Lock On River Lugg Toward Confluence With Wye,National Grid Reference So569375

FOWNHOPE CP MORDIFORD SO 53 NE SO 569375 Lock on River Lugg 5/56 toward confluence with Wye NGR 569375 - II Pound lock. Possibly early C18. Stone walls of lock chamber flank banks of River Lugg with traces of position of lower lock gate. In poor condition but an interesting survival of the navigation of the Lugg. Permission to navigate the Wye and Lugg as far as Leominster was given by Act of Parliament to Sir William Sandys in 1662. (Nancy Richards: A Brief History of the Navigation of the Rivers Wye and Lugg, 1969, Hereford City Library; John Lloyd: Papers relating to the history and navigation of the Rivers Wye and Lugg, 1873, Hereford City Library, Pilly Collection; Hereford City Quarter Sessions Order Order Book Q/SO/1 & 2, Hereford Record Office).

Listing NGR: SO5690037500