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== 17th-century navigation{{anchor|River Avon Navigation (Christchurch to New Sarum) Act 1664}} == {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = River Avon Navigation (Christchurch to New Sarum) Act 1664 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of England | long_title = An Act for making the River Avon navigable from Christ Church to the City of New Sarum. | year = 1664 | citation = [[16 & 17 Cha. 2]]. c. 12 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = 2 March 1665 | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = [[Itchin Navigation Rates Act 1820]] | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://www.british-history.ac.uk/statutes-realm/vol5/pp568-569 | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }} [[File:Britford - Water Meadows.jpg|thumb|left|The 17th-century navigation channel near Britford is still in water]] Construction of a [[Navigability|navigation]] from Salisbury to [[Christchurch, Dorset|Christchurch]] was authorised by the River Avon Navigation (Christchurch to New Sarum) Act 1664 ([[16 & 17 Cha. 2]]. c. 12). Work began in 1675 and the route was completed in 1684, but it fell out of use around 1715.<ref>{{HERR|mnumber=1031488|mname=Avon River Navigation|access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref> Canalised channels were dug to straighten sections of the river, including one through [[Britford]] parish just below Salisbury; a lock survives on this section near [[Longford Castle]], having been rebuilt in brick as a [[pound lock]] soon after the original [[flash lock]] was damaged by flooding in the early 18th century.<ref>{{HERR|mnumber=1011344|mname=Britford Lock|access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref>
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