Wormleighton Reservoir

Blustery June day at Wormleighton Reservoir, 2018. A bush edges into shot, as the water pans out ahead. | Image courtesy of Kirsty New
 
Blustery June day at Wormleighton Reservoir, 2018.
Image courtesy of Kirsty New
Description of this historic site

A canal reservoir, dating from the Imperial period, and used to maintain the water level of the Oxford Canal. It was marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886, and is located 2km south of Wormleighton.

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Notes about this historic site

1 Marked on 1886 6″ OS map.
2 In 1787 the Oxford agreed to purchse 18 acres from Lord Spencer for £1373.80. On this site, immediately to the E of the tunnel and adjacent to the summit pound of the canal, was built Wormleighton Reservoir. Its 12 acres held 2,860,000 gallons of water.

  • For the sources of these notes, see the
  • Timetrail record
  • produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Locations
Wormleighton (57)
Subjects
Canals (275)
Time periods
Industrial Age - 1751-1913 (7522)
Alternative reference number
MWA4372

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