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Owston Ferry, The Church Gateway c.1955
Photo ref:
O68010
More about this scene
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. Tragedy struck on August Bank Holiday 1917 when three people were drowned as the overcrowded ferry was struck by a tidal aegir - similar to the Severn bore. The ferry was quickly restored and continued in service until 1951, when a flood defence wall was built.
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