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Navigable Waterways of England and Wales
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116:4 feet 11 inches (1.50 m)
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692:Northumberland Coalfield
296:, Wolvercote Mill Stream
995:. Canal and River Trust
969:. Canal and River Trust
638:is a short waterway in
547:Wolvercote Mill Stream
440:Duke's Cut Lock (44A)
1287:Thames drainage basin
1282:Canals opened in 1789
658:of the Oxford Canal.
480:Northern Bypass (A40)
355:and Duke's Lock (44)
184:Wolvercote Junction,
140:Canal and River Trust
963:"Angling on the cut"
786:Thames Commissioners
768:at Medley Weir near
724:University of Oxford
672:Duchy of Marlborough
137:Navigation authority
84:51.79136°N 1.29675°W
1107:David & Charles
938:David & Charles
873:David & Charles
668:Duke of Marlborough
542:To Wolvercote Mill
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264:51.7908°N 1.2991°W
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113:Minimum boat draft
89:51.79136; -1.29675
1267:Canals in England
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508:Duke's Lake
393:Oxford Canal
353:Oxford Canal
294:Oxford Canal
284:Oxford Canal
186:Oxford Canal
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1135:maps.nls.uk
776:Description
705:King's Weir
640:Oxfordshire
607:King's Lock
290:Connects to
267: /
242:coordinates
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202:coordinates
181:Start point
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63:Coordinates
1256:Categories
1198:10 January
1025:10 January
973:10 January
967:Waterfront
912:10 January
843:References
837:fingerpost
798:Bradshaw's
766:flash lock
709:flash lock
676:Wolvercote
674:had owned
636:Duke's Cut
332:Duke's Cut
252:51°47′27″N
212:51°47′33″N
200:Beginning
72:51°47′29″N
49:Wolvercote
28:Duke's Cut
1172:9 January
1141:9 January
1086:9 January
999:9 January
816:floodgate
790:stop lock
780:In 1802,
758:Isis Lock
753:angling.
735:reservoir
730:in 1792.
646:with the
280:Branch of
255:1°17′57″W
215:1°17′37″W
192:End point
173:Direction
168:Geography
75:1°17′48″W
1246:(south)
1235:(north)
811:status.
760:and the
726:and the
720:in trust
45:Location
662:History
240:Ending
145:History
55:Country
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688:Thames
670:. The
656:branch
397:Oxford
341:Legend
129:Status
105:Length
751:bream
747:tench
743:roach
121:Locks
1200:2020
1174:2020
1143:2020
1111:ISBN
1088:2020
1051:ISBN
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