Monument record 0411900000 - GRAND JUNCTION/UNION CANAL

Summary

Eighteenth to nineteenth century canal

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • CANAL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0150 km
Plan Form - LINEAR
GRAND JUNCTION CANAL, AUTHORISED 1793, OPENED 1805. 102 LOCKS. BECAME PART OF GRAND UNION IN 1928 (FURTHER DETAIL)(B1).
ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF CANAL (B2).
NGR'S (BUCKS SECTION ONLY)(B4).

Sources (9)

  • <1>SBC5981 Bibliographic reference: HADFIELD C 1966 CANALS OF THE EAST MIDLANDS P270.
  • <2>SBC5213 Bibliographic reference: FAULKNER A H 1972 GRAND JUNCTION CANAL.
  • <3>SBC6637 Bibliographic reference: INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RECORD CARDS.
  • <4>SBC12006 Verbal communication: PIKE A R DEC 1977.
  • <5>SBC10448 Map: OS 1971 1:2500 MAP.
  • <6>SBC12183 Unpublished document: PIKE A R (BCM) NOV 1991 FIELD VISIT.
  • <7>SBC19041 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <8>SBC22082 Bibliographic reference: Ian J Wilson. 2004. The Grand Union Canal: From Brentford to Braunston.
  • <9>SBC23503 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2009. Watching Brief: Church Lock Cottage, Grove.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 92658 12971 (32651m by 66052m)
Civil Parish MARSWORTH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish SLAPTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish SOULBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish STOKE HAMMOND, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish CHEDDINGTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish DENHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish GROVE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish IVINGHOE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

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Record last edited

Jul 19 2021 7:26PM

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