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Events

Within this category you will find details about a lot of events which have occurred throughout Wivenhoe's long history. If you cannot immediately see the subject you may be looking for, click on the category below called Events - Miscellaneous or try typing a word into the Search field using the powerful search function to find the event you are looking for.

  • A Large Foreign Hog 1772

    A Large Foreign Hog 1772

    The Ipswich Journal, Saturday, 28 March 1772
  • Cock Fight at the Falcon: 10 Guineas a Battle or 100 Guineas the Odd Battle 1727

    Cock Fight at the Falcon: 10 Guineas a Battle or 100 Guineas the Odd Battle 1727

    Ipswich Journal, Saturday, 11 February 1727
  • Eleven Hundred Sick and Wounded Soldiers from the Continent to Arrive at Wivenhoe 1795

    Eleven Hundred Sick and Wounded Soldiers from the Continent to Arrive at Wivenhoe 1795

    Derby Mercury, Thursday, 1 January 1795
  • Queen Victoria's Jubilee 1887

    Queen Victoria's Jubilee 1887

    Wivenhoe celebrations for the Jubilee
  • Strange News from the Deep

    Strange News from the Deep

    Being a full account of a large prodigious whale lately taken on the river Wivner, within six miles of Colchester, London 1677, 8pp
  • Suspension of Business and Supply of Coal due to Frost 1799

    Suspension of Business and Supply of Coal due to Frost 1799

    Saturday, 9 February 1799
  • Crime and Misdemeanours

    Crime and Misdemeanours (18)

  • Civic Events

    Civic Events (6)

  • Peddling or Toy Fair

    Peddling or Toy Fair (4)

  • Second World War

    Second World War (17)

  • Annual Town Meetings

    Annual Town Meetings (2)

    Each year Wivenhoe Town Council is required to present a report of its activities to a public meeting. Since 1988 it has also been the time when the Town Mayor distributes cheques from the Mayor's Charity Fund.
  • Colne Barrier

    Colne Barrier (2)

  • Coronations

    Coronations (5)

  • Events - Miscellaneous

    Events - Miscellaneous (31)

    In this category you can find lots of one-off events which are of interest
  • First World War

    First World War (142)

    This section has lots of information about the people who served in WW1
  • Jazz on the Quay

    Jazz on the Quay (1)

  • May Fairs on KGV

    May Fairs on KGV (3)

  • Open Gardens

    Open Gardens (1)

  • Storms, Floods & Earthquakes

    Storms, Floods & Earthquakes (13)

    There have been a significant number of these over the years. See the accounts of some of them in this category.
  • Tendring Show

    Tendring Show (2)

  • Wivenhoe Regattas

    Wivenhoe Regattas (27)

  • Wivenhoe Carnival

    Wivenhoe Carnival (5)

  • Wivenhoe Crabbing

    Wivenhoe Crabbing (5)

  • Wivenhoe Earthquake

    Wivenhoe Earthquake (6)

  • Wivenhoe Film Locations

    Wivenhoe Film Locations (1)

  • Wivenhoe Memories Exhibitions

    Wivenhoe Memories Exhibitions (4)

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