By the 1840 s trade had reduced consideraby due to the coming of the railways and in 1914 the canal was officially abandoned. Moredon lock and aqueduct.
A branch from swindon to the thames severn canal was opened in 1819.
North wilts canal. The wilts berks canal trust is a charity registered with the charity commission no. The wilts berks canal is a canal in the historic counties of wiltshire and berkshire england linking the kennet and avon canal at semington near melksham to the river thames at abingdon the north wilts canal merged with it to become a branch to the thames and severn canal at latton near cricklade among professional trades boatmen the canal was nicknamed the ippey cut possibly short for. The wilts berks canal was opened in 1810 connecting the kennet avon canal at semington via swindon to the river thames at abingdon.
Also on the left gate the black arch and white dot represent the sapperton tunnel a key feature of the thames severn canal. Canal north wilts branch from rodbourne road bridge by local studies swindon library information service 1 1 nd. The north wilts canal is part of the wilts berks canal trust formed with the aim of preserving the line of the canal between swindon and cricklade and promoting its use.
A branch from swindon to the thames severn canal was opened in 1819. It s located in southern england united kingdom a traditional cache placed at the junction of the thames path and the disused north wilts canal. The two lock gates represent the two canals.
The north wilts canal used to link the thames severn canal to the wilts berks canal. Part of the route has been built upon but the wilts berks canal trust is promoting restoration as part of the project to restore the main line of the wilts berks canal. It s a micro size geocache with difficulty of 2 terrain of 2 5.
On the left gate wavy white lines represent the river thames. The wilts berks canal was opened in 1810 connecting the kennet avon canal at semington via swindon to the river thames at abingdon. The north wilts canal provided a connection between the thames severn and wilts berks canals and was abandoned at the same time as the latter.
A short history of the canal construction of the eight mile north wilts canal began in 1814 and it opened on 2nd april 1819 forming a vital link between the wilts berks. Bootstrap is a front end framework of twitter inc. By the 1840 s trade had reduced consideraby due to the coming of the railways and in 1914 the canal was officially abandoned.
York road bridge swindon wilts berks canal site fleming way by local studies swindon library information service. Thames path north wilts canal gc1hm60 was created by lydford locators on 10 27 2008. 299595 and a company limited by guarantee registered in england wales no.
Code licensed under apache license v2 0. The wilts berks canal is a canal in the historic counties of wiltshire and berkshire england linking the kennet and avon canal at semington near melksham to the river thames at abingdon the north wilts canal merged with it to become a branch to the thames and severn canal at latton near cricklade among professional trades boatmen the canal was nicknamed the ippey cut possibly short for. The container is a black tube.
