This book covers the villages of Barling, Little Wakering and Great Wakering in the south-east corner of Essex and the role sailing barges played, especially in the brickmaking industry.

There are description of the cargos and crews with recollections and also details of builders and owners.

The following barges are listed:

Alfred & Clara

*Anthony

Avon

Brent

British Oak

Butterfly

Caroline

Catherine

Charles & Esther

Clyde

*Colne

Cray

Cygnet

Darenth

Dart

Duke of Kent

Earl Grey

Effort

Eliza

Elizabeth

Emma

Ernest & Ada

Experiment

*Flower of Essex

Flower of Kent

Friends Goodwill

Garland

*Gascoigne

Gazelle

George & John

George & Susannah

*Hadleigh Castle

Harriet Howard

Havengore

Henry & Annie

Invicta

Jane

John & Caroline

John & Isabella

John & Susannah

Joseph

Joseph & John

Josephine

*Juniper

*K.C.

Landwick

Lapwing

Maplin

Margaret

*Mary Ann

Mersey

*Mildreda

Nile

Number One

*Persevere

Pride of the Orwell

Queen

Rachel & Julia

Rawreth

Rushley

Scarboro

Shorne

*Viking

Wakering

"Strangers"

Abner

Cutty Sark

Estelle

*Eva Annie

Faith Robey

Fanny

Gannet

Gladys

Harriet

Honduras

Lord Warden

Lurline

*Mayland

Monarch

Old England

*P.A.M.

Pickwick

Plantagenet

Snowdrop

Sunrise

Tam O'Shanter

Veronica

Victa

Violet Sybil

Windward

HISTORY OF THE WAKERING AND BARLING BARGES

By Gordon Wiseman