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Macclesfield Canal Bosley Lock Number 1 and Spillway

A Grade II Listed Building in Bosley, Cheshire East

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1999 / 53°11'59"N

Longitude: -2.1433 / 2°8'35"W

OS Eastings: 390525

OS Northings: 366993

OS Grid: SJ905669

Mapcode National: GBR 121.JXJ

Mapcode Global: WHBBW.1TNQ

Plus Code: 9C5V5VX4+XM

Entry Name: Macclesfield Canal Bosley Lock Number 1 and Spillway

Listing Date: 14 June 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1313054

English Heritage Legacy ID: 58124

Also known as: Bosley Top Lock

ID on this website: 101313054

Location: Cheshire East, Cheshire, CW12

County: Cheshire East

Civil Parish: Bosley

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: Bosley St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: Lock

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Description


BOSLEY C.P. MACCLESFIELD CANAL
SJ 96 NW

1/13 Bosley Lock Number 1 and
Spillway

GV II

Canal lock, 1831, William Crosley engineer. Rusticated red gritstone
walls to lock, ashlar to spillway; brick patching to lock sides.
Semi-circular upper end to lock basin. Stepped quadrant retaining
wall to bank west of lock: flight of stone steps to east. Cambered
footbridge of cast iron across lock entrance, with later plain steel
tubular rail. Two pairs of timber lock gates. Curved wing walls
above lock; straight walls below to Bridge 54 (q.v.). Stone-walled
spillway west of lock.


Listing NGR: SJ9052566992

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