Name Kilsby

KILSBY was one of 24 Iron composite butties commissioned by FMC in 1912, to be built by Braithwaite and Kirk of West Bromwich. After 30+ years serving as a cargo carrier, she was repurposed as a mud boat on the Bridgewater department of the Manchester Ship canal. At some point during the 1960s/70s KILSBY was converted for residential use, with the hull being shortened from 70ft to 60ft, motorised and a wooden superstructure added. She was a residential boat for 30+ years in Oxford City centre until 2019 when it was donated to the Jericho Living Heritage Trust , who are in now in the process of restoring and repurposing the boat as a floating stage and community heritage asset.