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 UNION CANAL, or Union Canal, a canal, in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. It was formed in 1814; is 45 miles long; and rises 54 feet, and falls 76 feet, with 17 locks. It begins in the Soar, at Aylestone; passes Newton-Harcourt, Fleckney, Foxton, North Kibworth, Yelvertoft, and Crick; and joins the Grand Junction canal near Welton. It goes through tunnels at Fleckney and Crick; and sends off a branch of 6 miles to Market-Harborough, and another of 2 miles to Welford on the Avon.
(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: | Leicestershire AncC Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place names: | GRAND UNION CANAL | GRAND UNION CANAL OR UNION CANAL | UNION CANAL |
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