13th September 2013
On the Walsall canal, between Ocker hill and the Ryders Green Locks is Hempole Bridge.
This is unusual in having a date cast in an iron plate - and doubly unusual in that the date is in Roman numerals.
MDCCCXXV is 1825.
My 2003 (or MMIII) Nicholson's (Guide 2) calls this bridge Hempole Lane Bridge.
Another Quick Visit
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It was time for another check on the boat - just in case and also we had a
very short list of tasks to do, including re-filling the fuel tank and
replac...
2 days ago
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