• Skip to content
 
  • Log in
  • Contact us
Wivenhoe's History
Wivenhoe's History
Discover Wivenhoe’s rich past from the Domesday Book to yesterday
  • Home
  • Topics
  • Archive
  • Contribute
  • About Us
You are here: Home>Topics>Shops, Trade & Industry>Larger businesses

Larger businesses

  • A Gas Company for Wivenhoe 1861

    A Gas Company for Wivenhoe 1861

    A meeting to discuss the advisability and propriety of supplying the town with gas
  • Barrell's timber works as it looked in 1920's

    Barrell's timber works as it looked in 1920's

    Rectory Road, Wivenhoe
  • Cedric's Coach and Car Hire

    Cedric's Coach and Car Hire

    On the High Street opposite the Co-op
  • Cedrics Garage - Picture of it in its early days

    Cedrics Garage - Picture of it in its early days

    In the days before the forecourt was remodelled.
  • Frinton Beach created with Wivenhoe Sand

    Frinton Beach created with Wivenhoe Sand

    26,000 tons of sand taken from Wivenhoe Quarry to Frinton beach in 1969
  • Gas Lights for the Parish of Wivenhoe

    Gas Lights for the Parish of Wivenhoe

    Tender for lighting gas lamps 15 August 1862
  • Gas Works Flooded in January 1938

    Gas Works Flooded in January 1938

    Under three feet of water as the Wivenhoe Brook overflows
  • History of Gravel Extraction in Wivenhoe

    History of Gravel Extraction in Wivenhoe

    From a talk given by Alex Stanmore to the Wivenhoe History Group on Wednesday 24th February 2016.
  • It nearly went with a bang

    It nearly went with a bang

    Wivenhoe Explosive Factory
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Factory Work in Wivenhoe

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Factory Work in Wivenhoe

    North Sea Canners, Alma Street Clothing Factory and others
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - The Wivenhoe Sand and Gravel Pit

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - The Wivenhoe Sand and Gravel Pit

    The Sand and Gravel Pit - About 'WG' and the men who worked at the Pit.
  • Wivenhoe Gas Works

    Wivenhoe Gas Works

    This stood in St Johns Road
  • 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
  • Wivenhoe Sand Pit day out in London

    Wivenhoe Sand Pit day out in London

    A works outing from the Wivenhoe Sand, Stone & Gravel Company
  • Wivenhoe Sand Stone and Gravel Co Ltd

    Wivenhoe Sand Stone and Gravel Co Ltd

  • Wivenhoe Water Supply 1896

    Wivenhoe Water Supply 1896

    1/2d per bucket in 1896
  • Wm Browne's Ropeworks Ledger

    Wm Browne's Ropeworks Ledger

    Images of his Ledger from the 1830s
  • Working for North Sea Canners. An interview with Annie Skilton 2004

    Working for North Sea Canners. An interview with Annie Skilton 2004

Shops, Trade & Industry
  • Farms and Agriculture
  • Brewers
  • Mills and Maltings
  • Larger businesses
  • Early Shops Trade and Industry
  • Restaurants and Hotels
  • Shops and small businesses
  • The Fish Trade
Date search
Keyword search

These are the most common keywords on the site.

  • Wivenhoe Shipyard Ltd (1)
  • Pubs (1)
  • 1916 (1)
  • Whale (1)

View all keywords

  • Accessibility
  • Privacy and cookies
  • Terms of use
  • Contact us

Get our e-mail newsletter

Keep up-to-date and subscribe now

Copyright the site owners. All rights reserved. Website by CommunitySites