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The first lock at St John's
Passing under Ha’penny Bridge, built in 1792, and named after the toll that used to be charged, we head for Lechlade. We arrive at St John's lock and bridge, named after the Augustinian priory that existed here in the early medieval period. This is the first of the 44 locks that still exist downstream from Thames Head. We now have 143 miles until we reach the site of the old London Bridge.
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Ancient Bridges
Mentioned in the Domesday Book, Radcot is thought to be the site of the oldest bridge on the Thames, built around 1280, but now in a backwater. The ancient wharves were used to load locally quarried stone onto lighters for transporting down river. Further downstream we come to the second oldest bridge, appropriately named Newbridge, also built in the 13th century by Benedictine Monks.
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Introduction
St. Johns Lock
