Kingswood Junction

1 Aerial view of Kingswood Junction today

2 CRT sign on the bridge at Kingswood Junction. There explanation for building the cut is a long way short of the real story

DSC00344 Stratford engineers plan for the 1812 changes to the lock arrangements at Kingswood in order to keep delivering a lock full of water to the Warwick canal....

3 Stratford engineers plan for the 1812 changes to the lock arrangements at Kingswood in order to keep delivering a lock full of water to the Warwick canal. Warwick weren't satisfied and took them to court

DSC00859a Original 1794 survey for the Kingswood junction. Under the old line of the canal the junction cutting would have been nearly 2 miles long.

4 Original 1794 survey for the Kingswood junction. Under the old line of the canal the junction cutting would have been nearly 2 miles long.

DSC00868a Part of the 1799 survey for the revised line for the canal that took the Stratford Canal along its present route and much closer to the Warwick canal

5 Part of the 1799 survey for the revised line for the canal that took the Stratford Canal along its present route and much closer to the Warwick canal

DSC00870a Detail from the 1799 survey for the revised line for the canal that took the Stratford Canal along its present route and much closer to the Warwick canal

6 Detail from the 1799 survey for the revised line for the canal that took the Stratford Canal along its present route and much closer to the Warwick canal

DSC00860 First page of the Book of Reference that accompanied the 1799 change of line

7 First page of the Book of Reference that accompanied the 1799 change of line

DSC00861 Extract from the Book of Reference that accompanied the 1799 change of line

8 Extract from the Book of Reference that accompanied the 1799 change of line

DSC00862 Extract from the Book of Reference that accompanied the 1799 change of line

9 Extract from the Book of Reference that accompanied the 1799 change of line

DSC01002a Extract from the minutes of the Stratford Canal company in 1793 showing the start of bad blood between the companies over who should compensate whom for the...

10 Extract from the minutes of the Stratford Canal company in 1793 showing the start of bad blood between the companies over who should compensate whom for the Kingswood Junction.

DSC01028a Extract from the minutes of the Stratford Canal company in 1816 regarding the

11 Extract from the minutes of the Stratford Canal company in 1816 regarding the "lock full of water" dispute

DSC01544 Kingswood Junction today. The lock on the right was constructed in 1818 to resolve the dispute with the Warwick company over the

12 Kingswood Junction today. The lock on the right was constructed in 1818 to resolve the dispute with the Warwick company over the "lock full of water" and the cutting on the left was filled in. It remained so for nearly 200 years.