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1 Real Ale pub
2 closed pubs



Last updated: July 18th 2010

Part of Brantham parish. Mainly an industrial area with some housing on the north bank of The River Stour. An C18th bridge still crosses Cattawade creek, though this was a bridging spot for centuries before that; John Speed's 1610 map shows "Catiwade bridge" here and Daniel Defoe describes it being used during the 1648 Siege of Colchester, as well as telling of how he crossed a "timber bridge over the Stour, called Cataway Bridge" in his 1722 tour of the Eastern Counties.

Britain's first and only Xylonite[1] works was opened in Cattawade in 1870 on a site off Factory Lane. Its products were made into such items as paper-knife handles, hairpin boxes and billiard balls.

[1] The original patent name for cellulose.


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estimated population (2007) of Brantham: 2630

Acknowledgements

Some historical information from English Heritage's National Monuments Record.

Cattawade is part of Brantham parish

Local licensing authority for Cattawade is Babergh

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