History of Wivenhoe
Wivenhoe, the River c1955
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
Feature articles
How Wivenhoe was hit by the strongest earthquake in England's history.>>more
White's Directory of Essex 1848
WIVENHOE, a large and respectable village, 3½ miles South South East of Colchester, is seated on a picturesque acclivity, >>more.
White's Directory of Essex 1848 - list of inhabitants.
Post Office Directory of Essex 1874
Post Office Directory of Essex 1874 - list of inhabitants.
More local history sources
Books featuring Wivenhoe from Abebooks. Just click the logo. The search terms are already formatted for Wivenhoe.
Search for Wivenhoe census returns at ancestry.co.uk.
1841 England Census | 1851 England Census
| 1861 England Census
1871 England Census | 1881 England Census
| 1891 England Census
1901 England Census
Wivenhoe
Reproduced courtesy of Footsteps.
Quality reproductions of old photographs.
The Essex Record Office: an excellent starting point for research. The ERO has an online catalogue by the name of SEAX and a database of Parish Records held in the ERO. Access to both via their home page.
Excellent detailed information on the history of Wivenhoe appears in the Victorian Counties History on the British History Online web site: Wivenhoe, A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10: Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe (2001).
Community web site with some good information on different aspects of the history of Wivenhoe.
Brief archeological history of Wivenhoe on the Essex County Council's Unlocking Essex.
1881 Ordnance Survey Map from the British History Online web site (Essex: 037, Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: Epoch 1.0).
Ordnance Survey - type the place name in the gazetteer search box to view detailed map of Wivenhoe.
Images of England web site which has a photographic record of England's listed buildings - from the grandest house to the humblest cottage. Enter the town or village in the search box. Photographs are accompanied by a detailed architectural description of the property.
Wivenhoe
print published 1834
