Monument record FAS 019 - Fornham Lock

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Summary

Fornham Lock, on canalised section linking meander of Lark.

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Grid reference Centred TL 841 677 (360m by 584m)
Map sheet TL86NW
Civil Parish FORNHAM ALL SAINTS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Fornham Lock, on canalised section linking meander of Lark. `One of the best and most accessible surviving examples of a Lark Navigation lock. Lock walls intact, with curved gate recesses' (S1).
Bridge shown on Hodskinson's 1783 map (S2).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> (No record type): Alderton D & Booker J, Guide to the Industrial Archaeol of E Anglia, 1980.
  • <S2> Cartographic materials: Hodskinson, J.. 1783. The County of Suffolk surveyed.

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Record last edited

Sep 23 1994 12:00AM

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