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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lincolnshire => Topic started by: fridayschild on Thursday 14 March 13 21:46 GMT (UK)
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My Husbands 4x Great Grandfather Charles Simpson( 1801 - 1887) was a Fisherman who on the 1851 census lived at the Marine Hotel, Freiston Shore. I would love to know more about the fishing Industry in the mid 19th century in the Freiston area. Please could someone point me in the direction of any books that I could either buy or order through the Library.
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From my mis-spent youth some 50+ years ago, the Hotel at Freiston Shore stood on the top of the flood bank, and was then known as "The Plummers Arms" I think, could have been a different spelling. A very desolate area, and closer to the shore than HMP North Sea Camp, then a Borstal institution. The borstal had a team in the local cricket league, they played all their matches at hom funnily enough! When a visting team arrived we were locked 3 to a cell in 4 cells while we changed, and after the game the process was reversed. So I, and every other member of visting cricket teams was locked in a cell twice a season, in my case 10 times in total. Possibly the same cell inhabited by the infamous Geoffrey Archer some years later. To return to your query after the digression, I would suggest contacting The Lincolnshire Standard Boston to see if they have any pictures of the hotel in their gallery which they would sell copies.
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Hi :)
Stamford Murcury, dated 18th Nov 1859,
there is an article about a Simpson fishing family , they mention John, Frederick, Benjamin Simpson ,
" Good Intent" was the name of the smack that the Simpson owned,
" Victoria " was a sloop that had run in to them , this was at Freiston Shore.
Eilleen.
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Seemingly impossible!! The shoreline rises by around 4 feet in 3 miles. The sloop must have had a very shallow draft.
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Seemingly impossible!! The shoreline rises by around 4 feet in 3 miles. The sloop must have had a very shallow draft.
Just copying what was in the paper, and We know they never tell lie's ;D
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The 1905 1:2500 map shows the Marine Hotel and Plummer's Hotel to be different pubs. http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html?coords=539850,342570
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Hi Geoff :)
In 1810 it was called " Plummers inn "
again imformation from Stamford Mercury paper. dated 1859.
Eilleen
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I used to go fishing - rod and line, on this part of the sea shore, living nearby.
There was the remains of an old wooden jetty that used to be for passengers to get in the sightseeing boats that used to get inshore.
The tidal rise is very big along this part of the coast, and with some very deep creeks- 6' to 10' deep near the sea bank it was quite easy for boats to use this area.
If you were local you learned the tide times and could wander out a long way from shore as the tide ebbed but had to be very quick getting back before the tide turned or you got cut off and had a long swim with some dodgy currents.
There were several downed WW2 a/c exposed at low tide - good for trophy hunting.
Good fun but very mucky --- ideal for kids.
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Many Thanks for all your replies, I found a book on the Internet about the history of fishing in Lincolnshire which mentions Freiston Shore so I have ordered a copy and I am looking forward to receiving it :)
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Yes the creeks were dangerous. Since I lived on the other side of the river most of my exploration was done on the Frampton Marsh side. The several deaths reminded me of an incident. During the summer holidays around 1949 a group of us went from Boston Skirbeck Quarter area to Frampton Marsh every day on our bikes when the weather was fit. There had been a person lost, whether he was a fisherman or what I can't remember now, but he had been lost for around a week. One day in particular my friends called for me but I couldn't go as I was booked in to the dentist later, but I was allowed to go the following day, and they said they would call for me. Next day came, but they didn't, and we wondered why. I was about to call on one of them when he appeared at our back door to say there would be no more trips to the marsh for the foreseeable future; the previous day one of them whilst crossing a water filled creek had trodden on something soft. The body (for that is what it was) rose up out of the muddy water and floated on the surface, scaring them all stiff. No further trips to the marsh that year! Army pillbox side of railway off London Road instead.
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My 2nd great grandfather is the Charles Simpson that you are referring to. I do have a picture of the marine hotel that was taken by a relative in England about 10 years ago. I would love to find out what you found out about the fishing there.
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Info on Marine Hotel (and the Plummers) along with a photo can be found here:
http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Freiston/section.asp?catId=14870 (http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Freiston/section.asp?catId=14870)