Wilts & Berks Canal - Lacock

[gralorn]

Thank you, so there must be photos or paintings.

[gralorn]

Would anybody have any photos of Bewley Bridge, The Wharf or the bridge at the Bell where the toll house was?

[Miggs191]

My BANKS ancestors of Lacock lived in the house by the Warf on the canal
I understand coal was brought from Somerset and distributed from the warf. When George Banks died his wife successfully carried on with business.
My late father researched this aspect of our Banks family in detail. I have files and files of notes that I have yet to properly read through.
Dad was known as The Historian of Lacock 😃

[gralorn]

Brilliant, are there any old photos of the wharf amongst his notes and bits and pieces?

[Miggs191]

Hi,
I think Dad had photos taken of himself with bits of machinery possibly back in the late 90s.
I’ll have to do a search so don’t build your hopes up !
I inherited over a hundred A4 files plus lots more from my Dad and my Aunt. Their research began in 1946 when searching involved going to parishes and begging vicars to let you look at records !
I was brought up with this research so do know quiet a bit about it. But have to find the canal research !
It’s wonderful to see someone else is looking and researching. It’s the history of my family,the history of the village of Lacock and the history of the UK.
Fingers crossed I can lay my hands on it.

[Boreades]

Does the bridge appear in these Geograph images for OS square ST9268?

https://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/ST9268

[gralorn]

No, but thank you for the information, appreciated. Where the bridge was is now just a plain road, no bridge.
Thanks again.

G