Swan Island, Thames Ditton
Swan Island is an island in the River Thames at Thames Ditton, Surrey. It forms one a group of three islands, with Thames Ditton Island upstream, and Boyle Farm Island downstream. Whereas Thames Ditton Island belongs to Middlesex, and Boyle Farm Island to Surrey, Swan Island, the smallest of the three islands, belongs to both as the county border passes through it.
On it was once the ferryman's hut, recently restored by the present owner about which local historian Philip J. Burchett surmised that the original incumbent must have passed a meagre life, taking people across the main stream and to and from the island for a small fee at all times of the day and night.[1] It is questionable whether it can still be classed as an independent island or ait in itself as a bridge of silt now links it to the larger Thames Ditton Island.
References
- ↑ Burchett, Philip J. (1984). A Historical Sketch of Thames Ditton. Surrey: Thames Ditton and Weston Green Residents' Association. ISBN 0-904811-20-4.
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Outside links
- Location map: 51°23’35"N, 0°19’50"W