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WATER TOWERS IN BRITAIN

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In order to display a database of water towers, Britain has been divided into county groups with each group on a separate web page. The starting point is the towers identified in Barton B. (2003) Water Towers of Britain, The Newcomen Society. This data has then been updated.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Essex



1, Rye Hill
2. High Street, Epping
3. Berden
4. Fairfield Rd, Epping
5. Church Langley
6. Stansted
7. Toot Hill 8. Bedlars Green
9. Saffron Walden
10. Widdington
11. Gunters
12. Canfield
13. Sibleys
14. Takeley
15. Sewards End
16. Cutlers Green
17. Wimbish (Tye Green)
18. Wimbish Green
19. The Poplars, High Easter
20. Mill Green
21. Gussets, Gt.Dunmow
22. Helions Bumpstead
23. Felsted
24. Admirals Park, Chelmsford
25. Great Saling
26. Longstomps, Chelmsford
27. Wethersfield
28. White Courts,Braintree
29. Braintree 1 & 2
30. Lyons Hall, Bocking
31. Danbury
32. Sible Hedingham
33. High Garrett
34. Cressing
35. Parkfield, Halstead
36. Head Street 1 & 2, Halstead
37. Rickstones Road, Witham
38. Collingwood Road, Witham
39. Little Maplestead
40. Cold Norton
41. Cherry Garden, Maldon
42. Earls Colne
43. Tiptree
44. White Colne
45. Bures
46. Oxley Green
47. Tollesbury
48. St Lawrence
49. Horkesley



BALKERNE WATER TOWER, (10EX50)
Balkerne Lane/Gate, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1NF. This 40 foot tower dates from 1882/3 and is Grade II listed. It is built from 1.2 million bricks, held 220,000 gallons of water and is a distinctive landmark in Colchester. It fell out of use as a water tower in 1971 when it was sold by Anglian Water. Since then its use has been speculative but undecided. The latest proposal is that it is a restaurant and open to the public as a visitor experience and historical interpretation space. The Balkerne Tower Trust is a charity founded to ensure its preservation.

51. Abberton
52. West Mersea
53. Rowhedge
54. Wivenhoe
55. Brightlingsea
56. Point Clear
57. Horsley Cross
58. Clacton
59. Frinton
60. Dovercourt High & Low
61. Lambourne
62. Kelvedon Hatch
63. Warley 1, 2 & 3
64. Davy Down, Stifford
65. Mountnessing
66. Horndon
67. Billericay
68. Langdon Hills
69. Ramsden Heath
70. Stock





SOUTH BENFLEET WATER TOWER, (10EX71)
Castle Point, South Benfleet. SS7 1PW, Essex. This brick water tower functioned in its original role from 1903 to 1957. It is 90 feet high and now comprises 6 floors with offices and accommodation. It is the southern of two water towers at Thundersley, the northerly one being a concrete tower (number 72). Recently (2022) the Benfleet Tower was put on the market for a sum in the region of 2m. pounds. It is rumored to be haunted by a friendly supernatural spirit nicknamed Herbert. Approx. Grid Ref. 789866.

72. Thundersley
73. Hockley
74. Latchingdon
75. Shoeburyness
76. Burnham on Crouch
77. Le Cateau Barracks
78. Ford, Basildon
79. Mucking












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