Swineford Lock

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Swineford Lock is a canal lock situated on the River Avon, at the village of Swineford, England.

The Bristol Avon Navigation, which runs the {{convert|15|mi}} from the Kennet and Avon Canal at Hanham Lock to the Bristol Channel at Avonmouth, was constructed between 1724 and 1727,{{cite web | url=https://www.waterways.org.uk/waterways/canals_rivers/bristol_avon/bristol_avon |publisher= Inland Waterways Association | title= Bristol Avon Navigation|accessdate=3 March 2013}} following legislation passed by Queen Anne,{{Cite web | title=Navigation of the river Avon | work=Bristol History.com | url=http://weldgen.tripod.com/bristol-history-com/id2.html | accessdate=22 September 2006| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070110214011/http://weldgen.tripod.com/bristol-history-com/id2.html| archivedate = 10 January 2007}}{{cite wikisource |plaintitle=Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, of Great Britain |chapter=Avon River, Gloucestershire |last=Priestley |first=Joseph |year=1831 |publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green}} by a company of proprietors and the engineer John Hore of Newbury. The first cargo of 'Deal boards, Pig-Lead and Meal' arrived in Bath in December 1727.{{cite book|last1=Allsop|first1=Niall|title=The Kennet & Avon Canal|date=1989|publisher=Millstream Books|isbn=9780948975158|edition=2|page=[https://archive.org/details/kennetavoncanalu0000alls/page/4 4]|url=https://archive.org/details/kennetavoncanalu0000alls/page/4}} The navigation is now administered by the Canal & River Trust.

In its heyday, between 1709 and 1859 Swineford had an active brass and copper industry which were served by the river which also provided water power for the cloth industry.{{cite book|last1=Allsop|first1=Niall|title=The Kennet & Avon Canal|date=1989|publisher=Millstream Books|isbn=9780948975158|edition=2|page=[https://archive.org/details/kennetavoncanalu0000alls/page/17 17]|url=https://archive.org/details/kennetavoncanalu0000alls/page/17}} The mill was later converted into a flock mill.{{cite book|last1=Clew|first1=Kenneth R.|title=Wessex Waterway|date=1978|publisher=Moonraker Press|isbn=978-0239001818|pages=59–60}}