Cliveden Ferry, Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire

Photograph taken 1885 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: cc72/01262

The ferryman is ready to take two men and a boy across the river. The man seated on the side of the boat holds a camera. The River Thames is wide and shallow at this point.

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Buckinghamshire Cliveden

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Victorian (1837 - 1901)

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The annual Eton boating regatta on the River Thames at Windsor, with the castle buildings on the hillside in the background. The event was instituted to commemorate a visit of George III (1760-1820) and held on his birthday, 4th June.

Cliveden Ferry, Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire

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