A bawley was an English sailing vessel typified by a boomless cutter rig and probably named for having a boiler for cooking shrimp in amidships. "The majority were built by Aldous of Brightlingsea",Leather, John, The Gaff Rig Handbook, 2002, Adlard Coles Nautical, London, pages 62-65 but they were also built in Harwich, Erith, Southend, Leigh, and on the Medway.
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Bona — 36 ft bawley Bona (LO178), built 1903 by Aldous in Brightlingsea, Essex Saxonia — a Brightlingsea Bawley built in 1930 Emma — pre-1850 Essex Bawley