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Places & Buildings

This topic records details of the main buildings in Wivenhoe like the pubs and the Churches as well as other buildings of interest.

  • About the Corsellis family vault in Wivenhoe's Old Cemetery

    About the Corsellis family vault in Wivenhoe's Old Cemetery

    Last opened on 19th May 2016
  • About Wivenhoe Old Quay and the Wivenhoe Shipyard

    About Wivenhoe Old Quay and the Wivenhoe Shipyard

    The former Wivenhoe Shipyard site was sold for housing in the 1990s
  • An early Fire Station in Wivenhoe

    An early Fire Station in Wivenhoe

    Not in Brook Street but behind the Council Offices in the High Street
  • Filming of "Plotlands" 1996

    Filming of "Plotlands" 1996

    On the old Cook's Wet Dock and in Anchor Hill
  • Harry William Peck and the History of Cedrics Garage

    Harry William Peck and the History of Cedrics Garage

    Growth from a small garage to a luxury coach hire business.
  • Memories of the Village Bakery

    Memories of the Village Bakery

    Now a restaurant called The Bakehouse but once a bakery run by Ernest Cracknell
  • The Barns at Cross Farm

    The Barns at Cross Farm

    Demolished around 1999
  • The Gatehouse building (by Cedric's Garage)

    The Gatehouse building (by Cedric's Garage)

    Some pictures of the building and a short history of it
  • The Jonathan Feedham Charity

    The Jonathan Feedham Charity

    About Jonathan Feedham and the Charity established in his name
  • The Nook

    The Nook

    The large house which stood on the corner of Park Road and Belle Vue Rd (formerly called the Brightlingsea Rd).
  • The Old Cemetery, Belle Vue Road

    The Old Cemetery, Belle Vue Road

    Consecrated in 1858
  • The Ropeworks at Wivenhoe Cross

    The Ropeworks at Wivenhoe Cross

    Established in the 1700s and demolished shortly after 1899
  • The White House on the River Colne near Wivenhoe

    The White House on the River Colne near Wivenhoe

  • 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 to University Cycle Path

    The Wivenhoe to University Cycle Path

    Eventually constructed during the winter of 2015/16
  • The Wivenhoe Workhouse

    The Wivenhoe Workhouse

    Built much earlier but it became the Workhouse in 1726 and remained as such for over 100 years
  • The Workhouse Master's House

    The Workhouse Master's House

    Built next to the former Wivenhoe Workhouse on Colchester Road
  • Wivenhoe Chapel Museum

    Wivenhoe Chapel Museum

    Open during the summer from May to September. Volunteers wanted.
  • Wivenhoe Dam, Queensland, Australia

    Wivenhoe Dam, Queensland, Australia

    The origins of its name
  • Wivenhoe Goods Shed and the 1994 project to turn it into a community use building

    Wivenhoe Goods Shed and the 1994 project to turn it into a community use building

    This building was popularly known as the 'Engine Shed'
  • Wivenhoe Quarry, W.G. and Mr Bill Loveless

    Wivenhoe Quarry, W.G. and Mr Bill Loveless

    Memories of Mr Bill Loveless, son of W.G. Loveless, Alan Green and Walter Wix
  • King George V Playing Field

    King George V Playing Field (1)

  • The Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses

    The Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses (15)

  • Other Buildings

    Other Buildings (7)

  • Public Houses in Wivenhoe

    Public Houses in Wivenhoe (29)

  • River Colne

    River Colne (24)

  • Schools and Young People

    Schools and Young People (21)

  • University of Essex

    University of Essex (7)

  • Wivenhoe Hall Estate

    Wivenhoe Hall Estate (20)

  • Wivenhoe House Estate

    Wivenhoe House Estate (36)

    About the very grand Wivenhoe House in lower Wivenhoe which was demolished around 1860
  • Wivenhoe Manor

    Wivenhoe Manor (4)

  • Wivenhoe Marshes

    Wivenhoe Marshes (2)

  • Wivenhoe Mill

    Wivenhoe Mill (1)

  • Wivenhoe Park

    Wivenhoe Park (13)

  • Wivenhoe Heath

    Wivenhoe Heath (5)

  • Old Hall and Cold Hall

    Old Hall and Cold Hall (3)

  • About Cook's Shipyard

    About Cook's Shipyard (9)

  • The Brook

    The Brook (3)

  • Cross Keys and the Underset to the Cross Keys Tavern

    Cross Keys and the Underset to the Cross Keys Tavern (7)

  • Colne Local Nature Reserve

    Colne Local Nature Reserve (1)

  • Churches in Wivenhoe

    Churches in Wivenhoe (39)

  • Wivenhoe Quarry

    Wivenhoe Quarry (6)

  • Wivenhoe Woods

    Wivenhoe Woods (2)

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