Hatton/John's Wharf
Description of this historic site
The site of John's Wharf, a canal wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods during the Imperial period. It was located at John's Bridge, 600m south of the church at Hatton Green.
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Notes about this historic site
1 There was a wharf at John’s Bridge 55 in the cutting at the approach to Hatton Flight.
2 Shown on the OS 6″ as Hatton Wharf (Disused).
3 This is a fairly large wharf with well constructed access, a well and the remains of a red brick shed.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Comments
The site is currently a set of private boat moorings. The remains of the ‘shed’ is actually the remains of a stable with barrel roof. It is attached to Johns Bridge & these days is home to bats only. There used to be a house above the stable but this is now a grassed car park as the house was demolished sometime after the war. The site was primarily a coal wharf, giving rise to the name Dark Lane. The disused site was squatted by a soldier after the war, he turned into an ornamental garden mooring & passed the mooring agreement to his step son who passed it to me, I’m repeating what they told me.
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