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Lock at Southeast End of Shropshire Union Canal

A Grade II Listed Building in Oxley, City of Wolverhampton

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.6161 / 52°36'57"N

Longitude: -2.1467 / 2°8'47"W

OS Eastings: 390167

OS Northings: 302044

OS Grid: SJ901020

Mapcode National: GBR 186.7L

Mapcode Global: WHBFS.0H2S

Plus Code: 9C4VJV83+C8

Entry Name: Lock at Southeast End of Shropshire Union Canal

Listing Date: 31 March 1992

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1201868

English Heritage Legacy ID: 378565

ID on this website: 101201868

Location: Oxley, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV9

County: City of Wolverhampton

Electoral Ward/Division: Oxley

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands

Church of England Parish: Oxley The Epiphany

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description



WOLVERHAMPTON

SO90SW SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL
895-1/2/1 Lock at SE end of Shropshire Union
Canal

GV II

Stop lock. 1835. For Staffordshire and Worcester Canal
Company. Lock with stone coping and single gates. Lock was
built at the insistence of the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal
Company to prevent the Shropshire Union Canal Company
"stealing" their water.
(Hadfield C: The Canals of the West Midlands: London: 1969-:
P.183-6).


Listing NGR: SJ9016702044

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