Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Grand Union Canal

Grand Union Canal, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire; begins in river Soar, at Aylestone, Leicestershire, and joins Grand Junction Canal near Welton, Northamptonshire, is 45 miles long, and has 17 locks.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "canal"   (ADL Feature Type: "canals")
Administrative units: Leicestershire Ancient County

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