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  • ...er counties: [[Somerset]] to the west, [[Gloucestershire]] to the north, [[Berkshire]] and [[Hampshire]] to the east and [[Dorset]] to the south. ...ss prehistoric barrows. The Plain is also the Army’s main training area in Britain.
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  • '''Basingstoke''' is a modern town in north-eastern [[Hampshire]], spread across a valley at the head of the [[Ri ...ke began as an old market town lie any other in Hampshire, but it expanded in the 1960s as part of a tripartite agreement between London County Council,
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  • The '''Kennet''' is a river in [[Wiltshire]] and [[Berkshire]], a tributary of the [[River Thames]]. The lower reaches of the river are One of the Kennet's sources is Swallowhead Spring near [[Silbury Hill]] in [[Wiltshire]] and the other a collection of tributaries to the north of [[A
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  • ...to the Thames for the small village of [[Clewer]] since the 10th century. In 1198 the Knights Templar of [[Bisham]] granted a fishery at Clewer to Richa ...ls were affected following the building of the weirs at Romney and Boveney Locks, Clewer Mill was operational until the late 19th century.
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  • ...edsor Wharf William Havell 1812 (Nancy).jpg|right|thumb|200px|Hedsor Wharf in 1812 (William Havell)]] ...ater''' is the original course of the [[River Thames]] near [[Cookham]], [[Berkshire]], which is now accounted a backwater of the river. It leaves the navigabl
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  • ...caen.hill.locks.in.devizes.arp.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The main flight of 16 locks at Caen Hill]] [[File:top.of.caen.hill.locks.in.devizes.arp.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Caen Hill Locks looking downhill]]
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  • ...[Andersey Island]] containing Rye Farm. The main A415 road from Abingdon, Berkshire crosses the Thames into Oxfordshire here and crosses Andersey Island on a c ...channel at Abingdon.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref>
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  • |county=Berkshire |LG district=West Berkshire
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  • ...otherwise known as '''King George V Fields''', county by county. All are in the United Kingdom except for that at Les Blancs Bois on [[Guernsey]]. ...ly named "King George V Playing Field" of "King George's Field" though not in every case.
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  • ...gation route from the [[Bristol Channel]] in the west to the [[North Sea]] in the east. ...er decades of dereliction and much restoration work, it was fully reopened in 1990. The Kennet and Avon Canal has been developed as a popular heritage to
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  • |picture=High Locks Deeping St James geograph 705171.jpg ...r Welland]] which separates Lincolnshire from the [[Soke of Peterborough]] in [[Northamptonshire]]. A bridge here crosses the river to [[Deeping Gate]].
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  • The '''islands in the River Thames''' are a great variety, running from the small eyots formi ...be listed, such as those little patches of ground isolated when weirs and locks were built, nor those very small islands that immediately adjoin the larger
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  • [[File:London Bridge Illuminated.jpg|right|thumb|300px|London Bridge, in central London]] ...idge, Oxfordshire.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Newbridge, joining Oxfordshire and Berkshire]]
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  • ...at Henley<br />from near the Henley Royal Regatta headquarters<br />on the Berkshire bank |piers in water = 4
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  • ...Semington]], near [[Melksham]], to the [[River Thames]] at [[Abingdon]] in Berkshire, though today most of that length is empty and unnavigable. ...s and Berks Canal’ not Wiltshire and Berkshire; the former name is cited in its private Acts of Parliament. Likewise its branch was always the ‘Nort
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  • ...le:Oxo Tower London 2.JPG|right|thumb|200px|The path beneath the OXO Tower in metropolitan Surrey]] ...n [[Gloucestershire]] to the Thames Barrier at [[Charlton, Kent|Charlton]] in [[Kent]]. It is about 184 miles long.
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  • |county=Berkshire |LG district=West Berkshire
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  • |county=Berkshire |LG district=West Berkshire
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  • |county=Berkshire |picture=Locks Ride - geograph.org.uk - 1851013.jpg
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  • |county=Berkshire ...], sitting on the south bank of the [[River Thames]], opposite [[Eynsham]] in [[Oxfordshire]], to which it is linked by a bridge and causeway bearing the
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  • |county=Berkshire |height=10 ft 3 in<ref>River Thames Alliance. [http://www.visitthames.co.uk/text.asp?PageId=32
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  • ...ituated. Courses in detached parts of counties are listed under the county in which they are locally situate and so noted. ==Berkshire==
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  • ...e pound lock was built by the Thames Navigation Commission relatively late in 1845 The lock keeper's cottage is on an island (Parting Eyot) between the l ...=1993 |isbn=0-9521969-0-5}}</ref> Both the lock and the weirs were removed in 1510 by order of the Commissioner of Sewers.
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  • [[File:Romney Lock.JPG|thumb|300px|Romney Lock in winter looking upstream]] ...of the river. The first lock was built by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1798.
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  • ...st built in 1838 by the Thames Navigation Commission. The lock was rebuilt in 1898 closer to the Buckinghamshire bank, and a set of boat rollers were ins ...ebuilt in about 1913.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref>
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  • ...iver Thames]] on the reach above Old Windsor Lock, near [[Old Windsor]], [[Berkshire]]. The island is a thin wooded strip separated by a narrow channel on the ...between two of them <ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref>
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  • '''Sandford-on-Thames''' is a village and parish beside the [[River Thames]] in [[Oxfordshire]], just south of [[Oxford]]. The village is just west of the In 1086 the [[Domesday Book]] counted 18 families as living by the sandy ford
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  • '''Nuneham Courtenay''' is a village and parish in [[Oxfordshire]], about five miles south-east of [[Oxford]]. It occupies a p ...bounded to the west by the [[River Thames]], which forms the border with [[Berkshire]]; and on other sides by field boundaries. The 2011 Census recorded the par
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  • ...:BoultersLock02.JPG|thumb|350px|Boulter's Lock as a pleasure boat squeezes in and under the bridge]] ...rkshire]]. A lock was first built here by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1772. The lock is on the western side of the river between the main (A4094)
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  • [[Image:MagpieIsland02.JPG|thumb|250px|Channel in the middle of Magpie Island]] ...in the [[River Thames]] near the villages of [[Aston, Berkshire|Aston]], [[Berkshire]] and [[Medmenham]], [[Buckinghamshire]], with the county border passing th
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  • ...oon at Caversham Lock - geograph.org.uk - 3264827.jpg|thumb|Caversham lock in 2012]] ...island. The original lock was built by the Thames Navigation Commissioners in 1778. Additional sluices north of verdant View Island and multiple home He
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  • ...of [[Medmenham]], [[Buckinghamshire]] and [[Hurley, Berkshire|Hurley]], [[Berkshire]]. The island is shared by both counties, as the border passes through its ...ulled onto the shore.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref>
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  • ...of [[Medmenham]], [[Buckinghamshire]] and [[Hurley, Berkshire|Hurley]], [[Berkshire]]. The island is shared by both counties as the borer passes through its ce ...re.<ref name="ReferenceA">Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref>
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  • ...to [[Oxfordshire]], near the villages of [[Shiplake]] and [[Wargrave]] ([[Berkshire]]). It is on the reach above [[Marsh Lock]]. ...e eighteenth century.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref>
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  • ...above [[Marsh Lock]].<ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref> The island is wooded and inaccessible except by boat. It is in the middle of a chain lying off the large houses on the Shiplake bank.
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  • ...in [[Oxfordshire]], near the villages of [[Shiplake]] and [[Wargrave]] ([[Berkshire]]). It is on the reach above [[Shiplake Lock]].<ref>{{cite book | title=The ...ank.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker, Fred S. (1920). ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs''. Republished 1968, David & Charles.</ref>
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  • [[File:BuckAit01.JPG|thumb|250px|Buck Ait at the upstream end as it comes in to the bank.]] '''Buck Ait''' is an island in the [[River Thames]] belonging to [[Berkshire]]. It is on the reach above [[Shiplake Lock]] near [[Sonning]].<ref>{{cite
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  • ...the [[River Thames]] in [[Oxfordshire]], near the village of [[Buscot]], [[Berkshire]]. ...790 and is the smallest on the River Thames. Like most of the Upper Thames Locks, it still has its heavy wooden beams which the lock keeper uses to open and
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  • ...[[Radcot]], [[Oxfordshire]]. The lock was built by the Thames Conservancy in 1892 on the site of an old weir and flash lock. ...d the following year.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref>
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  • ...the nearest being [[Buckland Marsh]], a hamlet on the road to [[Buckland, Berkshire|Buckland]] to the south of the river. The lock was built in stone in 1790 by the Thames Navigation Commission. The weir is adjacent to the lock
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  • ...with the lock by the Thames Conservancy in 1898. It replaced a flash lock in a weir about three-quarters of a mile downstream. ...ord Lock was adopted.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref>
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  • '''Northmoor Lock''' is a lock on the [[River Thames]] in [[Oxfordshire]] on the northern bank about a mile from [[Northmoor, Oxfords The lock was built in 1896 by the Thames Conservancy to replace a flash lock at Hart's Weir, also
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  • '''Pinkhill Lock''' is a lock on the [[River Thames]] in [[Berkshire]], close to [[Farmoor]]. ...k was built of stone by Daniel Harris for the Thames Navigation Commission in 1791.<ref>Colvin, 1997, page 484</ref>
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  • ...ver Thames]] on the southern bank near [[Swinford, Berkshire|Swinford]], [[Berkshire]]. The large village of [[Eynsham]] is a little distance away on the [[Oxfo ...ast pound locks built on the Thames, being built by the Thames Conservancy in 1928.
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  • ...last pound locks built on the Thames being built by the Thames Conservancy in 1928 to replace the former flash lock. ...Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref> The weir was rebuilt in 1885 but its replacement by a pound lock did not happen until 1928.
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  • [[File:StJohnsLock.jpg|thumb|St John's Lock, with Lechlade in the background]] ...d near the town of [[Lechlade]], [[Gloucestershire]]. The border between [[Berkshire]] and Gloucestershire passes through the lock.
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  • ...eynsham Lock''' is a canal lock on the [[River Avon, Somerset|River Avon]] in [[Gloucestershire]], adjacent to [[Keynsham]], [[Somerset]]. ...ury]]. The first cargo of 'Deal boards, Pig-Lead and Meal' arrived in Bath in December 1727.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Allsop|first1=Niall|title=The Kennet &
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  • ...rp.jpg|thumb|The flight of 16 locks at Caen Hill, Devizes, forming part of locks 22-50.]] ...et and Avon Canal Company, which linked the [[River Kennet]] at [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]] to the [[River Avon, Somerset|River Avon]] at [[Bath]]; or to the
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  • ...although this has since been rebuilt. The lock has the deepest fall of all locks on the Thames at 8ft 9in and is connected to a large island which is one of ...weir connects the second island to the opposite bank on the [[Kennington, Berkshire]] side. This is the location of the infamous Sandford Lasher, a treacherous
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  • [[File:AbingdonLock01.JPG|thumb|300px|Abingdon Lock with Abingdon downstream in the distance. The silver parasols are to shade the lock-keeper while operat ...of [[Abingdon]] on the opposite bank of the river. It was originally built in 1790 by the Thames Navigation Commission.
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  • ...h of the village of [[Clifton Hampden]] and north of [[Long Wittenham]] ([[Berkshire]]). It is at the start of the Clifton Cut, which bypasses the river to the The lock was completed in 1822 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners.
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  • ...enters the lock from upstream. Round Hill and Little Wittenham Bridge are in the background]] ...ck is across the river from the small village of [[Little Wittenham]] in [[Berkshire]] and is overlooked from the south by the hills of [[Wittenham Clumps]], wi
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  • ...and [[Cleeve Lock]] downstream is 6½ miles - the longest distance between locks on the River Thames.<ref>{{harvnb |Cumberlidge |2009 |pp=290–291, 300}}</ [[File:Bensonweir.JPG|thumb|Walkway across Benson Weir (river in full spate)]]
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  • ...es]], located just upstream of [[Streatley, Berkshire|Streatley]] on the [[Berkshire]] side of the river. The village of Cleeve is on the [[Oxfordshire]] bank n The first lock was built in 1787 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners. The lock has the smallest fall
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  • ...just upstream of [[Goring and Streatley Bridge]]. The lock was first built in 1787 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners. ...te gates installed, making two pounds, but these were removed in the refit in 2003.
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  • ...by boat. It is a pound lock, built by the Thames Navigation Commissioners in 1787. The weir crosses the river to the [[Berkshire]] village of [[Pangbourne]].
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  • ...ituated on the [[River Thames]] in [[Berkshire]]. The lock was first built in 1777 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners<ref name='Thacker222'/> and the ...a metalled lane that turns to gravel. The weir stretches across the river, in both counties.<ref name=elecmap>{{cite web | url = http://www.election-maps
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  • ...2014 }}</ref> The first lock was built by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1773 and it has been rebuilt three times since then. There is a weir a litt ...ery quickly and was replaced at Sonning by oak in 1787. Repairs took place in 1827 when the old flash lock was brought back temporarily into use. By this
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  • ...Commission in 1773, The lock is named after the village of [[Hambleden]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], a mile to the north. ...ers were built of fir which had to be replaced by oak after a dozen years. In 1777 a small brick house was built and Caleb Gould
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  • ...-1.jpg|thumb|Shiplake lock looking downstream with Shiplake Railway Bridge in the distance]] ...river. The first pound lock was built by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1773.
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  • ...eadows. The first pound lock was built by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1773. ...rges" in 1814 and there are some indications that the flash lock was still in use.
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  • ...|Hurley]]. The lock was first built by the Thames Navigation Commissioners in 1773. ...ill had timber sides.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 – republished 1968 David & Charles</ref> It has since be
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  • ...ey, Berkshire]]. It was first built by the Thames Navigation Commissioners in 1773. The weir runs across from the lock to the Berkshire bank a short distance upstream of the lock.
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  • ...hire]]. The first pound lock was built by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1773. ...lished 1968 David & Charles</ref> The last rebuilding of the lock occurred in 1927.
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  • [[File:Cookham Lock, Berkshire.JPG|thumb|Cookham Lock]] ...d on the [[River Thames]] near [[Cookham]], [[Berkshire]]. The lock is set in a lock cut which is one of four streams here and it is surrounded by woods.
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  • ...1822 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners, which created [[Ham Island]] in the hook of the old river. The lock connects to Ham Island and there is a f ...Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref> The lock was rebuilt in 1957.
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  • |locale= [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] ...Railway Bridge''' carries the railway from London (Waterloo) to [[Windsor, Berkshire]] across the [[River Thames]]. The Staines to Windsor & Eton Line terminate
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  • ...rshire]]. It carries the A417 road between Lechlade and [[Faringdon]] in [[Berkshire]], and crosses the Thames just at the lower end of [[St John's Lock]], next ...t bridge was ordered.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1920 David & Charles</ref>
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  • ...in [[Oxfordshire]] to the north and [[Buckland, Berkshire|Buckland]] in [[Berkshire]] to the south. It crosses the Thames on the reach above [[Shifford Lock]]. ...ge arch.<ref name=Thacker>{{cite book |title=The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs |author= Thacker, Fred. S. |authorlink= |coauthor= |location= New
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  • ...ynsham, which was the main A40 road until the Eynsham bypass was completed in 1936. ...cross the River Thames, from Swinford, in the County of Berks, to Eynsham, in the County of Oxford'', 7 George III, c. 63. dated 1767 (Ref No HL/PO/PU/1/
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  • ...a minor road between [[Wolvercote]] in [[Oxfordshire]] and [[Wytham]] in [[Berkshire]]. ...|page=not cited}}</ref> This has two round arches of brick and was rebuilt in 1892. The North arch dates from mediæval times. The Bridge is a Grade-II l
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  • |piers in water= 5 ...gdon Bridge''' crosses the [[River Thames]] at the town of [[Abingdon]], [[Berkshire]]. It carries the A415 road from Abingdon to [[Dorchester, Oxfordshire|Dorc
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  • ...ion in December 1843.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs |author= Thacker, Fred. S. |authorlink= |coauthor= |location= New ...[Oxfordshire]]. The [[Nuneham Railway Bridge]] takes the railway back into Berkshire at [[Radley]], before crossing once again into Oxfordshire at [[Oxford]].
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  • |piers in water= 5 ...nk with [[Berkshire]] on the south, although the bridge itself is entirely in Oxfordshire. It is a Grade-II* listed building.<ref> {{cite web| url = http
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  • ...lingford in Oxfordshire to the north of the river and [[Wallingford]] in [[Berkshire]] to the south. The bridge is single track and vehicular passage is control ...both the ferry and the subsequent bridges until 1874 when the Councils of Berkshire and Oxfordshire joined to buy the bridge from its private trustees and scra
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  • ...the north bank of the [[River Thames]], which here forms the border with [[Berkshire]]. Its homes are contiguous with [[Warborough]] by way of one residential ...Bridge|present bridge]] was built in 1827, replacing a previous one built in 1767.<ref>{{citation|last=Phillips|first=Geoffrey|title=Thames Crossings|pu
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  • ...interbrook Bridge]], built as part of the by-pass to the south of the town in 1993. ...and balustrade added.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs |author= Thacker, Fred. S. |authorlink= |coauthor= |location= New
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  • ...r runs along the west bank of the Thames here, placing the bridge entirely in Oxfordshire. At the Goring end, it is adjacent to [[Goring Lock]]. ...23, and is in two parts: The western bridge is from Streatley to an island in the river (overlooking ''The Swan'' hotel); The eastern bridge is from the
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  • ...1117436| title= Name: SONNING BRIDGE (THE PART WITHIN WOKINGHAM DISTRICT, BERKSHIRE) List entry Number: 1117436 |publisher= Historic England|accessdate = 12 Ju ...the need for repair.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref>
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  • ...the town of [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire]] and the village of [[Bisham]] in [[Berkshire]]. It crosses the Thames just upstream of [[Marlow Lock]], on the reach to ...</ref> In 1642 this bridge was partly destroyed by a Parliamentarian army. In 1789 a new timber bridge was built by public subscription with a contributi
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  • |piers in water = 6 ...e runs along the northern bank of the Thames, placing the bridge mostly in Berkshire.
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  • ...the reach between [[Old Windsor Lock]] and [[Romney Lock]]. It was rebuilt in 1967 to replace a damaged bridge. ...and the central crossing was replaced by a concrete structure and reopened in 1967. Under the terms of the original contract, British Rail were required
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  • |picture caption= Downstream side of Albert Bridge<br />in the colours of its 2004 repainting ...ock]]. It was rebuilt in brick in 1927 to replace a cast-iron bridge built in 1850-51.
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  • ...n [[Old Windsor Lock]] and [[Romney Lock]] and linked [[Windsor]] on the [[Berkshire]] bank to Datchet on the [[Buckinghamshire]] side. The bridge replaced a fe ...wood and Berkshire's in iron, known as The Divided Bridge, was demolished in 1848 and is the only case on the Thames where an established bridge crossin
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  • ...s]] in [[Oxford]], built in 1889 to replace a stone bridge which collapsed in 1885.<ref>{{cite web }}</ref> It carries the Botley Road (A420) from [[Botley, Berkshire|Botley]] into Oxford. The [[Thames Path]] crosses the river on this bridge,
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  • ...ock''' is a canal lock situated on the [[River Avon, Somerset|River Avon]] in [[Somerset]], at the village of [[Swineford]]. ...ire]]. The first cargo of 'Deal boards, Pig-Lead and Meal' arrived in Bath in December 1727.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Allsop|first1=Niall|title=The Kennet &
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  • ...ire]]. The first cargo of 'Deal boards, Pig-Lead and Meal' arrived in Bath in December 1727.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Allsop|first1=Niall|title=The Kennet & ...=1749 |publisher=James Bettenham |location=Bath }}</ref> The pub was built in 1726 for the bargees, when the navigation opened. The wooden fireplace has
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  • ...ire]]. The first cargo of 'Deal boards, Pig-Lead and Meal' arrived in Bath in December 1727.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Allsop|first1=Niall|title=The Kennet & ...sed to be a colliery wharf just west of the lock, however the mines closed in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Allsop|first1=Niall|title=The Kenne
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  • ...ock''' is a canal lock situated on the [[River Avon, Somerset|River Avon]] in [[Somerset]], between the villages of [[Kelston]] and [[Saltford]], between ...ire]]. The first cargo of 'Deal boards, Pig-Lead and Meal' arrived in Bath in December 1727.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Allsop|first1=Niall|title=The Kennet &
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  • ...merset|River Avon]] in [[Somerset]], on the western outskirts of [[Bath]], in what now forms the Newbridge suburb of the city. ...ire]]. The first cargo of 'Deal boards, Pig-Lead and Meal' arrived in Bath in December 1727.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Allsop|first1=Niall|title=The Kennet &
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  • |county 1=Berkshire ...he upper [[River Thames]], between [[Oxfordshire]] on the north bank and [[Berkshire]] on the south bank. It is situated on the reach above [[Rushey Lock]], a s
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  • |county 1=Berkshire ...ry the [[Thames Path]] across the Thames. It is built of steel but encased in wood to make it look like a timber structure.
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  • |county 1=Berkshire ...he upper [[River Thames]], between [[Oxfordshire]] on the north bank and [[Berkshire]] on the south bank. It is situated on the reach above [[Grafton Lock]].
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  • |county 1=Berkshire ...ch above [[Shifford Lock]] and was built in 1869. It connects [[Buckland, Berkshire|Buckland]] on the south bank to [[Chimney, Oxfordshire|Chimney]] on the nor
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  • |county 1=Berkshire ...the reach above [[Northmoor Lock]], the nearest village being [[Appleton, Berkshire]] to the east.
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  • ...ver-thames-bridges-locks-and-facilities-for-boaters River Thames: bridges, locks and facilities for boaters]</ref> ...ordshire (just west of the bridge) and [[Duxford, Berkshire|Duxford]] in [[Berkshire]] to the south. The path to Duxford requires crossing a ford across the Th
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  • '''Brinkworth''' is a village and parish in the [[Malmesbury Hundred]] of [[Wiltshire]]. The village lies between [[Roy ...ding for some 1½ miles. The village is sometimes described as the longest in England<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getco
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  • |picture caption=Thatched cottage in Froxfield ...t of [[Hungerford]] (in Berkshire) and seven miles east of [[Marlborough]] in Wiltshire.
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  • ...Avon Canal]] in [[Wiltshire]] at [[Hungerford]]. The county border with [[Berkshire]] runs along the path directly to the south of the lock. The lock has a rise/fall of 8&nbsp;ft 1 in.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pearson |first=Michael |title=Kennet & Avon Middle T
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