Listed Building: Milepost now at SP592686, Watford Locks (1077020)

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Grade II
NHLE UID 1077020
Date assigned 11 March 1987
Date last amended

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Milepost. Late C19. Cast iron with inscription 'G.J.C. Co. Leicester 39 miles'. The Grand Union Canal was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1810. The Watford section was opened in 1814. In 1893-4 the Leicester line of the canal was taken over by the Grand Junction Canal Company. (A.H. Faulkner, The Grand Junction Canal, 1972, p.190).

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Grid reference Centred SP 5929 6865 (2m by 2m)
Civil Parish WATFORD, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

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Dec 19 2022 3:08PM

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