Boothferry

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name = Boothferry
static_

static_image_caption = Opening section of Boothferry Swing Bridge over the River Ouse
latitude = 53.729728
longitude = -0.887405
population =
civil_parish = Asselby
Howden
unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
constituency_westminster = Haltemprice and Howden
post_town = GOOLE
postcode_district = DN14
postcode_area = DN
dial_code = 01430
os_grid_reference = SE735265

Boothferry is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. It straddles the River Ouse where the A614 road crosses the river. It is about two miles north-west of Goole.

Boothferry is split between civil parishes, areas to the west of the B1228 road are in the civil parish of Asselby and those to the east in Howden.

Boothferry is home to Boothferry Bridge which was the first physical crossing of the Ouse (if travelling inland). It was very heavily used by vehicles travelling between the north and south banks of the Humber before the opening of the M62 motorway in the mid-1970s and the Humber Bridge in 1981. Boothferry Bridge is celebrated in the song "Boothferry Bridge" by the musical group "The Lonesome Travellers" which was released in the early 1970s. The M62 now crosses the Ouse on a viaduct approximately one mile downstream (east) of the old bridge.

Boothferry gave its name to the Boothferry borough of Humberside from 1974 to 1996 and to the Boothferry parliamentary constituency which, in 1997, was largely amalgamated into the Haltemprice and Howden constituency represented by David Davis MP. Boothferry was also chosen to be the name taken by a local resident when he took the title of lord in 2004. Boothferry has also lent its name to many roads and buildings along with businesses within the borough although it is now defunct.

Hull City Football Club played from 1946 to 2002 at a football stadium named Boothferry Park, which also took its name from the village.

In August, 2005, Graham Boanas, a Hull man, became the first person to successfully wade across the Humber since Roman times. The trek started on the north bank at Boothferry, 4 hours later, he made it across onto the south bank at Whitton. The feat was attempted to raise cash and awareness for the medical research charity, DebRA. [cite web
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/4173118.stm
title = Humber crossing after 1,000 years
work = BBC News Online
publisher = BBC
accessdate = 2008-07-28
date = 22 August 2005]

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