The pic (1890's) that gives the reason for the name of this lock , there's the mill on the right but look! no mound on the left. Why ? because the Corporation hadn't started dumping the City's burnt waste (ash) all over Aylestone's Meadows to raise the average level by 10 metres.

Photograph taken by roger hutchinson and was added to the database on Sunday the 10th of December, 2006

This photo is one of 8 of Aylestone Mill Lock No 39 on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) [Previous | Next]