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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDFORD LOCK | Windford Lock Windford Lock Windford Lock |
Stamp for Bills &c. Johnston's Co. [County] Map David Morrison Lock Keeper |
020 | The 20th Lock numbering from Grangemouth - the western extremity of the navigation, on the "Forth & Clyde Canal", by which a fall of 6 feet, from the west side, is got over. There is a Drawbridge here near the centre of the Lock. A Parish Road crosses this Bridge. It is said that the name "Windford", sometimes spelt Wyndford, originally - before the Canal was made, belonged to the place about the Bridge, but since the Lock &c. was made the name seems to have been, as it is at present, entirely used to the Lock. All the houses near the Bridge, with the exception of the Public House on the South, belong to the Canal Co. [Company] but the name of the Lock is given generally to the whole. The houses west of the Lock were formerly stabling, but are now let in tenements. |
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