1889 Railway opened
1893 Champions Farm Sold
1895 Start of Champions Hall Estate land sales
1898 Start of Eyotts Estate land sales
1903 Congregational Mission hall opened
1904 St Mary's Mission hall licensed for worship
1926 Baptist Church in Clements Green Lane opened
1927 Women's Institute Hall opened
1929 Smallholders' Hall opened
1929 South Woodham Primary School opened
1930 Baptist Church opened in Hullbridge Road
1931 Assembly Mission Hall (later Evangelical Church) opened
1938 Sea wall breached and flooding
1939 Passenger service on Maldon railway line ceased
1948 End of ferry service across River Crouch
1953 Bushy Hill Marconi opened
1953 Sea wall breached and flooding
1956 Diesel trains replaced steam trains on branch line
1962 Cooper Estates plans approved
1966 Official opening of sewage works
1968 Demolition of footbridge and station buildings
1971 South Woodham School (Elmwood) opened in Guys Farm Road
1973 New Village Hall opened
1975 Formal turf-cutting at start of Essex CC’s new town project
1976 Country Park officially opened
1976 Gas pipeline to the town completed
1976 First 'new town' house occupied (Fennfields Road)
1977 Woodville Primary School opened
1978 Asda superstore opened
1981 Her Majesty the Queen visited town
1981 Oakland Hotel opened
1981 Collingwood Primary School opened
1982 Church of the Holy Trinity opened
1982 Official opening of Sports Council Pavilion Saltcoats
1982 ‘Town Crier’ Public House opened
1982 1000th ‘new town’ house occupied
1982 William de Ferrers Centre/Community School opened
1982 Shaw Farm restaurant opened
1983 Squash Club/Leisure Centre opened
1984 Completion of new road to Rettendon Turnpike
1986 Chetwood Primary School opened
1986 Health Services Clinic opened
1986 Electrification of Wickford-Southminster railway line
1987 Ambulance station opened
1988 William de Ferrers Annex opened
1988 ‘The Curlew’ Public House opened
1988 4000th ‘new town house occupied
1991 Cinema opened in town centre
1995 Police Station opened in Town Centre
1996 Compass Gardens officially opened
1999 Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall erected
2002 Disposal of last County Council ‘new town’ housing site
2005 Swimming Pool opened
2006 Ian Roberts becomes the town's first mayor
2007 Railway station name changed to 'South Woodham Ferrers'
2009 New WI Hall opened
2009 Chetwood School closed
2019 Crouch Vale Medical Centre opened
2019 Sainsbury's superstore opened