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Owston Ferry, South Yorkshire
Owston Ferry maps
Historic maps of Owston Ferry and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Owston Ferry maps
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Owston Ferry books
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Hull Town and City Memories
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Memories of Owston Ferry
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This may not be relevant to many people or even to this photograph, but Laura Torn, sadly, brutally murdered, a resident of Owston Ferry, was a good friend to many. My main memory of Laura is biking down the village to the shop with her. She was a great girl, fantastic friend and super sister. RIP Laura - you will never... [more]
Shared on 10 March 2007
South Yorkshire memories
Epworth gas works was located down Tottermire Lane next to the fire station. I was brought up there as a child in the 1950s and had some happy times there. My father Horace was the manager there, and his brothers also worked there, Tom and Eric, I believe my father took over from his father Tom. If my memory serves me... [more]
Shared on 20 April 2009
The building behind the Market Cross with the arched windows is the Manor Court House, a grade II listed building. It is owned by the Epworth Mechanics' Institute Library, which still operates from the upper floor. The Library was formed in 1837 by William Read, who owned a business based at Albion House on Albion Hill. The Manor Court House is... [more]
Shared on 15 August 2006
1876 drowning of my great grandfather
I recently visited Goole in search of records of my maternal ancestry. I discovered that my great grand father Bernard Knowles Brook and his 6-yr-old son George from Goole were drowned at Keadby on 9 July 1876. I understand that his wife and probably also my then 1-yr-old grandfather Matthew Moorhouse Brook were nearby on the "Eagle" when the drowning occurred... [more]
Shared on 14 October 2008
Extracts From Owston Ferry & South Yorkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Owston Ferry, inspired by Frith photos.
Villages of Yorkshire Photographic Memories
Archdeacon Stonehouse built this imposing gateway leading up to the lychgate of St Martin's parish church in the 1840s. The village itself is on the west bank of the River Trent; from the 12th century it provided the King's Ferry to carry the doctor, the vicar and the mail across the normally placid waterway which eventually flows into the tidal Humber.... [more]
This is an extract from Villages of Yorkshire Photographic Memories.
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Down the Trent Photographic Memories
We are looking upriver, from a jetty where the Trent Catchment Area's two workboats moored overnight in the 1950s and 1960s. One of the captains was landlord of the nearby Crooked Billet. When a big spring tide met the river's flow, the aegre, a wave similar to the Severn Bore, was seen at its best here.
This is an extract from Down the Trent Photographic Memories.
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Two ancient churches occupy sites in the Old Town: St Mary's in nearby Lowgate, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, shown here with its attendant market stalls. The church stands on the site of an earlier chapel, and was consecrated in around 1425. The fabric contains large areas of the earliest surviving medieval brickwork in England, and it is reputedly the largest parish church, by area, in the country.
This is an extract from Hull Town and City Memories.
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