A large crowd stands on a riverbank near trees, while a man in dark robes holds another person in the water near rowboats.

Baptism in the river at Isleham (MoC102/70)

Isleham Ferry

History of the ferry

Isleham OS1901

In the photo above the chain for the ferry can be seen in the foreground.

Two men, two horses, and a woman in a long skirt stand on a flat ferry crossing a calm river in an open landscape.

Probably Isleham Ferry (MoC)

A man in a suit stands by a horse on the riverbank while many people in formal attire crowd onto a flat-bottomed wooden boat.

Possibly a Chapel outing on Isleham river (MoC106/70)

A large crowd gathers on a riverbank to watch two men standing in the water, with a boat nearby and text written on the water.

Minister of Pound lane Baptist church, Rev Wilson, baptising Pat Murphy at isleham Ferry, 1915

Arthur Houghton notes that Isleham Ferry made history when the famous evangelist Spurgeon walked from Newmarket to Isleham and was baptised by Rev Cantlow (Paster of the Baptist church in Pound Lane) on 3rd May 1850. Baptisms continued at the drawbridge until the river was dredged in the 1920s.

Eight people in winter coats and hats stand on a frozen surface in front of a brick building, wearing ice skates on their feet.

Elijah Wells and family skating 1936 at Isleham Ferry House

Three men stand near a grounded barge and a horse-drawn carriage by a riverside landing with a wooden drawbridge.

Iseleham Ferry drawbridge c.1900 Pastor Wilson of Pound Lane chapel central

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