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Inglesham (St. John's Church)

 
Inglesham SN6 7RD, United Kingdom
 

Inglesham (St. John's Church) is on the River Thames (above Lechlade) three miles from St Albans.

The River Thames (above Lechlade) was built by Exuperius Picking Junior and opened on 17 September 1835. The canal joined the sea near Lisburn. Expectations for manure traffic to Manworth never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the River Thames (above Lechlade) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the use of the canal for cooling Birmingham power station was enough to keep it open. The one mile section between Basingstoke and Warrington was closed in 1955 after a breach at Reigate. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by the River Thames (above Lechlade) Trust.

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Inglesham (St. John's Church) is a minor waterways place on the River Thames (above Lechlade) between Thames - Thames and Severn Canal - Coln Junction (Junctions of the River Thames, Thames and Severn Canal and the River Coln (Inglesham)) (2½ furlongs to the north) and Kempsford (St. Mary's Church) (4 miles and 3¾ furlongs to the west).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Kempsford is Thames - Cole Junction No 1 (The first junction of the River Cole and the River Thames); 5 furlongs away.

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Thames - Thames and Severn Canal - Coln Junction2½ furlongs
Inglesham (St. John's Church)
Thames - Cole Junction No 15 furlongs
Hannington Bridge3 miles, 1 furlong
Kempsford4 miles, 3¾ furlongs
Castle Eaton Bridge5 miles, 7 furlongs
Castle Eaton - Thames Path5 miles, 7½ furlongs
 
 
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Nearest water point

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Lechlade Marina — 7 furlongs away
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Cotswold Boat Hire — 2 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
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Grafton Lock — 6 miles, ¾ furlongs and 2 locks away
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Radcot Lock — 8 miles, 2 furlongs and 3 locks away
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Shifford Lock — 14 miles, 5½ furlongs and 5 locks away
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Nearest rubbish disposal

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Lechlade Marina — 7 furlongs away
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St. John's Lock — 1 mile, 5¼ furlongs away
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Rushey Lock — 10 miles, 4½ furlongs and 4 locks away
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Nearest chemical toilet disposal

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Lechlade Marina — 7 furlongs away
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St. John's Lock — 1 mile, 5¼ furlongs away
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Rushey Lock — 10 miles, 4½ furlongs and 4 locks away
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Nearest place to turn

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St. John's Lock Weir Entrance — 1 mile, 5 furlongs away
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St. John's Lock Weir Exit No 1 — 1 mile, 5½ furlongs and 1 lock away
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St. John's Lock Weir Exit No 2 — 1 mile, 6½ furlongs and 1 lock away
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Grafton Lock Weir Entrance — 6 miles, ¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
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Grafton Lock Weir Exit — 6 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
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Latton Junction — 9 miles, ¼ furlongs and 5 locks away
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Nearest self-operated pump-out

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St. John's Lock — 1 mile, 5¼ furlongs away
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Rushey Lock — 10 miles, 4½ furlongs and 4 locks away
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Nearest boatyard pump-out

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Cotswold Boat Hire — 2 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
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Wikipedia has a page about Inglesham

Inglesham is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England, notable for the Grade-I listed St John the Baptist Church. The village is just off the A361 road about 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of Lechlade in Gloucestershire. Most of the population lives in the hamlet of Upper Inglesham, which is on the main road about 1.3 miles (2 km) south of the village.

The parish forms the extreme north-east corner of the Borough of Swindon and County of Wiltshire, and is bounded to the west and north by the River Thames (which also forms the county boundary with Gloucestershire), and to the east by the county boundary with Oxfordshire (Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes). The River Cole forms part of the eastern boundary.

As the parish's population is small it has a parish meeting instead of a parish council.

The Round House, Inglesham is often used by boaters as a landmark to denote the westernmost point most cabin cruisers and narrowboats can travel along the Thames, as beyond Inglesham the river becomes too clogged with vegetation and too shallow to effectively navigate.

Other Wikipedia pages that might relate to Inglesham
[Round House, Inglesham] The Round House near Inglesham in the parish of Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England, is a circular former lock keeper's house at the junction of the River [Thames Path] catastrophic flooding. The Thames Path uses the river towpath between Inglesham and Putney and available paths elsewhere. Historically, towpath traffic [HMS Inglesham (M2601)] HMS Inglesham was the first of the 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper [St John the Baptist Church, Inglesham] St John the Baptist Church in Inglesham, near Swindon, Wiltshire, England, has Anglo-Saxon origins but most of the current structure was built around [Thames and Severn Canal] Bristol to London. At its eastern end, it connects to the River Thames at Inglesham Lock near Lechlade, while at its western end, it connects to the Stroudwater [River Thames] far as the connection with the now disused Thames and Severn Canal at Inglesham, one and a half miles upstream of the last boat lock near Lechlade. From [Cotswolds] infrequent. The River Thames flows from the Cotswolds and is navigable from Inglesham and Lechlade-on-Thames downstream to Oxford. The area is bounded by two [A361 road] in Inglesham. It carries traffic at high speeds. The Thames Path National Trail follows the verge for a little over one mile between Upper Inglesham and [Ham-class minesweeper] The class consisted of 93 ships, launched between 1954 and 1959. HMS Inglesham was the first. They were built in three slightly different sub-groups
 
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