1 The route of a contour canal shown on the Ordnance Suvey map of 1886.
2 Earthworks of the canal are visible on an aerial photograph.
The route of a contour canal shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887, and on an aerial photograph. It follows the land contours, dates from the Imperial period and is situated west of Newbold on Avon.
1 The W and N C was authorised in 1794 and was built and opened simultaneously with the Warwick and Birmingham Canal in 1800. It was therefore an essential ...
The Grand Union Canal, a waterway used for transporting goods. It dates to the Imperial period, when it was the Warwick and Napton Canal, and part of the link between Birmingham and London.
1 This branch leaves the Oxford at the above NGR and goes S to serve Rugby wharf. This was once part of the original line of the Oxford canal. Its ...
Rugby Wharf, a canal wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods during the Imperial period. It was located to the north of the canal and to the west of the Old Leicester Road.
Former canal.
1 An old canal is marked on OS 6″.
2 This is the original line of the Oxford Canal before its straghtening during the 1820s.
The site of a disused canal, a waterway used for transporting goods. It was part of the Oxford Canal. It dated from the Imperial period and was located southeast of Crow Thorns, Brownsover.
1 Solid built three arch aqueduct with curved wing walls taking the Oxford Canal over the River Avon at a point where the river is now held back by a ...
Avon Aquaduct, a bridge carrying canal water, which crosses the Avon River and was built during the Imperial period. It is still in use, and is situated 150m east of Mill Gardens.
1 Solid built 3 arch brick structure with curving wing walls. The north side rebuilt in blue brick buttresses where cutwaters formerly were. These are kept on the ...
Swift Aqueduct, a bridge carrying canal water, which was built during the Imperial period. It is still in use, and is situated 400m south west of Brownsover.
1 Canal wharf marked on 1886 map.
The site of a canal wharf, where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods during the Imperial period. It was situated 300m southwest of the Brownsover Aquaduct, and was marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
1 This carries the towpath of the Oxford Canal over a short branch leading to Rugby. Typical product of the Horseley Iron Company, probably dating from the 1880’s. ...
Roving Bridge, a canal bridge that was built during the Imperial period. It is situated 500m south west of Brownsover.
1 Canal marked on 1886 map.
The site of a disused canal, a waterway used for transporting goods during the Imperial period. The canal ran between Cosford and Brownsover. It was marked on the Ordanace Suvey map of 1886.