Hockley, Hullbridge and Hawkwell Past
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Essex
ferry service
Hawkwell
Hockley
Hullbridge
local history
medicinal spring
Phillimore
pump room
river crossing
the crouch
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- ISBN 9781860771101
- Weight: 610g
- Dimensions: 210 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 1999
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Earliest evidence of human occupation is at Hullbridge, where Neolithic people eked out a living on the banks of the Crouch. As they developed agricultural skills they climbed the wooded valley sides and founded the communities that became Hockley and Hawkwell. Hullbridge, meanwhile, grew in importance as a river crossing, first a simple ford then a ferry service began. In Hockley a medicinal spring was discovered in 1843 and a pump room and hotel were built. Meanwhile Hawkwell’s tranquil countryside attracted day trippers from both London and Southend.
