Sunday, September 9, 2012

The Old Cookham Ferry.

The Old Cookham Ferry.
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For the longest time I have been searching through my files for a print of the original Cookham Ferry that plied between the village and the Buckingham county shore. In this print you will note that the river does not seem very wide. This is due to the fact that Cookham Lock had not been built and the flow of the water had not been regulated weirs. At one time back in the middle ages at this point at certain times of the year the river was actually fordable by horse drawn vehicles. Also that sailing bargees used to dread that part of the river by Hedsor, as there was always a danger of running aground on a gravel shoal, and to get themselves re-floated would cost them dearly in time and money.

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