The Goodrich Ferry, also known as Goodrich Boat, is another matter entirely. On advertisements for Wye trips, they appear as 2 different stopping-off points. The Goodrich one being specifically for visitors to Goodrich Court and the armoury collection 'from the ferry, walk up the lane through the village and through the first green gate'.

The obvious candidate for where it was sited, is just below Goodrich Castle, where there was a small derelict cottage for many years, which may have been the ferryman's cottage. However there may have been another crossing point at New Mills Road, near Huntsham, where there is a barn conversion, called The Boathouse.

Again there were drownings at the Goodrich boat, Mary Banfield (nee Price), a daughter of the Prices of Glewstone's Boat and a sister of one of those victims, who was the young mother of several small children and who was drowned whilst ferrying passengers, in front of her children, in 1848.

Glewstone, Ross-On-Wye HR9 6AW

Today Boat Lane comes from Glewstone village down to the River Wye, however the A40 dual carriageway has been built here, a few buildings remain on the side of the river where Boat Inn/ Boat House stood ( according to Old Maps)

If you Google Maps - Glewstone "Boat Lane" you can get a satellite image to check..

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/Goodrich/Littlebury1876.html
Littlebury's Directory and Gazetteer of Herefordshire, 1876-7

Price Mrs. Alice, Glewstone's Boat Inn

1851 Bream
Sarah Ball abt 1810 Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, England Head Newland, Gloucestershire married School mistress
Amelia Ball abt 1837 Goodrich, Herefordshire, England Daughter Newland, Gloucestershire

Year 1836
Month Oct
Day 23
Parents Surname BALL
Child Forenames Amelia
Fathers Forenames Josiah
Mothers Forenames Sarah
Mothers Surname
Residence Goodrich Boat
Occupation Innkeeper
Officiating Minister H C Morgan Vicar
Event Baptism
Memoranda
Notes
Register Reference BF 16/5
Page Number 73
Parish Chapel Goodrich