Monument record 0295400004 - BUCKINGHAM WHARF
Summary
Early nineteenth century canal wharf
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- WHARF (Built 1800-1801, 19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1910 AD)
Description
'Wharf' marked at NGR (B3).
Buckingham Basin and Wharf. Wharf House still stands & is occupied. Basin partly filled and and garage & petrol station now under construction on the site. Below the basin is a winding point which possibly had a sluice from the R Ouse. (Sketch plan of Buckingham Wharf) (B4).
Terminus of Buckingham Branch of Grand Junction Canal. 3 wharves here: Lower Wharf; Town or Middle Wharf at drawbridge 29; Terminus or Upper Wharf. There were depots for coal, deal, slates, lime, & mills for lime, bone grinding etc. Most of site now covered by new housing etc (B5).
1907 sale catalogue for Buckingham Wharf (B8).
Sources (6)
- <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SBC6602 Unpublished document: Council for British Archaeology. 1965. Industrial Archaeology Record Card 23 63 01 (FILED). NMR BU8.
- <5>SBC13834 Unpublished document: Christine Rowley. 1984. THE FOUR BRANCHES OF THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE BUCKINGHAM BRANCH.
- <8>SBC19660 Unpublished document: 1907. 1907 Sale catalogue for Buckingham Wharf.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 69937 34221 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jan 22 2026 1:19PM
