Solent Poster
Times gone by...
This is the remnants of an old pier that was used for access to the long gone John King boatyard in Emsworth Harbour. It is in a conservation area overlooking the now defunct oyster beds that Emsworth was once famous for.
In 1239 Henry III granted a charter for a weekly market and an annual fair in Emsworth. By 1341 the town was sufficiently established as a trading and fishing port, to be one of the five ports in Hampshire ordered to provide a ship for the fleet sent to protect the Channel Islands from French attack. Interesting historical background to the area.
What you don't see is the myriad of ducks and coots at my feet which were being fed by a kindly local resident, hence the LE!
Times gone by...
This is the remnants of an old pier that was used for access to the long gone John King boatyard in Emsworth Harbour. It is in a conservation area overlooking the now defunct oyster beds that Emsworth was once famous for.
In 1239 Henry III granted a charter for a weekly market and an annual fair in Emsworth. By 1341 the town was sufficiently established as a trading and fishing port, to be one of the five ports in Hampshire ordered to provide a ship for the fleet sent to protect the Channel Islands from French attack. Interesting historical background to the area.
What you don't see is the myriad of ducks and coots at my feet which were being fed by a kindly local resident, hence the LE!