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down Mill Road, and into Mill Lane, where there is a tarmac path to the lock along the edge of a field. And from the village of
Shiplake, at Shiplake Church take the chalky path down to the riverbank, past Shiplake College's boathouse. The footpath at Shiplake then passes under the College (formerly
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was built. It was the second downstream of the eight locks built after the navigation act of 1770, and was completed in fir wood in 1773. At this time the towpath upstream was transferred from the
Berkshire to the Oxfordshire bank. The lock had to be rebuilt of oak in 1787 as the fir had decayed.
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Soon after taking over, the
Conservancy allowed huts to be built near the tents. The use of these was restricted to cooking and they were not to be used for sleeping. (At that time, ladies were not allowed to sleep on the island at all, but had to retire to wooden huts on the Shiplake bank).
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The reason for the purchase of
Shiplake Lock Island by the Corporation was to preserve the amenities for bathing and camping. It was managed by the Corporation's City Lands Committee. However, managing at a distance proved a problem and the island was let in perpetuity in 1914 to the
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for camping in 1891, and in 1907 the ruined mills were demolished. Shiplake Lock was the first lock on the Thames to have hydraulic operation installed in 1961. During the winter of 2009/2010 the wooden lock gates were replaced with steel gates at a cost of £600,000.
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have not been prepared to give more than a one-year lease to the plotholders. However, the community has remained remarkably static with plots passing down the family line.
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1121:Sonning Eye
963:Oxfordshire
276:& weir
61:Oxfordshire
1440:Categories
1298:References
1271:51°30′04″N
1256:Marsh Lock
998:pound lock
994:flash lock
504:The Lynch
1274:0°53′00″W
1155:friends.
1101:The Lynch
982:Berkshire
977:in 1773.
450:Buck Ait
310:moorings
80:Hydraulic
77:Operation
1417:web page
1367:Archived
1324:PDF file
1249:SU776786
1159:See also
1153:Buddicom
1151:and his
1109:Buck Ait
140:49 miles
47:Waterway
1089:Sonning
988:History
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984:bank.
185:Legend
101:Length
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109:Width
1425:2012
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117:Fall
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