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Latitude: 53.1012 / 53°6'4"N
Longitude: -2.2719 / 2°16'18"W
OS Eastings: 381893
OS Northings: 356032
OS Grid: SJ818560
Mapcode National: GBR 01Q.GG7
Mapcode Global: WHBCD.29FX
Plus Code: 9C5V4P2H+F7
Entry Name: Trent and Mersey Canal, Church Locks Number 48
Listing Date: 5 July 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1360964
English Heritage Legacy ID: 351207
ID on this website: 101360964
Location: Lawton-gate, Cheshire East, Cheshire, ST7
County: Cheshire East
Civil Parish: Church Lawton
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Lawton (or Church Lawton) All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Lock
CHURCH LAWTON TRENT AND MERSEY
SJ 85 NW CANAL
1923- /7/10001 Church Locks No. 48
GV II
Pair of narrow locks. Towpath side lock circa 1772-75 by James Brindley/Hugh Henshall, with off-side lock added circa early 1830's, probably by Thomas Telford; both with replacement of materials and movable parts. Both have brick chambers with stone coping and quoins. Central island cutwater. Late C20 gates: single wooden top gate and double wooden bottom gates to towpath side lock; single steel top gate and double steel bottom gates to off-side lock. Both locks have stone steps to lower level. Wooden plank footbridge across each tail. Off-side weir. The Trent and Mersey Canal was built between 1766 and 1777 by James Brindley and Hugh Henshall. Listed for group value with adjacent bridge.
Charles Hadfield, The Canals of the West Midlands (1966) Jean Lindsay, The Trent and Mersey Canal (1979)
Listing NGR: SJ8189356032
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