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People

In this topic, you will find information about lots of people who are living in Wivenhoe at present or who have lived here and made the place what it is today.

  • 50 Years of Playing the Organ at St Mary's

    50 Years of Playing the Organ at St Mary's

    The celebration of Graham Wadley's achievement as Organist and Choirmaster over 50 years - 25th April 2015
  • About Emily Jane Chidwick

    About Emily Jane Chidwick

    A VAD Nurse during WW1
  • About John Forsdick

    About John Forsdick

    Born 15th June 1929 - and died 20th January 2016
  • About Lt. Commander Leonard Cockrell DSO

    About Lt. Commander Leonard Cockrell DSO

    Born 1874 at East Mersea Hall, came to Wivenhoe before 1914 and died December 1958
  • About the Mary Ann Sanford almshouses in Rebow Road

    About the Mary Ann Sanford almshouses in Rebow Road

    Wivenhoe's first almshouses were built in Rebow Road by Mary Ann Sanford in 1873. Who was she and who were the first residents?
  • About the Rebow Almshouses and Mary Ann Sanford

    About the Rebow Almshouses and Mary Ann Sanford

    The building of the Almshouses in 1873
  • About the Sanford Family and their Legacy

    About the Sanford Family and their Legacy

    They were a significant family in Wivenhoe from the mid 1700s to the late 1800s.
  • About the Wivenhoe Memories Exhibitions

    About the Wivenhoe Memories Exhibitions

    Run by John Stewart for many years
  • About William Sanford b. 1749 -1830

    About William Sanford b. 1749 -1830

    Article written by John Leather - From the Essex County Standard. 28 April 1961
  • Alexander Kay Barlow

    Alexander Kay Barlow

    Taken inside Wivenhoe Hall
  • An early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford almshouses - Mary Ann COLE

    An early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford almshouses - Mary Ann COLE

    About Mary Ann Cole who died in 1882 aged 78
  • Anna Maria Turner - An early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses

    Anna Maria Turner - An early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses

    About Anna Maria Turner (nee Ellis) who died in 1892
  • Arthur Shead

    Arthur Shead

    On board the Seamaid
  • Bawtree/Hawkins Family Connection

    Bawtree/Hawkins Family Connection

    The family's connections to Wivenhoe
  • Benjamin Stacey

    Benjamin Stacey

    Warehouse on the Quay
  • Berkley Sainty

    Berkley Sainty

    Berkley Sainty, grandson of Philip Sainty
  • Bill Sadler

    Bill Sadler

    Had the little second-hand shop in Station Road
  • Bill's Model Boats

    Bill's Model Boats

    Bill Ellis made replicas of boats built in the Wivenhoe yards
  • Births, Marriages and Deaths in Wivenhoe

    Births, Marriages and Deaths in Wivenhoe

    Transcriptions of the registers from 1560 from Wivenhoe St. Mary the Virgin Parish Church
  • Brian Anderton

    Brian Anderton

    Lived the last years of his life in Wivenhoe
  • Cllr Bill Sparrow

    Cllr Bill Sparrow

    The retirement of Cllr Bill Sparrow from Wivenhoe Town Council
  • Daryl Williamson: Childhood Memories - A Wivenhoe Lad in the 1960s

    Daryl Williamson: Childhood Memories - A Wivenhoe Lad in the 1960s

    By Daryl Williamson of Queens Road
  • Dr Wiliam Dean, Doctor in Wivenhoe for nearly 50 years (died Feb 1996)

    Dr Wiliam Dean, Doctor in Wivenhoe for nearly 50 years (died Feb 1996)

    Dr Dean was the principal doctor in Wivenhoe from 1935, retired 1984
  • Elsie Emma Harlow

    Elsie Emma Harlow

    A Wivenhoe nurse in Malta in 1915
  • The Gooch Family

    The Gooch Family (2)

  • The Havens Family

    The Havens Family (6)

  • People Interviewed for the Story of Wivenhoe

    People Interviewed for the Story of Wivenhoe (54)

  • People who served in WW1

    People who served in WW1 (5)

  • Other People

    Other People (66)

  • The Corsellis Family

    The Corsellis Family (10)

  • The de Veres

    The de Veres (2)

  • The Rebows and the Martins

    The Rebows and the Martins (16)

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