Stoke Ferry

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Stoke Ferry is a village in the English county of Norfolk, 6.5 miles south-east of Downham Market.

[edit] Historical References

In 1805, Stoke Ferry is described [1] 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 a Penny Post service, under Brandon (in Suffolk), between 1835 and 1840.

Many photographs of the village can be found in a collection published in 2007.[2]

It once had its own Stoke Ferry railway station, the terminus of a branch from the main line to Cambridge.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Traveller's Guide; or, English Itinerary, by W.C. Oulton, published by James Cundee, London, 1805.
  2. ^ Stoke Ferry Through Postcards Past, by Pat Holton and Janet Stocking, 2007, 52p, ISBN 095457687X.

[edit] 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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Coordinates: 52°34′N 0°31′E / 52.567, 0.517