoe Town Council in 2017 after 43 years service
  • Village Voices 2007

    Village Voices 2007

    A Companion Document to the Wivenhoe Town Plan
  • Wivenhoe Conservation Area

    Wivenhoe Conservation Area

    The early history of the establishment of the conservation area
  • Wivenhoe Conservation Area Appraisal

    Wivenhoe Conservation Area Appraisal

    Public exhibition of the draft appraisal prepared by Qube in March 2007
  • Wivenhoe Local List

    Wivenhoe Local List

    Creating a Local Heritage List: a Community Led Approach
  • Wivenhoe Town Council Logo

    Wivenhoe Town Council Logo

    History of the 'Wivenhoe Badge'
  • Wivenhoe Town Council Mayors

    Wivenhoe Town Council Mayors

    From 1974 - 2017
  • Wivenhoe Town Council Members 1983

    Wivenhoe Town Council Members 1983

    On the occasion of Bill Sparrow's retirement.
  • Wivenhoe Town Plan 2008

    Wivenhoe Town Plan 2008

    A plan outlining how local residents wanted their town to develop
  • Wivenhoe Urban District Council Chairmen

    Wivenhoe Urban District Council Chairmen

    The Names of All Those Who Served the Wivenhoe Urban District Council from 1898 - 1974
  • Wivenhoe: Historic Towns Assessment Report

    Wivenhoe: Historic Towns Assessment Report

    By Essex County Council Archaeology Section, 1999, 21pp (Essex County Libraries E.WIV.913)
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