Sandford Lock
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Sandford Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England, situated at Sandford-on-Thames which is just south of Oxford. The first pound lock was built in 1631 by the Oxford-Burcot Commission although th
Approaching Sandford Lock from downstream
A newspaper report of the 1921 drowning incident
Sandford Lock full, looking downstream
Sandford Lock empty from the tail gates
Rose Isle
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Rose Isle is an island in the River Thames in England just downstream of Kennington Railway Bridge on the reach above Sandford Lock, near Kennington, Oxfordshire.
Sandford Lock
…Pool, easily accessible from the Kennington side of the River Thames. After the third island which is Fiddler's Elbow the river makes a sharp turn at Rose Isle. On the west bank is the town of Kennington, Oxfordshire. Further upstream are Kennington Railway Bridge where the Hinksey Stream joins the Thames again…
Rose Isle from upstream
The former Swan Inn on Rose Isle