Industrial Housing in Essex
Silver End Village Hall, Broadway, Silver End, Witham, Essex, CM8 3RQ
Around Essex a number of industries provided housing for their workers e.g: Crittalls in Silver End, Courtaulds in Halstead and Hunts in Earls Colne. The event will be a mini-Industrial Heritage Fair looking at Industrial Housing. There will be stands from museums and other organisations showing the industries and their housing. The talks will be on industrial housing and its effects on the area and the industries. The 2 walks will look at the specific industrial housing provided in Silver End by Crittalls.
Timings
- Sunday 13 September:
- 10.00 - 16.00 (Tours at 1100 & 1400)
Location & directions
Silver End Village Hall, Broadway, Silver End, Witham, Essex, CM8 3RQ
- Directions:
- Silver End is ESE of Braintree, south of the A120. It can be reached either: from A120 via Hollies Road, right turn onto Lanham Green Road and then to Boars Tye Road or from Galleys Corner on Braintree ring road onto Long Green Road, to Ashes Road to Lanham Green Road and then Boars Tye Road. The Village Hall is a large building on a small roundabout on Broadway in the centre of the village and backs onto a playing field. There is not much parking at the Village Hall but there is plenty in the streets around.
- Contact on day:
- Jane GIFFOULD
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Book on day
- Booking conditions:
- There will be 2 walks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Booking will be at the registration desk on entry to the main hall.
