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About Cook's Shipyard

  • An interview with Mr E Barnes

    An interview with Mr E Barnes

    Notes of an interview with Mr Barnes of St Johns Road made by Nicholas Butler in the mid-1980s
  • Archaeological Report on Cook's Shipyard

    Archaeological Report on Cook's Shipyard

    An archaeological watching brief at the former Cooks shipyard and gasworks, Wivenhoe, near Colchester, Essex, March 2006-November 2007
  • Construction of the Colne Barrier 1989-94

    Construction of the Colne Barrier 1989-94

    Extracts from interviews for 'Sea-Change: Wivenhoe Remembered', by Paul Thompson, Tempus Books, 2006
  • Cook's Shipyard mid 2000s

    Cook's Shipyard mid 2000s

    Before and during the construction phase
  • Cook's Shipyard to Housing Development

    Cook's Shipyard to Housing Development

    About the transformation from Cook's Shipyard in 2002
  • Flooding in Cook's Shipyard in 1972

    Flooding in Cook's Shipyard in 1972

    Just one of many occasions when very high water in the River Colne caused flooding in the shipyard
  • James W. Cook & Co. (Wivenhoe) Ltd. (1)

    James W. Cook & Co. (Wivenhoe) Ltd. (1)

    The Beginnings
  • The Story of Cooks Shipyard

    The Story of Cooks Shipyard

  • Visitors to Husk and Son's Boatyard

    Visitors to Husk and Son's Boatyard

    From 1929 to 1947 and other memories.
Places & Buildings
  • About the Corsellis family vault in Wivenhoe's Old Cemetery
  • About Wivenhoe Old Quay and the Wivenhoe Shipyard
  • An early Fire Station in Wivenhoe
  • Filming of "Plotlands" 1996
  • Harry William Peck and the History of Cedrics Garage
  • Memories of the Village Bakery
  • The Barns at Cross Farm
  • The Gatehouse building (by Cedric's Garage)
  • The Jonathan Feedham Charity
  • The Nook
  • The Old Cemetery, Belle Vue Road
  • The Ropeworks at Wivenhoe Cross
  • 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 to University Cycle Path
  • The Wivenhoe Workhouse
  • The Workhouse Master's House
  • Wivenhoe Chapel Museum
  • Wivenhoe Dam, Queensland, Australia
  • Wivenhoe Goods Shed and the 1994 project to turn it into a community use building
  • Wivenhoe Quarry, W.G. and Mr Bill Loveless
  • King George V Playing Field
  • The Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses
  • Other Buildings
  • Public Houses in Wivenhoe
  • River Colne
  • Schools and Young People
  • University of Essex
  • Wivenhoe Hall Estate
  • Wivenhoe House Estate
  • Wivenhoe Manor
  • Wivenhoe Marshes
  • Wivenhoe Mill
  • Wivenhoe Park
  • Wivenhoe Heath
  • Old Hall and Cold Hall
  • About Cook's Shipyard
  • The Brook
  • Cross Keys and the Underset to the Cross Keys Tavern
  • Colne Local Nature Reserve
  • Churches in Wivenhoe
  • Wivenhoe Quarry
  • Wivenhoe Woods
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