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Hampton Ferry. The Hampton Ferry is a pedestrian cable ferry linking Evesham and the village of Hampton across the River Avon in the English county of Worcestershire. The route dates back to the 13th century, when it was established by the monks of Evesham Abbey as a short-cut to their newly planted vineyard on Clark's Hill. [1]
The ferry links Hampton, on the north bank and in the London Borough of Richmond, with Moulsey or Molesey Hurst, the largest park of Molesey on the south bank and in Surrey. [1] The ferry is in the Molesey, Hampton and Sunbury reach (between Molesey and Sunbury Locks). It is one of two of this reach's Thames crossings – both are ferries.
Hampton Ferry may refer to: England. Hampton Ferry (River Avon), a ferry across the River Avon in Worcestershire; Hampton Ferry (River Thames), a ferry across the River Thames to the west of London; Hampton Loade Ferry, a ferry across the River Severn in Shropshire; Hampton Ferry, a sister ship of SS Twickenham Ferry, also referred to at Night ...
Ferry route: 51°26′55″N 0°22′3″E: 1571 or before [7] Foot/bicycle ferry. Ferry service discontinued March 2024. [8] 400 kV Thames Crossing Overhead power line crossing: 51°27′53″N 0°17′48″E: 1965: Overhead power line 623 ft tall crossing the Thames at Swanscombe and Grays: High Speed 1 tunnels Railway tunnel: 51°27′46″N ...
The River Avon can be used by boats with a maximum length of 70 ft (21 m), beam of 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m), height of 10 ft (3.0 m) and draught of 4 ft (1.2 m) from Tewkesbury to Evesham. Above Evesham, beam is restricted to 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) and draught to 3 ft (0.9 m). [6]
The Bride Stripped Bare is the fifth solo studio album by English singer Bryan Ferry.It was released in 1978, shortly before Ferry reconvened his band Roxy Music which had been on hiatus for three years.
Ferry Cross the Mersey is the soundtrack for the 1965 film of the same title, starring Gerry and the Pacemakers, who recorded the titular song.Both the UK and US editions feature music by the Pacemakers, although other artists featured include the George Martin Orchestra, Cilla Black, the Fourmost, the Black Knights, Earl Royce and the Olympics, and the Blackwells.
L'heure espagnole is a French one-act opera from 1911, described as a comédie musicale, with music by Maurice Ravel to a French libretto by Franc-Nohain, based on Franc-Nohain's 1904 play ('comédie-bouffe') of the same name [1] [2] The opera, set in Spain in the 18th century, is about a clockmaker whose unfaithful wife attempts to make love to several different men while he is away, leading ...