Information for record number MWA4321:
Hatton Flight

Summary Hatton Locks, a flight of canal locks, structures built along the canal to enable canal boats to be raised or lowered to different levels. The Locks are of Imperial and modern date and they are situated 300m south west of Hatton.
What Is It?  
Type: Canal, Canal Lock
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Hatton
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 23 66
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 Hatton flight consists of 21 locks numbered 26-46 within 2 miles. The wide locks were opened in 1934 while the old narrow locks now serve as overflow weirs. All locks between Knowle and Calcutt have the distinctive worm and nut paddle gear installed as part of a modernisation programme 50 years ago. The castings are inscribed 'Hcm Baker & Co Westminster SW'.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Stratford upon Avon and Warwick Canals
Author/originator: Elwin G & King C
Date:
Page Number: 19
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Images:  
Hatton Locks
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 2000
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Hatton Locks, Warwick
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 2000
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A view of the canal, lock and cottage at Hatton, near Warwick
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1900s
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Hatton Locks
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 2000
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument WEIR * A dam constructed on the reaches of a canal or river designed to retain the water and to regulate its flow. back
monument LOCK * A section of the water channel on a canal or river shut off above and below by lock gates provided with sluices to let the water out and in, and thus raise or lower boats from one level to another. Use more specific type where known. back
monument CANAL * An artificial navigable waterway used for the transportation of goods. Nowadays also used for recreational purposes. back
monument CANAL LOCK * A rectangular chamber of brick or stone with heavy wooden gates at either end equipped with sluices to let water in and out, thereby enabling a canal boat to be lowered or raised to a different level. back
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back

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