One of only two surviving Norfolk trading wherries will be retracing its steps through the city next month for its 125th anniversary.

Maud was built in Reedham in 1899 to carry cargo and timber all over the county for Great Yarmouth businessman Walter Bunn.

In the 1930s she was used to deliver sugar beet to the factory in Cantley and then converted into a barge until after the Second World War.

Maud is one of only two remaining Norfolk clinkers from the late 1800s Maud is one of only two remaining Norfolk clinkers from the late 1800s (Image: Wherry Maud Trust)

But in the mid-1960s Maud was sunk as a breakwater on Ranworth Broad. 

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It was not until 1981 that she was brought up again and taken to Upton where she spent the next 18 years being restored by Vincent and Linda Pargeter who formed the Wherry Maud Trust to "keep the spirit of the Broads alive".

In 1996, Maud was added to the register of National Historic Ships and by her centenary year she was afloat again. 

Maud pumped out at Ranworth Broad in 1981Maud pumped out at Ranworth Broad in 1981 (Image: Wherry Maud Trust)

Maud waiting to be taken to UptonMaud waiting to be taken to Upton (Image: Wherry Maud Trust)

And to mark her 125th anniversary, she will be retracing trips from her previous life and commemorating a time when wherries were still an important part of the Broadland cargo transport system.

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Maud was moored at the British Sugar Factory in Cantley on Friday, where the volunteer crew and trust members were joined by Kim Dowe, a retired wherryman, who has experience delivering beet to Cantley.

The historical wherry is retracing her history with trips to Cantley and NorwichThe historical wherry is retracing her history with trips to Cantley and Norwich (Image: Newsquest)

Maud then moved to the moorings at the Reedcutter Pub in the early afternoon.

The following day she was opened to visitors at the pub and a pop-up museum was open from 11am to 5pm.

On July 4, Maud, who carried timber to the Jewson yard in her heyday, will be sailing into Norwich from Thorpe St Andrew and mooring at the Ribs of Beef before returning to Thorpe that evening.