Northmoor Lock is a

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on the

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in Oxfordshire, England, on the northern bank about a mile from Northmoor. The lock was built in 1896 by the

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to replace a flash lock at Hart's Weir, also known as Ridge's Weir, about a mile upstream and another at Ark Weir downstream. The lock house, lock and weir are relatively little changed since they were built and they can be viewed as a group from the

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and from the river The weir is just the other side of the lock island and is one of only two remaining complete Paddle and rymer (or rimer) manually operated weirs. It is thought that there are no other such weirs in the world.

Access to the lock

The lock is remote from the village of Northmoor and some distance walk across country. It can be reached by the

from Bablock Hythe and Newbridge.

Reach above the lock

Along the reach is the

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on the site of the old weir. Further along, the river is crossed by the 13th century Newbridge at the confluence of the

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. The

follows the northern bank to Newbridge, and then crosses over and continues on the south bank to Shifford. There it crosses again, over the old course of the river, to Shifford Lock and then crossed the lock cu towards Chimney Meadows.

References

External links

Northmoor Lock
at riverthames.co.uk
Picture of Northmoor Lock
at geograph.org.uk {{coord, 51.71598, -1.37754, type:landmark_region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SP431021), display=title Locks on the River Thames

Access to the lock

Reach above the lock

See also

References

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