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was started, initially hand-cranked ferry later being replaced by a steam ferry which ran until 1942 after improvements to the harbour made operation of the ferry too difficult. Frank Palmer then restarted the old rowing ferry and was succeeded by Bob Cross and David Church.
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and the ferry was closed to the public during WW2. After the end of the war a daily service was operated until 1974 under contract to RAF Bawdsey and since 1974 it has operated on summer weekends only. The
Bawdsey Ferry is mentioned in three
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uses a traditional rowing boat. In 2017 it operated daily from the start of April to the first week of
November, other than most of May and October when it ran on weekends only.
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An Act to extend the time for the purchase of Lands for and for the completion of the
Felixstowe and Bawdsey Ferry Railway and for other purposes.
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An Act for the abandonment of the
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for passengers with his son Robert (senior). Bawdsey Manor was purchased by the RAF in 1936 to become
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which the family owned until 1931. From 1931 until the start of WW2 Charlie
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Bawdsey Ferry carries foot passengers and bicycles across the mouth of the
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739:"Acts of the Parliaments of the United Kingdom – Part 95 (1890a)"
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Felixstowe and
Bawdsey Ferry Railway (Extension of Time) Act 1890
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Prior to 1894 the small passenger boats ran ferry trips. In 1894
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Felixstowe and
Bawdsey Ferry Railway (Extension of Time) Act 1890
760:"Acts of the Parliaments of the United Kingdom – Part 92 (1887)"
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Felixstowe and
Bawdsey Ferry Railway (Abandonment) Act 1892
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Bawdsey Ferry Railway (Abandonment) Act 1892
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Felixstowe and
Bawdsey Ferry Railway (Abandonment) Act 1892
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Felixstowe and Bawdsey Ferry Railway (Abandonment) Act 1892
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Until 1885 a rowing ferry was used when a floating bridge
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616:"Felixstowe Travel Watch – Foot and Cycle Ferries"
137:carrying a horse and cart across the Deben in 1906
802:"Rural rides - The Suffolk Coastal Cycle Route"
879:Rural rides - The Suffolk Coastal Cycle Route
440:Felixstowe and Bawdsey Ferry Railway Act 1887
179:Felixstowe and Bawdsey Ferry Railway Act 1887
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713:"Rights of Way Sub-Committee – 26 May 2004"
492:for foot passengers and for cyclists using
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642:"Felixstowe Ferry-Bawdsey – River Deben"
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687:"A walk around Bawdsey"
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29:ferries in Suffolk
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719:on 11 August 2011
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470:55 & 56 Vict.
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697:27 December
671:27 December
647:27 December
563:chain ferry
556:River Blyth
552:Walberswick
512:River Stour
429:RAF Bawdsey
421:chain ferry
415:, owner of
398:20 May 1892
316:Repealed by
305:22 May 1890
223:Repealed by
151:River Deben
973:Categories
964:Google Map
939: (
917:51°56′22″N
901:Google Map
884:Google Map
867:Google Map
626:23 January
602:References
366:Long title
273:Long title
920:1°18′17″E
833:4 January
548:Southwold
570:See also
472:c. xvi)
376:Citation
283:Citation
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153:between
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534:on the
290:c. xxxv
212:c. xxvi
159:Bawdsey
37:Suffolk
436:, the
425:launch
383:c. xvi
388:Dates
295:Dates
45:Essex
33:ferry
835:2018
814:2007
788:2007
767:2007
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