1. ID ABD_013 Ice around the houseboats in the hard winter 1962 - 1963. MEG MERRILIES and beyond her FATHOM ex DOROTHY, a former Admiralty ammunition barge.
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats Cat2 Weather

1. Ice around the houseboats in the hard winter 1962 - 1963. MEG MERRILIES and beyond her FATHOM ex DOROTHY, a former Admiralty ammunition barge.
Date: cJanuary 1963
Image ID ABD_013


2. ID ATK_033 Hove Creek and houseboats.
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats Cat2 Mersea-->Creeks, fleets, channels, saltings

2. Hove Creek and houseboats.
Image ID ATK_033


3. ID BJ17_021 Houseboat on it side after a very high tide
Cat1 Mersea-->Events Cat2 Disasters and Mishaps-->on Land Cat3 Disasters and Mishaps-->on Land Cat4 Mersea-->Coast Road

3. Houseboat on it side after a very high tide
Date: 1980
Image ID BJ17_021


4. ID BJ17_023 High tide on Coast Road
Cat1 Mersea-->Coast Road Cat2 Mersea-->Houseboats

4. High tide on Coast Road
Date: Before 1975
Image ID BJ17_023


5. ID BJ17_029 High tide on Coast Road
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats Cat2 Mersea-->Coast Road

5. High tide on Coast Road
Date: Before 1975
Image ID BJ17_029


6. ID BJ17_031 Houseboats after the 1953 flood.
Cat1 Mersea-->Events Cat2 Weather Cat3 Weather Cat4 Disasters and Mishaps-->on Land

6. Houseboats after the 1953 flood.
Date: cFebruary 1953
Image ID BJ17_031


7. ID BJ17_035 SEAHORSE and other houseboats after the 1953 flood.
Cat1 Mersea-->Events Cat2 Mersea-->Houseboats Cat3 Mersea-->Houseboats Cat4 Mersea-->Coast Road

7. SEAHORSE and other houseboats after the 1953 flood.
Date: cFebruary 1953
Image ID BJ17_035


8. ID BJ57_015_001 High Tide on Coast Road, West Mersea. Houseboats
Cat1 Mersea-->Coast Road Cat2 Mersea-->Houseboats

8. High Tide on Coast Road, West Mersea. Houseboats
Image ID BJ57_015_001


9. ID BJ57_017_001 Houseboat PEGGOTTY.
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats Cat2 Mersea-->Coast Road

9. Houseboat PEGGOTTY.
Date: 1955
Image ID BJ57_017_001


10. ID CT02_085 Fid Harnack's BEN GUNN in her mud berth at West Mersea.
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats Cat2 Yachts and yachting-->Sail-->Small yachts / dinghies

10. Fid Harnack's BEN GUNN in her mud berth at West Mersea.
Date: November 1970
Image ID CT02_085


11. ID CW5_093 Houseboats. ERYCINA (left) and EVANDRA (Fifie) formerly WMYC headquarters. In 1910 EVANDRA is mentioned in Yachting World [BOX115_001] as providing ...
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats Cat2 Mersea-->Coast Road

11. Houseboats. ERYCINA (left) and EVANDRA (Fifie) formerly WMYC headquarters. In 1910 EVANDRA is mentioned in Yachting World [BOX115_001] as providing ...
Date: Before September 1913
Image ID CW5_093


12. ID CW6_031 Houseboats at West Mersea. Postcard mailed September 1909 from The Rest, W. Mersea. 
We have been living on the sea, only sleeping at house. The children ...
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats

12. Houseboats at West Mersea. Postcard mailed September 1909 from The Rest, W. Mersea.
"We have been living on the sea, only sleeping at house. The children ...
Date: Before September 1909
Image ID CW6_031


13. ID CW8_013 Houseboats along Coast Road, West Mersea. COLUMBINE and HISPANIA in centre.
Ektachrome slide 19
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats

13. Houseboats along Coast Road, West Mersea. COLUMBINE and HISPANIA in centre.
Ektachrome slide 19
Image ID CW8_013


14. ID DBO_003 Houseboat in a creek - Fen Farm East Mersea. Early tents in the distance just to the right of it.
The houseboat was owned by a retired ballet teacher and ...
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats Cat2 Mersea-->Creeks, fleets, channels, saltings

14. Houseboat in a creek - Fen Farm East Mersea. Early tents in the distance just to the right of it.
The houseboat was owned by a retired ballet teacher and ...
Date: c1930
Image ID DBO_003


15. ID DBO_017 The Strood. Barge VICTA, looking somewhat derelict.
VICTA built 1874, Official No. 67085, formerly & CO.
Cat1 Mersea-->Strood Cat2 Barges-->Pictures Cat3 Barges-->Pictures

15. The Strood. Barge VICTA, looking somewhat derelict.
VICTA built 1874, Official No. 67085, formerly & CO.
Image ID DBO_017


16. ID DEP_HIS_035 HISPANIA leaving Mersea for restoration. Tug HOFLAND.
Cat1 Yachts and yachting-->Sail-->Larger Cat2 Mersea-->Houseboats Cat3 Mersea-->Houseboats

16. HISPANIA leaving Mersea for restoration. Tug HOFLAND.
Date: 1997
Image ID DEP_HIS_035


17. ID DIS2022_MPS_001 High Tide by Hove Creek. Houseboat DOLPHIN - originally an RNLI self-righting lifeboat.
  A photograph from Jill McDonough shown at the Mersea Island ...
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats

17. High Tide by Hove Creek. Houseboat DOLPHIN - originally an RNLI self-righting lifeboat.

A photograph from Jill McDonough shown at the Mersea Island ...
Date: c2022
Image ID DIS2022_MPS_001


18. ID FL12_009_001 Houseboats from Coast Road. The MARY MILLER prominent in left background, was built Carrickfergus in 1881, Official Number 83974. She was owned in 1892 by John ...
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats Cat2 Mersea-->Coast Road

18. Houseboats from Coast Road. The MARY MILLER prominent in left background, was built Carrickfergus in 1881, Official Number 83974. She was owned in 1892 by John ...
Image ID FL12_009_001


19. ID FL14_013_009 Houseboat Fire. The houseboat ERYCINA at present occupied by Mrs Garrioch and her sister Mrs Goddard, was extensively damaged by fire on Monday afternoon. The ...
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats Cat2 Disasters and Mishaps-->on Land Cat3 Disasters and Mishaps-->on Land

19. Houseboat Fire. The houseboat ERYCINA at present occupied by Mrs Garrioch and her sister Mrs Goddard, was extensively damaged by fire on Monday afternoon. The ...
Date: 27 October 1941
Image ID FL14_013_009


20. ID GRS_OPA_001 MEG MERRILIES houseboat. An early photograph before any deckhouses were added.
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats

20. MEG MERRILIES houseboat. An early photograph before any deckhouses were added.
Date: 1930
Image ID GRS_OPA_001


21. ID GRS_OPA_003 MEG MERRILEES. Sue's Mum 1930 [Mrs Sprake]
Cat1 People-->Other Cat2 Mersea-->Houseboats

21. MEG MERRILEES. Sue's Mum 1930 [Mrs Sprake]
Date: 1930
Image ID GRS_OPA_003


22. ID GRS_OPA_013 Houseboat MEG MERRILEES 1931
Cat1 People-->Other Cat2 Mersea-->Houseboats

22. Houseboat MEG MERRILEES 1931
Date: 1931
Image ID GRS_OPA_013


23. ID GRS_OPA_015 MEG MERRILEES 1931 Freda
Cat1 People-->Other Cat2 Mersea-->Houseboats

23. MEG MERRILEES 1931 Freda
Date: 1931
Image ID GRS_OPA_015


24. ID GRS_OPA_025 Houseboat NANCY LEE. Sue's Mum [Mrs Sprake] houseboats at bottom of Hove Hill.
Cat1 People-->Other Cat2 Mersea-->Houseboats Cat3 Mersea-->Houseboats

24. Houseboat NANCY LEE. Sue's Mum [Mrs Sprake] houseboats at bottom of Hove Hill.
Image ID GRS_OPA_025


25. ID HAD01_016 Houseboat SEAHORSE after the 1953 Floods.
Cat1 Disasters and Mishaps-->on Land Cat2 Mersea-->Coast Road Cat3 Mersea-->Coast Road Cat4 Mersea-->Houseboats

25. Houseboat SEAHORSE after the 1953 Floods.
Date: cFebruary 1953
Image ID HAD01_016


26. ID HBD_023 ERYCINA houseboat, Coast Road, West Mersea
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats Cat2 Mersea-->Coast Road

26. ERYCINA houseboat, Coast Road, West Mersea
Image ID HBD_023


27. ID HBT_CBN_001 Houseboat COLUMBINE at West Mersea, nearing the end of her days. NADINE is behind her.
COLUMBINE was broken up January 2023.
  COLUMBINE was built ...
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats

27. Houseboat COLUMBINE at West Mersea, nearing the end of her days. NADINE is behind her.
COLUMBINE was broken up January 2023.

COLUMBINE was built ...
Date: 22 Sep 2021
Image ID HBT_CBN_001


28. ID HBT_LNO_001 Houseboat LA NOISETTE at West Mersea early 1920s. The boat was owned by Charles Simpson Mason, born 1860 and died 1926. It is thought she then became the MARSH ...
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats

28. Houseboat LA NOISETTE at West Mersea early 1920s. The boat was owned by Charles Simpson Mason, born 1860 and died 1926. It is thought she then became the MARSH ...
Date: c1923
Image ID HBT_LNO_001


29. ID HBT_OPA_013 Hove Creek - houseboats in the distance. SEAHORSE is still on the edge of the saltings.
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats

29. Hove Creek - houseboats in the distance. SEAHORSE is still on the edge of the saltings.
Date: c1930
Image ID HBT_OPA_013


30. ID HBT_OTH_003 Demolition of Graham Baker's houseboat OTHONA at West Mersea. She is thought to have come to West Mersea around 1934.
  
OTHONA ex LADY RUTH Wood Yawl ...
Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats

30. Demolition of Graham Baker's houseboat OTHONA at West Mersea. She is thought to have come to West Mersea around 1934.

OTHONA ex LADY RUTH Wood Yawl ...
Date: 1 Feb 2021
Image ID HBT_OTH_003


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