Down Memory Lane - Orsett village lock up
This week’s Down Memory Lane visits Orsett.
The photo, taken in the 1960s, shows as small wooden building on the corner of Pound Lane. The building is the Village lock-up, its barred windows long since boarded up. It was built in the 1700s as a prison, it was last used for this purpose in 1848.
It later became a hen house and was erected on its present site in 1938 Down Memory Lane is written by Andrew Burt, Librarian and Local Studies Officer.
Tel no: 01375 413970 E-mail ANburt@thurrock.gov.uk.
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