New Marton Bottom Lock
NEW MARTON BOTTOM LOCK, SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1054194
- Date first listed:
- 02-Sept-1987
- Statutory Address:
- NEW MARTON BOTTOM LOCK, SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1054194
- Date first listed:
- 02-Sept-1987
- Statutory Address 1:
- NEW MARTON BOTTOM LOCK, SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL
Location
- Statutory Address:
- NEW MARTON BOTTOM LOCK, SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ellesmere Rural
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Whittington
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ3307334168
Details
WHITTINGTON C.P.
SJ 33 SW
5/137
SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL
(Llangollen Branch)
New Marton Bottom Lock
II
Locks. Circa 1801 with minor later alterations on William Jessop's and Thomas Telford's Ellesmere Canal. Regularly coursed and dressed limestone blocks to sides with two sets of gates.
This section of the former Ellesmere Canal was completed circa 1801. The Ellesmere Canal Company amalgamated with the Chester Canal Company in 1813 and became part of the Shropshire Union in 1846.
The asset was previously listed twice also under the parish of Ellesmere Rural at List entry 1176978. This entry was removed from the List on 3 October 2017.
This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 3 October 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 255853
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Wilson, E, The Ellesmere and Llangollen Canal, (1975), 19-20
Hadfield, C, The Canals of the West Midlands, (1985), 173
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