The Wivenhoe Rowhedge Toll Ferry

On Ferry Road, now part of the Wivenhoe Port estate

John Stewart

Mrs Woods, who used to live in the Toll House on Ferry Marsh letting the local doctor through the gate in his car.

Wivenhoe Memories Collection

I used to go through the tollgate on foot on my way to school in Wivenhoe when we lived on a houseboat – The Gay Viking – in Rowhedge. We were planning to move to Wivenhoe which is why I started school there.

I had to catch the ferry over the river at one penny a crossing. I think I did that for about two months when I was six. Can’t imagine a six year old doing that now!

Contributed by Alun Duncan Jones July 2016

Note: Because the Wivenhoe doctors used to look after people in Rowhedge, they were allowed free passage on the ferry.

This page was added on 22/07/2016.