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Nash Mills Lock on Grand Union Canal

A Grade II Listed Building in Nash Mills, Hertfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7297 / 51°43'46"N

Longitude: -0.4538 / 0°27'13"W

OS Eastings: 506880

OS Northings: 204575

OS Grid: TL068045

Mapcode National: GBR G71.D2W

Mapcode Global: VHFS6.2SYC

Plus Code: 9C3XPGHW+VF

Entry Name: Nash Mills Lock on Grand Union Canal

Listing Date: 2 December 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1174062

English Heritage Legacy ID: 157694

ID on this website: 101174062

Location: Nash Mills, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, HP3

County: Hertfordshire

District: Dacorum

Civil Parish: Nash Mills

Built-Up Area: Hemel Hempstead

Traditional County: Hertfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire

Church of England Parish: Apsley End

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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Description


KINGS LANGLEY RED LION LANE
TL 00 SE (North side)

7/163
- Nash Mills Lock
on Grand Union Canal

GV II

Canal Lock. Circa 1797 as a lock on the Grand Junction Canal Company
(became Grand Union Canal by amalgamation 1929). Date 1877 on iron
hinge of upper gate may mark repairs. Early C20 steps and revetment
next lower gate. Brick and stone masonry basin with brown engineering
brick steps and revetment next lower gate. Wooden gates with steel
extensions to beams. Lock 88ft by 16ft to accommodate narrow boats
in pairs. Gate and ground paddles to upper gates, gate paddles only
to lower gates. (Branch Johnson (1970)118-20). The eastern half of
the lock lies in Abbots Langley civil parish in Three Rivers District.


Listing NGR: TL0688004575

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