Wickford and Around Through Time
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A01=David C. Rayment
Art Architecture & Photography
Author_David C. Rayment
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=NL-WQ
Category=WQP
COP=United Kingdom
Cultural History
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Format=BC
History
HMM=234
IMPN=Amberley Publishing
ISBN13=9781848689121
Language_English
Local & Urban History
PA=Available
PD=20110201
Photography
POP=Chalford
Price=€10 to €20
PS=Active
PUB=Amberley Publishing
Subject=Local Interest- Family History & Nostalgia
WG=311
WMM=165
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- ISBN 9781848689121
- Weight: 311g
- Dimensions: 165 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Feb 2011
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: Chalford, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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The name Wickford is of Saxon origin, Wick meaning a winding river and Ford being a shallow river crossing. For many years this sleepy market town lay dormant, like a seed waiting spring. Spring arrived in the 1970s with the building of the Willows, establishing itself during the following decade with the opening of Ladygate, the Wickford bypass and the rebuilding of the east side of the High Street opposite Halls Corner. Such development has perhaps eroded some of Wickford's character as seen in old photographs, but this has been replaced by a sense of dynamism afforded by a growing commuter town. Its surrounding area has changed too, but less so in comparison, remaining in the most part rural. This lavishly illustrated book gives the reader the opportunity to travel through time, drawing comparisons between how it is now, and how it used to be.
David C. Rayment is a local history author who lives in Essex. He has written several books for Amberley Publishing on Wickford and Southend.
