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

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