- Stoke Ferry
Stoke Ferry is a village in the English county of
Norfolk , 6.5 miles south-east ofDownham Market . The village lies on theRiver Wissey which has also been known as the River Stoke.All Saints' Church is no longer used for church services. It is now owned by
Kit Hesketh-Harvey .Historical References
In 1805, Stoke Ferry is described [ "The Traveller's Guide; or, English Itinerary", by W.C. Oulton, published by James Cundee, London, 1805.] as being "distant from London 88 miles 2 furlongs; on the Stoke river, which is navigable to this place from the Ouse. Fair, December 6...on the right, 5 m is the seat of Robert Wilson, esq. Inn, "Crown"."
The village was serving as a post town (under the name 'Stoke') by 1775; the name had been changed to 'Stoke Ferry' by 1816. A type of
postmark known as an undated circle was issued to the village in 1828, and it had aPenny Post service, under Brandon (in Suffolk), between 1835 and 1840.Many photographs of the village can be found in a collection published in 2007. ["Stoke Ferry Through Postcards Past", by Pat Holton and Janet Stocking, 2007, 52 pages, ISBN 095457687X.]
It once had its own
Stoke Ferry railway station , the terminus of a branch from the main line toCambridge .References
Further reading
*"Stoke Ferry: the Story of a Norfolk Village", by Doris E. Coates, Harpsden Press, 1980, ISBN 0-950-68710-3
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