__NOTOC__ East Ferry is a village and

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in the

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district of

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, England. Lincolnshire.gov.uk It is situated west from

Scotter __NOTOC__ Scotter is a large village and civil parish in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, situated between Scunthorpe and Gainsborough.OS Explorer Map 280: Isle of Axholme, Scunthorpe and Gainsborough: (1:25 000) : The population of the ...

, and on the eastern bank of the

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opposite

Owston Ferry Owston Ferry is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the west bank of the River Trent, and north from Gainsborough. It had a total resident population of 1,128 in 2001 including Kelfield. This increased t ...

. The population of the civil parish (including Wildsworth) as at the 2011 census was 204. A

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known as the

Trent Aegir The Trent Aegir, also known as the Eagre, is a tidal bore on the River Trent in England. At certain times of the year, the lower tidal reaches of the Trent experience a moderately large bore (up to five feet (1.5m) high). It is said to take ...

can be observed on this stretch of the Trent. isleofaxholme.net

History

East Ferry was founded in the 13th century around a ferry crossing; the ferry ran until the 1940s. Previously it was also known as East Kinnard's Ferry,''

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of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, p. 594 and was part of the

Corringham Wapentake The wapentake of Corringham stretched for 13 miles along the east bank of the River Trent, varying in width between 5 and 8 miles, and bounded by Manley wapentake, the Isle of Axholme, parts of Nottinghamshire, and Well and Aslacoe wapentakes. ...

. A Medieval chapel in the village, dedicated to St Laurence, is described as decayed in the 16th century, but survived into the late 18th century. There were a further two chapels: one to St Mary (rebuilt about 1800), the other for

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s. In 1872 East Ferry was described as "a township in Scotter parish, Lincolnshire; 6 miles West of Scotter. Pop. 104." An ancient

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, found in 1903, was once in

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, but is now lost.

References

External links

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East Ferry and Owston Ferry photographs

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