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Tours: Port of Spalding and Merchants

MAP NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS 1. Click on the green arrow button to start the map 2. Close the message box that pops up to gain access to the map behind it 3. Click on the number icons to see i…

Photographs of the Black Barn

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Then and Now – Port of Spalding

Masked by the foliage its difficult to make out the changes to river bank. The cottages are still there but the warehouse has gone. On the right side completed obscured by the tree but Birch's Mill ha…

The Agriculture moored alongside the Black Barn

Lovely photo showing the barge called the Agriculture moored alongside the Black Barn or Granary. The barn no longer exists and was demolished to enable the widening of the High St in Spalding.…

Pannell’s Boatyard

Pannel boatyard was located on the river bank close to West Elloe Bridge. Pannell‘s Boat Yard In 1822. John Pannell. was landlord ofthe ‘Jolly Crispin‘ Inn. which was near Chain Bridge. and it “as …

Ayscoughfee Hall and Barges on the River Welland

A postcard published by Beales & Son showing Ayscoughfee Hall and barges on the River Welland…

When the Port of Spalding Flourished

Spalding's Port Flourished In the early 18th century Spalding had a flourishing port. Barges from Spalding carried grocery goods, timber, tar and other commodities from Hull, Kings Lynn and Lincoln…

G F Birch

The following is a series of photographs which show G F Birch presence in Spalding. Click on the pictures to enlarge. Does anybody have more information or photographs of the Birch family. [gallery…

Warehouses, Spalding

The photograph depicts the old warehouses on the bank of the River Welland and can also be see from Double St. Sea-going boats sailed up to the centre of Spalding until c 1914. Warehouses existed on b…

Boat on the River Welland at Spalding

The boat was registered in Hull according to the caption and goes on to say that boats continued using the port of Spalding until 1930's. Does anybody know more? Can anybody identify the precise locat…

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