Church Street

Widdington Water Tower

It looks like it could have been constructed in the 1940s. Could someone please let me have the details of when the water tower was built? Dose anyone have any old photos of the construction of the tower.

Dear Gary,

Just found your site and looked up your tower in our records,

unfortunately we've almost nothing about it. Under construction date, we have "1950s (?)". However the tower is seen on an Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 map dated 1950–1951, so your thoughts regarding construction being in the 1940s looks to be correct.

I've done a bit of Googling using the techniques I've developed to find such information, without success. I trust nothing more has come to light about this tower? I have marked our records to keep you informed, should we receive any additional information.

Best Regards,

Ferrers

British Water Tower Appreciation Society (Archives)

BWTAS@hotmail.co.uk

www.bwtas.blogspot.co.uk

Just found this snippet from the  Chelmsford Chronicle. 

Widdington tower estimated cost of around £2,500, 1934, obtaining supply from the Stansted Water Co.

WoodEnd

I can scan any photo, Black and White or colour

you can have the original picture back within a couple of days

Please don’t let the Village history fade away,

once scanned the photos are safe.

Widdington Folk