Heybridge

The water of the brook gurgling over its rocky bed joined up eventually with a larger river that formed the boundary of the park and flowed through the nearby village of Heybridge.

Slightly Married Balogh, Mary 2003

The opening set was of country dances that Eve knew well, ones they had, in fact, danced at their wedding celebration in Heybridge.

Slightly Married Balogh, Mary 2003

She had done too much talking, she thought as the carriage rumbled over the bridge and rolled along the main street of Heybridge in the direction of the Three Feathers.

Slightly Married Balogh, Mary 2003

“I have taken a room at the Three Feathers Inn in Heybridge,” he said.

Slightly Married Balogh, Mary 2003

It was the same one she had worn to the memorial service at Heybridge two days ago, but it had been transformed almost beyond recognition.

Slightly Married Balogh, Mary 2003

She explained how on the death of their parents the children had been sent from one relative to another until they had arrived at Heybridge to be rejected yet again.

Slightly Married Balogh, Mary 2003

She walked onto the humpbacked stone bridge that spanned the river between Ringwood and Heybridge and paused a moment to gaze down at the gently flowing water before entering the village and approaching the vicarage.

Slightly Married Balogh, Mary 2003

Mrs. Pritchard had taken the carriage into Heybridge.

Slightly Married Balogh, Mary 2003

Mrs. Johnson, a widow from Heybridge who was known to have a way with children, had agreed to come and look after them, and Eve had set about the task of seeking a governess for them.

Slightly Married Balogh, Mary 2003

The sea-serpent may still be seen at Heybridge, on the Norman church-door, one of the best of its kind, and exhibiting almost all its original ironwork, including the chimerical decorative clamp.

Vanishing England 1892