d'Etelan a renaissance château overlooking the final loop of the river Seine The short length of riverside road between Caudebec and St Wandrille, passes under the Pont de Brotonne, a high-level cable-stayed bridge. Monument du Latham 47 Fontenelle Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Wandrille), in the nearby village of Saint-Wandrille-Rançon. Economy Historically, its industries included tanning and leather-currying, and there was trade in grain. The port had a small trade in coal, livestock and farm produce. Caudebec was formerly the location of the French seaplane manufacturer Latham. Caudebec-en-Caux in fiction Caudebec-en-Caux (though shortened to 'Caudebec') is the site of the death of the character Captain William Bush, in C.S. Forester's novel Lord Hornblower, part of the popular Horatio Hornblower series set during the Napoleonic Wars. Bush, Hornblower's loyal companion for much of the series, was killed due to an explosion in a minor military operation in the Seine estuary near to the town of Caudebec. Much of the action in They Wouldn't Be Chessmen by A. E. W. Mason takes place in Caudebec. Notable people Thomas Basin, historian, was born here in 1412. Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury was raised here after his father, the 9th Earl of Shaftesbury died in 1947. The 10th Earl's mother was the French-born Françoise Soulier, daughter of Georges Soulier. François Duprat (1941–1978), French writer, was killed here. Hippolyte Sebron (1801-1879), painter and associate of Louis Daguerre, was born here. See also Communes of the Seine-Maritime department References External links Hat making history with the Huguenots in Caudebec-en-Caux during a time of religious intolerance Link to blog Former communes of Seine-Maritime Normandy