Bru Peckett wrote: > Only just noticed this thread! > > The 15 mile pound referred to in the song is, I can confirm, the pound > from Stoke Bruerne top lock to Whilby bottom lock. > > It was known as 'the 15 mile pound' to the GU boatmen of old and still > is to this day locally
"Whilby bottom lock". Is that a local name for Buckby bottom lock? Terry Streeter - Leuven
