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Since 1945 it has been leased by [[Hampton Sailing Club]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hamptonsailingclub.com/club.htm |title=Hampton Sailing Club |accessdate=2008-12-09 |quote=During 1962 the clubhouse was built on the piles at Benn’s Island.}}</ref> The extensive building works and piling make a casual observer believe that the island is wholly artificial, but these are extensions. |
Since 1945 it has been leased by [[Hampton Sailing Club]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hamptonsailingclub.com/club.htm |title=Hampton Sailing Club |accessdate=2008-12-09 |quote=During 1962 the clubhouse was built on the piles at Benn’s Island.}}</ref> The extensive building works and piling make a casual observer believe that the island is wholly artificial, but these are extensions. |
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The island is linked to the bank by a manually operated [[pedestrian]] [[cable ferry|chain ferry]] at the downstream end. |
The island is linked to the Middlesex bank by a manually operated [[pedestrian]] [[cable ferry|chain ferry]] at the downstream end. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 00:13, 10 December 2008
Benn's Island, previously Church Eyot, then Kember’s Eyot, sometimes Benn's Ait,[1] is a private island close to the Middlesex bank of the River Thames at Hampton, in England on the reach above Molesey Lock.
Since 1945 it has been leased by Hampton Sailing Club.[2] The extensive building works and piling make a casual observer believe that the island is wholly artificial, but these are extensions.
The island is linked to the Middlesex bank by a manually operated pedestrian chain ferry at the downstream end.
See also
Notes
- ^ "Benn's Ait". Retrieved 2009-12-10.
This was called Church Eyot, then Kember's Eyot around 1700, but now named after the family that owned Benn's Boatyard on the Middlesex bank, which was demolished in 1947.
- ^ "Hampton Sailing Club". Retrieved 2008-12-09.
During 1962 the clubhouse was built on the piles at Benn's Island.
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