Monkey Marsh Lock is a

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on the

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, at

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. Monkey Marsh Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer

John Hore John HoreAlternative spellings of Hore's surname include "Hoar" and "Hoare" (baptised 13 March 1680 – 12 April 1763Other sources give Hore's year of birth as 1690, and year of death as 1762) was an English engineer, best known for making the Ri ...

of Newbury. The canal is administered by

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. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m). One of only two remaining working examples of turf sided locks on the canal (the other being

Garston Lock Garston Lock () is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal. It is near the M4 motorway and near Reading, England. Garston Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury, and this stretch of the river ...

) of more than a dozen originally, Monkey Marsh Lock is listed as an ancient monument by English Heritage

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Heale's Lock to Newbury
on tonycanalpics.co.uk

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