Bancroft Basin Lock - River Level Green (was Red a few days before)

Does this lock have an official name? Besides the above it is also called: - "Stratford-upon-Avon Lock No 56"; "Stratford Wide Lock"; "Stratford Barge Lock"; "Barge Lock 56" plus a number of other variations. This lock not only seems to have an identity problem but also gets misplaced.

The Stratford upon Avon Canal Society states that " ... the completed canal was opened at its junction with the River Avon at Stratford on 24th June 1816 and ... included 56 locks" . My copy of Nicholson's (1991 - a bit out of date) states that the Stratford Canal has 54 locks - okay they most likely didn't include Lock 20 because it is on the link to the GU but what happened to the other lock - did they forget poor old Lock No. 56?

Photograph taken by John Brinnand on 11 April 2010 and was added to the database on Friday the 11th of June, 2010

This photo is one of 6 of Stratford-upon-Avon Lock No 56 on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal (Southern Section) [Previous | Next]