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MILE 59
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Seend and Melksham Without, Wiltshire : KAC59.00=KAC60.00 |
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KandAC mile 59
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KandAC mile 59 - OS 1inch map, early 19th century.
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... some parts of the canal are unexciting ...
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The Kennet and Avon Canal from mile 59 to mile 60 has a bend and a
couple of bridges, running level on a contour along the valley of the
Semington Brook. The towpath is on the north.
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KandAC culvert 59.04
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Seend Park Foot Swing Bridge, Seend
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Overflow; notice the stop groove so that the canal level can be
regulated. And notice the moorhen.
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KandAC culvert 59.28
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Lowes Swing Bridge, Seend
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The farm close to the canal on the south is Seend Park Farm.
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A five bar gate from the towpath gives access to Giles Wood
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GILES WOOD / 5,000 / British Trees / PLANTED 1993
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The notice on the gate asks your help:-
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GILES WOOD / If you would like to walk in / the wood and pull any /
Ragwort plants out of the / ground and leave them to die / it would
help greatly. / Ragwort is poisonous if eaten by animals. / There is a
sample of the / plant near this notice. / Thank you.
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Milepost 59 II; as usual without number plate
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Parish boundary Seend - Melksham Without: ST91396086
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Melksham Park Swing Bridge, Melksham Without
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Barely a quarter mile to the south is Littleton Woollen Mill on the
Semington Brook. This mill used water turbines and was latterly owned
by J Noad. There was a riot here in 1802 or 1803 which led to the
destruction of the scribbling and fulling mill, and to the trial and
hanging of Thomas Helliker (Elleker?), shearman, from Trowbridge.
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Amphibious persicaria, Polygonum amphibium, in the water.
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Wheat, ripening nicely.
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KandAC culvert 59.72
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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