Earlier Crossings At The Site
Ferries operated across the river for centuries at Hampton-to-Molesey, Sunbury-to-Sunbury Lock in Walton, Lower Halliford in Shepperton-to-Walton and Shepperton-to-Weybridge. Hampton and Shepperton ferries remain in use and connect to the Thames Path. Land near Walton Ferry was said in 1633 to have been washed away, reflecting the lack of additional river channels, lack of weirs and former marshiness of the tight bends of the river known as Cowey Sale and a similar plot of land, Thames Meadow on the north bank. A Shepperton ferry is recorded in the 15th century.
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