Horsey Mere

[RumPunch]

13 hours ago, EastCoastIPA said:

Looking at the attached map and satellite image you can see the difference in the edge of the Broad and the length of the dyke. I wonder if the staithe was originally in the area I have marked in Red? The drainage channels don't appear to have moved much as a reference.

 

 

I think you may be partially right. If you look at the Tithe map ( 1840 ) , maybe there were actually two staithes

[Meantime]

That map also appears to show the second windmill referred to here,

https://www.horseyvillage.com/1816-Award-Map.html

I'm guessing that due to lack of dredging by Ye Olde Broade Authoritye back in the 1800s that corner of the Mere has silted up and the old staithe become disused. Just as well we have a more forward thinking Authority now!!! 

[marshman]

That must have been in the beginning then, when they first decided with the aid of the RSPB and NWT that the rivers and Broads were not for boats but nature!!

[MauriceMynah]

Marshman,

Does your cheek require first aid for the severe bruising your tongue has given it?

[JennyMorgan]

I took Marsh's comment at its face value! Wasn't that it its intended purpose?