2013

SP8829 : Grand Union Canal: Stoke Hammond Lock

taken 11 years ago, near to Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire, England

Grand Union Canal: Stoke Hammond Lock
Grand Union Canal: Stoke Hammond Lock
Stoke Hammond Lock is Number 23. The lock, the lockkeeper's cottage, the bridge beyond and the former pump house out of sight to the right form a cluster of four Grade II Listed Buildings or Structures. The lock seems to have been built as a twin with another lock on the right, and two arches in the bridge at the lock tail. If that was the case then the twinning must have been short-lived as the large scale Ordnance Survey map of 1881 and all subsequent editions currently available online show only one lock.

In this case the lock gate has been left open to allow a narrowboat heading in the opposite direction to enter the lock.

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Geographical Context: Canals other tags: Grand Union Canal Canal Lock Grade II Listed Structure Grade II Listed Building Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Stoke Hammond Lock [12] · Stoke Hammond Lock No 23 [7] · Building [4] · House [3] ·
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SP8829, 43 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Nigel Cox   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 1 September, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 7 October, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 8867 2996 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:57.6637N 0:42.6556W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 8869 2993
View Direction
North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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