The Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses

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
The building of the Almshouses in 1873
About the Sanford Family and their Legacy
They were a significant family in Wivenhoe from the mid 1700s to the late 1800s.
Almshouse Residents 1871 - 1911
Mary Ann Sanford almshouse residents.
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
About Anna Maria Turner (nee Ellis) who died in 1892
Mary Ann Howling - an early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford almshouses
Born in 1811
Mary Ann Turner, one of the first residents in the Sanford Almshouses
About Mary Ann Turner and her family in the 1800s
Opening Ceremony of the Wivenhoe Almshouses
Chelmsford Chronicle Newspaper Report in 1873
People who have lived at the Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses
PIctures of present and former residents
Sarah Ann Eaton - an early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses
Sarah Ann was born in 1815 and died 1890
Sarah Munson, previously Eaton, nee Lilley. b.1803
Eventually a resident of the Mary Ann Sanford almshouses
The Sanford Family Legacy in the 1800s
The Sanford family leave their mark for future generations in Wivenhoe
Will of Kezia Hines 20 August 1880
Widow of William Hines of Wivenhoe who died on 21 September 1866
Will of Mary Ann Sanford 1792-1873
Who funded the building of the Rebow Rd Almshouses

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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
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River Colne
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University of Essex
Wivenhoe Hall Estate
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Wivenhoe Marshes
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About Cook's Shipyard
The Brook
Cross Keys and the Underset to the Cross Keys Tavern
Colne Local Nature Reserve
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