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From: "Ann McClean" <>
Subject: Re: [FENS] Floodferry and 8 Ft. Bank, 16 Ft. Bank, and 20 mile
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 10:36:26 +0100
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As I haven't seen a reply on the list - [and I don't think I've sent this
privately
to Carol] here goes:-

Flood's Ferry is near March, Cambs - it's a low lying area to the SW of the
town.

Not sure about 8ft Bank, but the 16ft Bank is in Christchurch - it is the
bank edging the 16ft Drain [or Thurloes Drain as it was orginally called]
which runs from the 40ft Drain at Chatteris to it's junction with Popham's
Eau at Three Holes.

I travel along the road on the top of the bank each time I go back to
Christchurch
to visit my parents - it can be a bit hairy with low lying land on one side
and water on the other, and a large lorry coming at you from the opposite
direction!

Hope this helps.

Regards, Ann McClean
in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol J. Markillie" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 8:41 PM
Subject: [FENS] Floodferry and 8 Ft. Bank, 16 Ft. Bank, and 20 mile


> Hi:
> While reading the Doddington Cambridgeshire parish register LDS Film [and
> sorry, I'm not doing lookups] - I came across a couple of people who's
> location seems to be floodferry - I assume that is a place - Is it Flood's
> Ferry or a ferry that was used in floodwaters?
> Also, there are others who's locations were 8 ft. bank and 16 ft. bank
> and 20 mile, Wimblington. Would someone tell me if those were places or
> were these people just camped along the canals?
> There was also a couple noted to be "Egyptians" which I took to be Gypsies
> - the HERNs [which is also an old French name HERNE]
>
> Thanks very much
> Carol
>
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