A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
GRAND JUNCTION CANAL, a canal in Northampton, Bucks, Herts, and Middlesex. It was formed in 1805; is 90 miles long, 43 feet wide, and 5 feet deep; and rises 190 feet, and falls 466 feet, with 98 locks. It begins in the Oxford canal at Braunston, in Northampton; runs generally in the same course as the North-western railway; passes near Daventry, Blisworth, Stony Stratford, Newport-Pagnell, Fenny Stratford, Leighton-Buzzard, Ivinghoe, Tring, Berkhampstead, Hemel-Hempstead, Rickmansworth, Uxbridge, and Drayton; and joins the Thames at Brentford. It sends off a branch of 1½ mile to Daventry; one of 5 miles to Northampton; one of 1½ mile to Stony Stratford; one of 10 miles to Buckingham; one of 6 miles to Aylesbury; one of 6¾ miles to Wendover; one of 2 miles to Watford; and one of 13 ½ miles to Paddington.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a canal" (ADL Feature Type: "canals") |
| Administrative units: | Buckinghamshire AncC Hertfordshire AncC Middlesex AncC Northamptonshire AncC |
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