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Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73,136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	2 Aug 2010 14:25
	pictures on this site Barges \| William Geller Small, shallow draft boats on Thames, Medway and surrounding rivers, have been variously called hoys, barges, lighters, wherrys, peter boats, tilt boats, ... www.williamgeller.co.uk/barges/ - 11k - Similar pages
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Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	Paul Barton, Special Agent	Report	2 Aug 2010 13:43
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	i've discovered that my ancestor William Bensted was a Hoyman at Maidstone, Kent. This means he transported goods on his hoys, or sailing barges, on the Medway. I can find plenty of pictures of Thames barges but I'd really like to find a picture for my family history of a Medway Hoy from the mid 18th Century. Can anybody help?