The King's Lynn Conservancy Board many local names are recorded

many local names are recorded

The South Eastern Railway purchased the derelict and bankrupt harbour in 1843 and made great attempts to improve and develop its basic infrastructure

In 2010 the world’s largest car ferry entered service on the Harwich-Hook of Holland service

not even during World War Two

ILLUSTRATED HISTORY 1900 – 1939

The King's Lynn Conservancy Board many local names are recordedSituated on the River Great Ouse at the south west corner of the Wash, the town of Kings Lynn has been a port for over a thousand years and in the middle ages it had trading agreements with the Hanseatic League which made Lynn one of the top four ports in England. The regulation of shipping back to medieval times was the responsibility of the Corporation and this remained so until 1898 when this duty was passed to the newly formed Kings Lynn