Bentley Canal - Eastern end
Stringers Lane Bridge (Sandbeds Bridge) 1952 Revision Point Survey Wolverhampton Archive
Sandbeds Bridge name plate 1 Sept 1963 by H E Evans
Courtesy of Canal and River Trust's National Waterways Archive
South to Lock 9 in 1965 - Ian Husslebee
View from Sandbeds Bridge to Lock 9 on 1 Sept 1963 by H E Evans
Courtesy of Canal and River Trust's National Waterways Archive
Drawing of Lock 9 at Sandbeds by H.J. Starkey
Lock 9 (Clement Grosvenor photo from the 1960's)
Lock 9 - 1965 Ian Husslebee
Lock 9 of Bentley Branch from beneath railway bridge on 1 September 1963 by H E Evans Courtesy of Canal and River Trust's National Waterways Archive
Lock 9 from Lock 10 1956 (HNBC P Weaver)
Colourised version of the above
Lock 10 and Cottage 1963 - Ian Huselbee
Cottage at Lock 10 Ian Husselbee
Looking north at lock 10 Ian Huselbee 1963
Lock 10 on 1 September 1963 by H E Evans Courtesy of Canal and River Trust's National Waterways Archive
Lock 10 from beneath Clarkes Lane Bridge on 1.9.63 - Source H E Evans Courtesy of Canal and River Trust's National waterways Archive
Lock No 10 1965 - Arthur Mitchell Jones
Lock 10 and cottage - Laurence Hogg slide collection
Lock 10 - Laurence Hogg
A similar perspective from the 1980's (now overgrown)
Looking south from Lock 10 to Clarkes Lane Bridge
Clarke's Lane Bridge
Clarkes Lane lock cottage by John Williams 1972 - Justin Burrows
North up the Bentley Branch 1946
Farm Bridge - Justin Burrows
Site of Farm Bridge, probably looking west (Bob May)
County Bridge Ian Husselbee
Looking West to County Bridge pre 1962 - Justin Burrows
Site of County Bridge looking west 1986 after culverting
Country Bridge - Laurence Hogg
Site of County Bridge looking east 1986
Hopyards Bridge on 1st Sept 1963 by H E Evans Courtest of Canal and River Trust's Natioinal Waterways Archive
Sand Beds to Anson Branch
Site of Farm Bridge
Near County Bridge by Steve King
South of County Bridge on 1 Sept 1963 by H E Evans Courtesy of Canal and Rover Trust's National Waterways Archive
Bentley Culvert from County Bridge - Ian Husselbee
Site of County Bridge
South from County Bridge
Near Bentley Lane Bridge on 1 Sept 1963 by H E Evans Courtesy of Canal and River Trust's National Waterways Archive
Junction of Bentley and Anson Branch Canals April 1984
Bentley Junction pipe bridge 1979
Bentley Junction 1960 Frank Haddock
Bentley Branch 1974 (Hugh Potter)
Weaver Collection
Bentley Canal Junction on Anson Branch - (HNBC Philip Weaver)
Bentley Branch from Anson Branch Junction on 1 Sept 1963 by H E Evans Courtesy of Canal and River Trust's National Waterways Archive
The above photos have been assembled from various sources, including those freely found on the internet. My thanks go to the many photographers alive and dead who have contributed to this collection and in so doing, are keeping the memory of these lost canals alive. These images are reproduced for ease of research are are not necessarily the property of this blog, and as such should not be used for commercial gain without the explicit permission of the owner (whoever that may be).
Lock No 10 1965 - Arthur Mitchell Jones
Sand Beds to Anson Branch
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