History Bodinnick



ferryside loving spirit written


in august 1644, king visited cornwall , attempt made on life cannonball, missed, reported have killed fisherman nearby. during late 17th, 18th , 19th centuries, bodinnick , nearby villages of fowey , polruan home wealthy shipping merchants , master mariners. known families lived @ time slades, salts , tadds. these families, several generations, involved in trading , transporting local china clay or imported coal schooners through local ferry harbours.


in 1680s, john gandy of exeter supplied cloth philippa randle of bodinnick, sending consignments both barge along coast , across fields pack horse. shoe maker known live in village in 1830s.


daphne du maurier wrote many novels while living @ ferryside (a house stated still owned family) on river bank @ bodinnick on eastern shore, opposite fowey; moved menabilly later after publication of novel rebecca. home of sister angela du maurier of life.








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