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Horse Ferry, according to early accounts, was established specifically to carry clergymen from their residence at Lambeth Palace to Westminster Palace across the river.
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Horse Ferry, according to early accounts, was established specifically to carry clergymen from their residence at Lambeth Palace to Westminster Palace across the river. The date the ferry began to run across the river is unknown, but there is a reference to it in the
Horse Ferry was the only way to cross from Lambeth to Westminster, and the controversial idea of building a bridge to replace the ferry was proposed multiple times, beginning in
Horse Ferry played a part in early modern lore and legend. One famous account involving the ferry is that of the escape of Thus with literally
(Strickland 198). The journey continued and the queen and her infant son arrived safely in France.only one frail plank between her and eternity
did the Queen of Great Britain cross the swollen waters of the Thames, with her tender infant of six months old in her arms
Local legend associated mishaps on the Horse Ferry with bad luck. In
Another part of the lore of Horse Ferry was the infamous character of its ferrymen, for the rudeness of the Horse Ferry operators was legendary. Their vulgarity and insolence became such a problem that in immodest, obscene and lewd
language with their passengers (qtd. in Weightman 50).