Photographs of Stenson in Derbyshire, England

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Stenson. This is located in Derbyshire.

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• Photos of Stenson, Derbyshire, England
Stenson is located southwest of Derby. From the A511 at the Cavendish look for Stenson Road. This will take you through Sunnyhill, Stenson fields, and then after going over the new A50 bridge on to Stenson.
The name Stenson old English for 'Steina's farm'

In the Domesday book, Twyford and Stenson are listed together. In 1796 the Trent and Mersey canal was built through the parish of Twyford on an alignment approximating to the division between Stenson and Twyford. The lock cottage was built in 1810. The largest building here is Stenson House, built by Samuel Brown of Derby for Harpur-Crewe tenant Richard Forman.

The pub was named the 'Stenson bubble' as the water, when re-entering the canal below the lock tends to bubble from the outlet under the towpath.
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 Photo Description : Stenson Marina, Stenson
Image Reference No. : DP-100601STENS-01
Date photo taken : 10th June 2001
Other Information : This is Stenson Marina where you can have Sunday lunch on a narrow boat.
This is the Trent & Mersey canal.
For more information about going on the canal boat click HERE
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 Photo Description : Bubble Inn, Stenson
Image Reference No. : DP-220202STENS-02
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Date photo taken : 22nd February 2002
Other Information : This is the Bubble Inn pub at Stenson.
It is a a popular canal side venue, the inn is a converted 200 year old barn 4 miles from Derby. It got the name due to the water bubbling from the byweir next to the lock gates.
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 Photo Description : The Bubble inn pub - close up
Image Reference No. : DP-160903STENS-07
Date photo taken : 16th September 2003
Other Information : This is a closer shot of the Bubble inn pub. This is a very popular place in the summer!


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 Photo Description : Stenson Tea rooms summer
Image Reference No. : DP-020803STENS-03
Date photo taken : 2nd August 2003
Other Information : This is Stenson Tea rooms which is housed in the former lock cottage. Here you can have a coffee and watch the boats using the locks. A popular place to relax on a summer day.
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 Photo Description : Stenson Tea rooms, Spring
Image Reference No. : DP-110403STENS-04
Date photo taken : 11th April 2003
Other Information : This is Stenson Tea rooms in Spring.
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 Photo Description : Trent & Mersey canal at Stenson
Image Reference No. : DP-100601STENS-05
Date photo taken : 10th June 2001
Other Information : This is the view downstream from Stenson after the deep lock. The bridge here is Number 19 on the Trent and Mersey canal.


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Photo Description : Narrow boat in the deep lock
Image Reference No. : DP-271001STENS-06
Date photo taken : 27th October 2001
Other Information : This is Wychway, Which has just come up the lock and is heading up stream. Thanks to the owners of Wychway for allowing me to use a photo of their narrow boat on my website.
To see a Timelapse video of this canal boat going through this lock, Visit my Derby Time-lapse videos page HERE

• To look at an immersive interactive panoramic photograph taken from the other side of the lock here, Visit my Virtual reality photos page by clicking HERE


If you would like to learn more about Lock Gates, Visit the page which shows
the Stenson gates being replaced by clicking HERE

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