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Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Wide section - Un-navigable)

 
 

The Act of Parliament for the Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Wide section - Un-navigable) was passed on 17 September 1835 the same day as that of The Grantham Canal. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Stockport to Newport canal at Dundee, the difficulty of tunneling under Westbury caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Bury instead. Despite the claim in "A Very Special Boat" by Barry Green, there is no evidence that Nicholas Parker ever painted a mural of Wirral Embankment on the side of Peter Harding's house to raise money for Children in Need

Information about the waterway

The Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Wide section - Un-navigable) is a broad canal and is part of the Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal). It runs for 1 mile and 1¼ furlongs through 2 locks from Bourne Mill Bridge (where it joins the Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Wide/long lock section)) to Ham Mill Lock No 5 (where it joins the Cotswold Canals (Thames and Severn Canal - Wide section - Navigable)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 68 feet long and 16 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

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Bourne Mill Bridge
Site of Brimscombe Foundry ¾ furlongs 0 locks
Brimscombe Port
T&S Headquarters and barge/trow transhipment point - currently filled in. End of restoration project phase 1A.		 1¼ furlongs 0 locks
Former Salt Warehouse 1¾ furlongs 0 locks
Port Mill (Woollen) 2 furlongs 0 locks
Site of Brimscombe Port Swing Bridge 2 furlongs 0 locks
Site of River Frome Aqueduct 2¾ furlongs 0 locks
Brimscombe Corner Bridge
Currently filled in		 2¾ furlongs 0 locks
The Ship Inn (Brimscombe) 3 furlongs 0 locks
Site of Brimscombe Mill (Woollen) 3¾ furlongs 0 locks
Goughs Orchard Lock No 7
WRG restored 2010		 4 furlongs 0 locks
Gough's Orchard Bridge 4¼ furlongs 1 lock
Gough's Orchard Feeder 4¼ furlongs 1 lock
Site of Proposed Hope Mill New Bridge 5¾ furlongs 1 lock
Hope Mill Lock No 6
Lock is buried		 5¾ furlongs 1 lock
Stroud Brewery 6¾ furlongs 2 locks
Bagpath Bridge 7¾ furlongs 2 locks
Ham Mill Lock No 5
Restored 2015		 1 mile and 1¼ furlongs 2 locks
 
 
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External websites
 Council buys the Ship Inn — associated with The Ship Inn (Brimscombe)
 Brimscombe’ s only pub The Ship Inn sold to new owner | Stroud News and Journal — associated with The Ship Inn (Brimscombe)
 Brimscombe Salt Store — associated with Former Salt Warehouse
 Salt Warehouse — associated with Former Salt Warehouse
 Planning permission notice — associated with Hope Mill Lock No 6
 
Wikipedia

Wikipedia has a page about Cotswold Canals

Cotswold Canals may refer to:

  • Stroudwater Navigation
  • Thames and Severn Canal
  • Cotswold Canals Trust

Other Wikipedia pages that might relate to Cotswold Canals
[Cotswold Canals Trust] The Cotswold Canals Trust is a British registered charity that aims to protect and restore the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames and Severn Canal. Formed [River Frome, Stroud] and Severn Canal, which opened in 1789. Both are now part of the Cotswold Canals Trust, and are being restored. A small part of both canals near their [Thames and Severn Canal] canals. Landmark Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84306-331-5. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thames and Severn Canal. Cotswold Canals Trust Cotswold Canals [Stroudwater Navigation] interest in retaining the canal for its amenity value. The Stroudwater Canal Society, which later became the Cotswold Canals Trust, was formed in 1972 [Cotswolds] The Cotswolds (/ˈkɒtswoʊldz, ˈkɒtswəldz/ KOTS-wohldz, KOTS-wəldz) is a region of South West, South Central England and West Midlands. Along a range of [Sapperton Canal Tunnel] legging until 1911. The canal was abandoned by 1933 and subsequent roof falls mean that it is no longer navigable. Cotswold Canals Trust have proposed restoration [Round house (Thames and Severn Canal)] cotswoldcanals.net. Cotswold Canals in Pictures. Retrieved 14 January 2022. Handford, Michael; Viner, David (1984). Stroudwater & Thames and Severn canals towpath [Stonehouse, Gloucestershire] swing bridge where canal boats would turn. There used to be a repair yard there. The Cotswold Canals Trust are actively restoring the canal. Work is currently [Siddington, Gloucestershire] Retrieved 2 March 2022. Bird, Nick. "Cotswold Canals Infilled Canal". www.cotswoldcanals.net. Cotswold Canals in Pictures. Archived from the original
 
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