Photos of Witham

Bottom of Cressing Road, with woman walking in middle

Photographer: George Butcher, Taken: 1930s, Source: Pat and Dave Baxter, Ref: M514

A lady walking down Braintree Road in the 1930s, with Cressing Road and Rickstones behind – Rickstones was just a lane then. The picture includes Witham’s first Council houses. Witham Urban District Council began to build them in 1921.

RefM514
PhotographerGeorge Butcher
PublisherBritish Publishing Company Ltd.
Date taken1930s
SourcePat and Dave Baxter
Posted on Full size 2820 × 1990

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