Ferry just ready to depart at Booth, Yorkshire

P DX354 PH2/7/28

c.1905

1 photographic print; b&w

type: PRINT, dimensions: 17.8 x 11.2 cm

English

Transport, Water, Ferries, Rivers, Humberside, Water, Graphic Materials

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>5. &lt;B&gt;Boothferry, Yorkshire&lt;/B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Over many centuries ferries have provided people, their vehicles, cargoes and livestock with a regular means to crossing inland rivers, estuaries, and from mainland to nearby islands. For the payment of a toll the ferrymen would convey their passengers, often during the night as well as day and in all weather conditions. New bridges have now replaced many of the old ferries. The image above is from a postcard, &lt;I&gt;c&lt;/I&gt;.1905, showing the Booth ferry just about to make, or having made, a crossing of the River Ouse. On board is a very precariously positioned loaded wagon, near the bow, and its rather relaxed looking horse together with several passengers and the ferrymen themselves. This particular ferry service was brought to an end after the construction of the steel swing Boothferry Bridge in 1929.&lt;P&gt;P DX354 PH2/7/28</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV><DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>10. &lt;B&gt;Boothferry, Yorkshire&lt;/B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Over many centuries ferries have provided people, their vehicles, cargoes and livestock with a regular means to crossing inland rivers, estuaries, and from mainland to nearby islands. For the payment of a toll the ferrymen would convey their passengers, often during the night as well as day and in all weather conditions. New bridges have now replaced many of the old ferries.&lt;P&gt;The image above is from a postcard, &lt;I&gt;c&lt;/I&gt;.1905, showing the Booth ferry just about to make, or having made, a crossing of the River Ouse. On board is a very precariously positioned loaded wagon, near the bow, and its rather relaxed looking horse together with several passengers and the ferrymen themselves. From the end of the eighteenth century, the ferry at Booth, near Howden in Yorkshire, was the most important ferry service across the River Ouse. At the time this photograph was taken it was the property of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, but had originally belonged to the Prince Bishops of Durham. Its location on the main route from the city of Hull made it an increasingly important, and longest surviving, river crossing over the Ouse. The ferry service was brought to an end after the construction of the steel swing Boothferry Bridge in 1929.&lt;P&gt;P DX354 PH2/7/28</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>

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RHC copy neg. NMC 35/27478