Description

BRAUNSTON GRAND UNION CANAL
SP56NW Little Braunston
4/79 Bridge No.4
GV II

Bridge. Late C18. Random flared and red brick. Plain brick arch. Brick string
course at base of parapet. Parapet patched to right. Moulded brick coping to
parapet. Cast iron plaque with number of bridge above the arch. The Grand
Junction Canal was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1793. The Braunston
section was complete by 1796. In 1929 it was taken over by the Grand Union Canal
Company and the name was changed.
(A.H. Faulkner: The Grand Junction Canal, 1972).

Listing NGR: SP5487065900

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26306496

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