Monument record 0295400002 - MAIDS MORETON LOCK

Summary

Eighteenth to nineteenth century canal lock

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

Description

'LOCK' (LATER EDITIONS 'LOCK (DISUSED)') AT NGR (B3).
1 OF 2 LOCKS ON BUCKINGHAM BRANCH. HAD A RISE OF ABOUT 7FT & THE POUND ABOVE IT GOT ITS WATER FROM THE ARTIFICIALLY RAISED RIVER (B5).
LOWER GATES, RUINOUS, DATE 1878. PADDLE IN R GATE. UPPER GATE, 1891, COLLAPSED. EARLY C19 KEEPER'S COTTAGE (B4).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC5984 Bibliographic reference: HADFIELD C 1966 CANALS OF THE EAST MIDLANDS PP270-271.
  • <2>SBC5217 Bibliographic reference: FAULKNER A H 1972 GRAND JUNCTION CANAL PP73-75,222.
  • <3>SBC10261 Map: OS 1880/1885 1:10560 MAP, 1ST EDITION (& SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS).
  • <4>SBC6602 Bibliographic reference: INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RECORD CARD 23 63 01, FEB 1965 (FILED).
  • <5>SBC13834 Unpublished document: Christine Rowley. 1984. THE FOUR BRANCHES OF THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE BUCKINGHAM BRANCH.

Location

Grid reference SP 71010 34160 (point)
Civil Parish MAIDS MORETON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 26 2023 8:57PM

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