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Wivenhoe's History

Discover Wivenhoe’s rich past from the Domesday Book to yesterday

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Discover Wivenhoe’s rich past from the Domesday Book to yesterday
  • Discover Wivenhoe's High Street 100 years ago
    Discover Wivenhoe's High Street 100 years ago
  • Introducing this website
    Introducing this website
  • Discover Wivenhoe and the First World War
    Discover Wivenhoe and the First World War

This website records the history of Wivenhoe. Click on the list of Main Topics [below] to view our collection of local historical material, which includes photos, old documents and the memories of local people.

The site is run by volunteers from the Wivenhoe History Group. You can contribute to this web site too by clicking on the Contribute link in the top line.

To see our Terms of Use and Copyright Conditions – click here

About this website
Featured pages
  • The High Street Trail - Step back in time to the High Street 100 years ago

    The High Street Trail - Step back in time to the High Street 100 years ago

    Follow this Trail to see how Wivenhoe High Street looked in the early part of the 1900s
  • Wivenhoe's Roll of Honour - First World War 1914 - 1918

    Wivenhoe's Roll of Honour - First World War 1914 - 1918

    This list of people from Wivenhoe who served in WW1 was compiled by Ian Valentine in 2016
  • Wivenhoe and WW1

    Wivenhoe and WW1

    Over 100 pages of information about Wivenhoe and WW1, the people who were involved it and its impact on Wivenhoe.
Recent pages
  • About 'Flo' Yates who just made it to her 100th birthday

    About 'Flo' Yates who just made it to her 100th birthday

    Florence Annie Yates 21st August 1918 - 8th September 2018 who came to live with her daughter in Wivenhoe in 2009.
  • Wivenhoe Arts Centre 1966

    Wivenhoe Arts Centre 1966

    Article in the Essex County Standard, dated Friday 9 September 1966
  • Downstream Boatyard - 1994

    Downstream Boatyard - 1994

Main topics
  • Activities of the History Group (47)
  • Arts (44)
  • Clubs & Organisations (57)
  • Events (237)
  • Heritage Assets (14)
  • Maps, Books, Articles etc (126)
  • Maritime (102)
  • People (199)
  • Places & Buildings (162)
  • Planning and Local Gov't (26)
  • Railway & Transport (32)
  • Shops, Trade & Industry (87)
  • Streets (218)
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