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Guided Tours of Suffolk's Past
On the Move
Alternatives
Travel by road has not always been the only option for those planning a journey. Until quite recently, going by sea was generally favoured for long journeys. That is how Richard Garrett took his entire workforce to see the Great Exhibition in London, in 1851, for instance. See Made in Suffolk for more on this. |
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In early times, Saxon and Viking settlers had travelled inland by river, and in the 18th and 19th centuries the Stour, the Lark and the Gipping/Orwell rivers were improved to make them navigable again. The Lark became known as the coal river in Bury St Edmunds, so drastically did the price of the fuel drop when it could be transported into the town by water.
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