St Edmundsbury Local History - Pictures along the River Lark

Landmarks on the River Lark

The River Lark
Locks, Staunches and Views

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Approaching Chimney Mill lock
The lock at Chimney Mills, c 1980. Lock chamber refaced 1940-1947, looking upstream.
Chimney Mill lock, 2008.

Flempton lock, 2008. This stands just upstream of the road bridge from Flempton to Culford/West Stow
Flempton road bridge looking upstream. Flempton Lock is just through the bridge.
Looking upstream, the Culford Stream is on the left, the River Lark is on the right. The stream has been diverted to run alongside the river until it is carried into a tunnel beneath the river, to join up with the river further downstream at a point just below Fullers Mill. This was a drainage scheme put in place by Thomas Gery Cullum, shortly after he commissioned a survey in 1815.

Boyton Staunch, or Clough Staunch, seen in 2008. This stands downstream of the road bridge from Flempton to Culford/West Stow at TL 812 706, but before reaching the small sewage works for West Stow. The Culford Stream culvert goes below the river here, to re-surface on the south side, flowing through Lackford Wildfowl Reserve.
The West Stow waste water treatment works seen from the riverbank. This must have been built to serve the village after the closure of the Sewage Farm further downstream in 1962.
Fullers Mill lockgates as seen in about 1935 by Alfred Blundell. The cottage dates originally from about 1650. The mill stood on the opposite side of the river.

Fullers Mill, 2006. This lock is within the grounds of Fullers Mill, which was passed to the Fullers Mill Trust by Bernard Tickner in 2007. The former lock pen bears a plaque, "GORB 1956".
This old staunch is now a weir near the West Stow old pump house, within West Stow Country Park. It has also been called Lackford Staunch no 3, and Dullingham Staunch and Fulling Staunch.
Upstream end of the important Cherry Ground lock, built c 1842 by The Reverend Sir Thomas Gery Cullum. (TGC senior died in 1831.) It currently stands within West Stow Country Park.

The pen wall of the Cherry Ground lock, showing its crescent shaped curve, built to hold up to eight gangs of lighters at once.
Cherry Ground lock in 2008, showing part of its 238 feet length and its neglect, with trees growing in the lock bed.
The downstream gate of the Cherry Ground lock. Rather than repair it, the lock is fenced off.

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Approaching Chimney Mill lock	The lock at Chimney Mills, c 1980. Lock chamber refaced 1940-1947, looking upstream.	Chimney Mill lock, 2008.
Flempton lock, 2008. This stands just upstream of the road bridge from Flempton to Culford/West Stow	Flempton road bridge looking upstream. Flempton Lock is just through the bridge.	Looking upstream, the Culford Stream is on the left, the River Lark is on the right. The stream has been diverted to run alongside the river until it is carried into a tunnel beneath the river, to join up with the river further downstream at a point just below Fullers Mill. This was a drainage scheme put in place by Thomas Gery Cullum, shortly after he commissioned a survey in 1815.
Boyton Staunch, or Clough Staunch, seen in 2008. This stands downstream of the road bridge from Flempton to Culford/West Stow at TL 812 706, but before reaching the small sewage works for West Stow. The Culford Stream culvert goes below the river here, to re-surface on the south side, flowing through Lackford Wildfowl Reserve.	The West Stow waste water treatment works seen from the riverbank. This must have been built to serve the village after the closure of the Sewage Farm further downstream in 1962.	Fullers Mill lockgates as seen in about 1935 by Alfred Blundell. The cottage dates originally from about 1650. The mill stood on the opposite side of the river.
Fullers Mill, 2006. This lock is within the grounds of Fullers Mill, which was passed to the Fullers Mill Trust by Bernard Tickner in 2007. The former lock pen bears a plaque, "GORB 1956".	This old staunch is now a weir near the West Stow old pump house, within West Stow Country Park. It has also been called Lackford Staunch no 3, and Dullingham Staunch and Fulling Staunch.	Upstream end of the important Cherry Ground lock, built c 1842 by The Reverend Sir Thomas Gery Cullum. (TGC senior died in 1831.) It currently stands within West Stow Country Park.
The pen wall of the Cherry Ground lock, showing its crescent shaped curve, built to hold up to eight gangs of lighters at once.	Cherry Ground lock in 2008, showing part of its 238 feet length and its neglect, with trees growing in the lock bed.	The downstream gate of the Cherry Ground lock. Rather than repair it, the lock is fenced off.