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Heybridge Basin (Cannibal
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The Village Tour |
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Page
Seven |
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Crossing over to the other
side of the canal and Basin we come to an area of historical
interest. It's pre-canal use was minimal. In an area near the
sea-wall and just behind where the present Lock House is was
a salt-pan and salt business operated by the 'Tovee' family.
A footpath led from here to Heybridge past the home of the Reverend
Herrings, which the point in the river has been named after.
Note that it is 'Herring's Point' not 'Herring Point' as so often
mistakenly written. There was also a footpath to a cottage just
around the point facing Maldon for many years occupied by Morgan
Poole. The 'Paddle Dock', was a favourite place frequented by
the villagers for bathing. A footpath ran from this side of the
lock to this little sandy beach opposite the Maldon Promenade.
A regular ferry from Maldon also carried bather's to this little
beach. Since about 1842, the prominent feature on the other side
of the lock has been the building which is now the current Lock
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(above) The current 'Lockeepers
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This building was not
built until quite late in the village's history, has not always
been the Lock Keepers house and has changed hands several times.
Behind it and closer to the seawall was once a beerhouse run
by Thomas Warracker. To the right of where the Lock House now
stands is 'Navigation Cottage', originally two cottages built
by and for the Richard and George Coates brothers. |
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(above). a more recent picture of 'Navigation Cottage',
when occupied by the Plummer family. |
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The last group of buildings
heading alongside the Basin to the start of the leisure moorings
is the shed on the left of the picture below, the long timber
storehouse of Brown & Son, and finaly a long wooden shed
as seen on the extreme right in the picture below, one of the
many brought from Osea Island and erected by Mr Bloggs an used
by him for a time. |
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(above) the eel barge 'Gerhard' in the lock, with loaded
barges for Brown's in the Basin behind. Picture probably 1960's. |
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After leaving the last
of the old buildings and walking along the canal bank towards
Heybridge, the only structures are now the little store huts
rented from the Canal Company by the private boat owners on the
South side of the canal, as seen in the picture below. |
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(above) boat owners store
huts along the South bank of the canal. Picture taken from a
spot approximately alongside Daisy meadows (where the car-park
is now), sometime in the 1960's. |
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