Maps
22 Frith photos of Bourne End
1906: E Mitton -
[Upstream from the Cookham Bridge] we can view the wide expanse of Bourne End, where the races of the Upper Thames Sailing Club are held all the summer, and where, about the end of June, when the great regatta is held, the surface of the water is dotted with swan-like boats.
1899: Bourne End, Francis Frith -
1899: Bourne End, Francis Frith
Map: River Wye
Left bank
Map: Cock Marsh
Right bank below and above railway
Map: Bourne End Railway Bridge
1857: Built in Timber by T H Bartram, Brunel's
assistant and successor.
1869: Known as "Marlow Railway Bridge"
Fred Thacker –
It must have been a terror to navigation. There was much complaint of its dangerous state; barges frequently collided with it and were sued by the railway company for damage.
1880: First Bourne End Railway Bridge, Henry Taunt -
First Bourne End Railway Bridge, Henry Taunt, 1880
© Oxfordshire County Council Photographic Archive; HT2819
The Jolly Young Watermaids, anon, Punch, [sounds like Ashby-Sterry] -
And have you not read of eight jolly young watermaids,
Lately at Cookham accustomed to ply
And feather their oars with a deal of dexterity,
Pleasing the critical masculine eye?
They swing so truly and pull so steadily,
Multitudes flock to the river-side readily:-
It’s not the eighth wonder that all the world’s there,
But this watermaid eight, ne’er in want of a stare.
What sights of white costumes! What ties and what hatbands,
‘Leander Cerise’! We don’t wish to offend,
But are these first thoughts with the dashing young women
Who don’t dash too much in a spurt off Bourne End?
Mere nonsense, of course! There’s no ‘giggling and leering’ –
Complete ruination to rowing and steering; -
‘All eyes in the boat’ is their coach’s first care,
And ‘a spin of twelve miles’ is as naught to the fair.
Ladies Eight at the first Bourne End Railway Bridge.
1895: A new steel bridge, designed by J C Inglis.
1897: Second Bourne End Railway Bridge, James Dredge -
Second Bourne End Railway Bridge, James Dredge, 1897
© Oxfordshire County Council Photographic Archive; D230177a
In dredging near this bridge a dug-out flat-bottomed boat of oak, probably of the Bronze Age,
was found and given to the late Frank Buckland for his collection at South Kensington Museum.
1994/5: a footpath was
attached to the upstream side of the bridge to form part of the Thames Path
and to replace the Spade Oak Ferry.
Bourne End Railway Bridge in 1999
Bourne End Railway Bridge, Doug Myers © 2005
Map: The Bounty
Bourne End, right bank mooring, pub grub 01628 520056
Map: Bourne End Marina
Left bank 01628 522813 Mob 07798 533426
'On the Thames' Bourne End Marina Restaurant
01628 531111
1899: Bourne End Marina, Francis Frith -
1899: Bourne End Marina, Francis Frith
Map: Upper Thames Sailing Club
Left bank 01628 520263
1887: The "Bourne End Week" Regatta was instituted.
2006:
The Maidenhead Advertiser -
The time-honoured Bourne End Week took place on the River Thames in the last week of May.
The event, which dates back more than 100 years, is an inland sailing regatta for dinghies,
Merlin Rockets, Wayfarers, Fireflies, International OKs, Classic Inter-national 14s,
handicap boats and cadets.
The regatta offers the elegant Thames A Raters an opportunity to sail their national
championships for their historic silver trophies. The Queen’s Cup, donated to the club
by Queen Victoria when her son the Duke of Connaught was president of the club,
is the final race of the week, in which these elegant 25ft dinghies with up to 40ft masts
collect the wind above the trees and glide along the river.
Neptune figurehead at Upper Thames Sailing Club
I think you can tell where the bowsprit is from the look on his face
Spade Oak Ferry
Originally controlled by Benedictine Nuns at Little Marlow.
1761: In Rocque’s Survey,
however Fred Thacker reckoned it was not in actual existence till 1822
1826: Spade Oak Ferry and a ferry house
1915?: A pontoon bridge by the Spade Oak, a First World War training exercise -
Spade Oak Pontoon Bridge, 1915?
Map: Spade Oak
Left bank above Bourne End, footpath over railway, then up Coldmoorholme Lane 300yds, 01628 520090
Bourne End Reach, with much sailing
Upstream to Quarry Woods
Estuary
PLA
QEII Br
Barrier
Tower Br
Custom Ho
London Br
; Frost Fairs
Cannon St Rb
The Great Stink
Southwark Br
Millenium Br
Blackfriars Rb
Blackfriars Br
Waterloo Br
Charing Cross Rb
Westminster Br
Lambeth Br
Vauxhall Br
Victoria Rb
Chelsea Br
Albert Br
Battersea Br
Battersea Rb
Wandsworth Br
Fulham Rb
Putney Br
Hammersmith Br
Barnes Rb
Chiswick Br
Kew Rb
Kew Br
RICHMOND
Twickenham Br
Richmond Rb
Richmond Br
TEDDINGTON
Kingston Rb
Kingston Br
Ditton Slip
Hampton Br
MOLESEY
SUNBURY
Walton Br
Desborough Cut
SHEPPERTON
Chertsey Br
CHERTSEY
M3 Br
Laleham Slip
PENTON HOOK
Staines Rb
Staines Br
Runnymede Br
BELL WEIR
Magna Carta Is
OLD WINDSOR
Albert Br
Datchet
Victoria Br
Black Potts Rb
ROMNEY
Eton
Windsor Br
Windsor Rb
Windsor Slip
Elizabeth Br
BOVENEY
Dorney Lake
York Cut
Summerleaze Fb
MonkeyIsland
New Thames Br
BRAY
Bray Slip
Maidenhead Rb
Maidenhead Br
Below Boulters
BOULTERS
Cliveden
Hedsor
COOKHAM
Cookham Slip
Cookham Br
BourneEnd RFb
Quarry Woods
A404 Br
MARLOW
Marlow Br
Bisham
TEMPLE
HURLEY
Medmenham
Culham Ct
Aston Slip
HAMBLEDEN
Temple Is
Fawley Ct
Remenham
Regatta
Phyllis Ct
Henley Slip
Leander
Red Lion
Henley Br
Angel on Br
Landing
Hobbs Boatyard
Hobbs Slipway
MARSH
Hennerton
Bolney
Wargrave
Shiplake Rb
R.Loddon
SHIPLAKE
Sonning Br
SONNING
Dreadnought
K&A Canal
CAVERSHAM
Reading Br
Caversham Br
Reading Slip
Purley
MAPLEDURHAM
Hardwick Ho
Whitchurch Br
WHITCHURCH
Hartswood Reach
Gatehampton Rb
Goring Gap
Goring Br
GORING
Swan
CLEEVE
Moulsford
Moulsford Rb
Papist Way Slip
Winterbrook Br
Wallingford Br
BENSON
Shillingford Br
R.Thame
DAYS
Burcot
Clifton Hampden
Clifton Church
Clifton H Br
Barley Mow
Long Wittenham
CLIFTON
Appleford Rb
Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Br
CULHAM
Culham Cut Fb
Abingdon Slip
Abingdon
Abingdon Br
ABINGDON
Nuneham Rb
Nuneham
Nuneham Park
Radley Boats
SANDFORD
Rose Island
Kennington Rb
Isis Br
Iffley Mill
IFFLEY
Oxford Rowing
Isis
Donnington Br
Riverside Slip
Boathouses
Punting
Lower Cherwell
Upper Cherwell
Islip
Head of River
Salters Steamers
Folly Br
Bacons Folly
Oxford Fb
Osney Fb
Weir stream
Osney Rb
Bullstake Stream
Osney Marina
OSNEY
Osney Br
Four Rivers
OLD RIVER
CANAL
Medley Weir Site
Medley Fb
Bossoms
Perch
Trout
GODSTOW
Godstow Nunnery
Godstow Br
Thames Br
KINGS
River Evenlode
EYNSHAM
Swinford Br
Oxford Cruisers
PINKHILL
Farmoor
Stanton Harcourt
Bablock Slip
Arks Weir Site
NORTHMOOR
Harts Fb
//Rose Revived
Newbridge
//Maybush
River Windrush
below Shifford
SHIFFORD
Shifford Fb
Tenfoot Fb
Trout Inn
Tadpole Br
RUSHEY
Old Mans Fb
RADCOT
Radcot Cradle Fb
Swan Inn
Radcot New Br
Radcot Old Br
GRAFTON
Eaton Hastings
Kelmscott
Eaton Fb
BUSCOT
Bloomers Hole Fb
Trout Inn
St Johns Br
ST JOHNS
Halfpenny Br
Marina Slip
LIMIT
Inglesham
Hannington Br
Kempsford
Castle Eaton Br
Marston Meysey
A419 Br
Cricklade
SOURCE?
THAMES HEAD
SEVEN SPRINGS