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	The village of Sonning-on-Thames, England
		Andrew's Church is the Sonning parish curch in the Anglican Diocese of Oxford.
		Sonning Deanery is one of the branches of the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers (ODG).
		Sonning is in Wokingham District Council in the
	www.afm.sbu.ac.uk /archive/sonning.html (1110 words)

	River Thames and boaty things
		The original flash lock capstan used at the Hurley flash lock, prior to the first pound lock being built at this location in 1773, is the last surviving flash lock capstan in existence on the Thames and is situated next to the River in the grounds of Wittington House between Henley and Marlow.
		Pound locks were also in use in Italy in the fifteenth century using portcullis type gates but Leonardo da Vinci is credited with the invention of the pound lock using mitre gates with built-in vertical sluices as he prepared plans for such a lock (San Marco Lock) on the Naviglio Interno in Milan in 1495.
		Locks are closed for lunch between 13.00 and 14.00 every day except in the summer, when 'Summer Assistants' may be on duty in some of the busier locks.
	www.the-river-thames.co.uk /locks.htm (1783 words)

	The River Thames Guide - About the Thames - Sonning Lock
		Sonning Mill was one of the last flour mills on the river to be driven by water wheel.
		Before the first pound lock was built here in 1773, there was probably a flash lock here, harnessing the water to aid navigation and probably power the mill’s wheel.
		Sonning Lock has received a major grant from Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) which funded the installation of new automated gates.
	www.riverthames.co.uk /about_thames/3794.htm (264 words)

	Trip Report : DELIVERY RUN ON THE THAMES, MAY 2000
		Unexpectedly, the lock she had readied was the one on the opposite side to where we were, necessitating a dog-leg of two 90% turns right next to the fast-flowing weir.
		As we approached Bell Weir lock we knew that the lock-keeper would not yet be on duty, and hoped that there was truth in the stories we had heard that the electric power is turned on for boaters to use from 7 am.
		Sonning Lock also requires manual rather then electrical operation when the lock-keeper's off duty, but either this one was much easier to work than Shiplake, or I'd regained some strength since the previous evening.
	www.mike-stevens.co.uk /reports/cruise2000a/page1.htm (1952 words)

	Sonning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sonning village is located at grid reference SU757755, at a crossing point of the River Thames, where the narrow arched Sonning Bridge on the A478 crosses the river to the hamlet of Sonning Eye on the Oxfordshire bank.
		Sonning is a civil parish with an elected parish council of eight councillors.
		Sonning Parish Magazine, established in 1869, serves Sonning and the neighbouring village of Charvil, and the Sonning Village Show is held every September at the village primary school.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sonning (1117 words)

	May Family: People: Daniel May (1770-1851) of Sonning
		Certainly, Daniel was groomed to be a miller; and, in 1797 or soon afterward, his wealthy father appears to have purchased for him the mill at Sonning.
		He was also the Sonning Lock Keeper and employed some eleven men at the mill and on an additional one hundred acres of farmland.
		Daniel died at Sonning Island on 13th September 1851, aged nearly 81, and is buried on the edge of Sonning churchyard, as near to his old home as was possible.
	www.mayfamilyhistory.co.uk /people/daniel_sonning.html (897 words)

	bymnews.com
		Boveney Lock on the River Thames will undergo a massive £1.3m refurbishment, the £4.7m overhaul of Rye Fish Market Quay is nearing completion and many other smaller projects will be carried out over the winter months, thanks to the additional £15m funding from Defra allocated to the Environment Agency in March this year.
		One of these projects will be at Boveney Lock, which will undergo an extensive makeover, with improvement and protection work on the head lock cut and riverbank; provision of a new head layby; protection of the island riverbank and stabilisation of the tail bullnose.
		South Ferriby Lock, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, was modernised in a £200,000 overhaul.
	www.bymnews.com /new/content/view/19020/57 (835 words)

	Sonning Bridge
		Below Sonning Bridge I once had a problem with an aggressive swan, which was actually attacking a narrow boat steerer when I first saw it. It soon decided I was easier game. Jerome's heroes had problems with swans near here.
		Sonning Church and bridge and lock and adjacent weir are all picturesque.
		It is the cherishing of the wholesome enjoyments of daily life that has implanted in the sons of England love of home, goodness of nature, and sweet reasonableness, and has given strength to the thews and sinews of her children, enabling them to defend her land, her principles, and her prosperity.
	thames.me.uk /s01100.htm (1608 words)

	The village of Sonning-on-Thames, England
		Sonning Eye Action Group (SEAG) monitors activities around Sonning Eye.
		Sonning Hockey Club: Club House at the Royal County of Berkshire Sports and Social Club, Sonning Lane.
		spoon bending fame is a resident of Sonning.
	archive.museophile.org /sonning (1216 words)

	Punting the River Thames
		As soon as the lock keeper spots the punt (and they keep a very good look out) one punts very slowly up to the lock, which may well be ready by then.
		Chertsey Lock [112] is followed by the seven arches of Chertsey Bridge [112.1] And then suddenly we are in suburbia with neat bungalows facing onto the river, each with its smart parking place for its smart little boat, and opposite a carpark with another smart little boat dock.
		At Molesey Lock [120.3] I met a launch full of fostered children and their guardians who chatted to me and invited me to lunch onboard and took some photos of me punting in the most difficult circumstances, on silt, coming out of the lock, facing a line of oncoming boats.
	www.eade47.freeserve.co.uk /thames1.htm (6565 words)

	Thames Trip - Northolt to Beale Park and back
		Teddington Lock appeared around the bend all of a sudden, but it was not clear which lock was in use.
		The barge lock had its gates open, but there were two red lights (one for the barge lock, and the other for the launch lock).
		The boat club opposite the lock had all the flags flying, apparently they were having “sail-past” to honour the commodore of the boat club.
	www.mykaskin.eclipse.co.uk /pics/ThamesTrip/index.html (2358 words)

	Wand'ring Bark
		Many of the locks were showing red boards, meaning that the water level and current were considered so high as to be a potential hazard to boats on the river.
		Sonning was still a few miles and a couple of locks away, but we decided to push our luck and go for it.
		We arrived at two minutes to five, and the locks are supposed to be staffed until 5pm.
	www.wandringbark.com (4710 words)

	Wokingham Borough Council - Sonning
		Where the river divides into several channels it is crossed to the Oxfordshire bank by Sonning Bridge, reputed to be one of the oldest on the Thames.
		Sonning rightly holds a high place amongst the picturesque Thames villages and Sonning Lock, with its is colourful gardens, is acknowledged as one of the prettiest on the river.
		In spite of its great popularity, not only as a tourist destination but also as a place to live, what little modern development there has been is in harmony with the old world charm of the original village.
	www.wokingham.gov.uk /council-meetings-democracy/statistics/the-district/sonning (264 words)

	1998 Voyage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Got held up for 25 minutes at Grant's Lock where BW were replacing the lock sill plate which had been damaged.
		Came up the 8 locks to the summit passing a lot of boats on the way down, including Conwy and Caernarfan, so we only had to empty one lock.
		Got delayed at Kings Lock (30 minutes) because of the mud boats from the dredging using the locks.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Cruise1998mayL.htm (4397 words)

	The Thames Path - Henley-on-Thames to Tilehurst
		The Thames path crosses onto a bridge round the lock here, however when I walked this part of the Thames Path it was diverted away from the river due to works on the path over the lock.
		Sonning is a beautiful river-side village that is well worth spending some time to look around.
		Almost immediately after leaving Sonning Lock you are passing next to the grounds of Reading Blue Coat School, which also has a small boathouse.
	www.thames-path.org.uk /thames_henley_tilehurst.html (1481 words)

	River Thames: Waterscape.com
		Starting this summer, Marsh Lock will be undergoing bank protection while Godstow and Iffley locks will have new laybys installed this autumn.
		Sonning Lock will also benefit from the extra cash this autumn with new lock gates and repairs to its bullnoses.
		Design plans to refurbish the lock walls at Godstow and Days locks is already underway, and work at Teddington Lock, to protect the riverbank and improve the layby and mooring facilities, has also begun.
	www.waterscape.com /River_Thames/introduction/news/nid326; (296 words)

	About (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		is situated on the Thames close to Sonning lock, the boat club is on site and, more importantly, is only 200 yards from the dining hall.
		We are the only club on the Caversham to Sonning reach which is a quiet and most attractive stretch of the river.
		The senior squad will usually train six or seven times a week and their aims for the year are a top 10 place at the Schools Head of the River Race, reaching finals at the National Schools Regatta and Henley Royal Regatta qualification.
	www.rbcsboatclub.com /About/About.htm (333 words)

	CRUISING RIVER THAMES by boat
		At each lock we entered we were now enquiring constantly in our search for good fisherman's supply shop.
		Passing through Caversham lock the river widens considerably as it is here that the Kennet and Avon canal joins the Thames.
		Just below Shiplake lock we and moored next to a pasture Edgar took his place on the stern, cup of tea in one hand, fishing rod in the other.
	www.cruising.ca /england/docs/z-eng-8.html (570 words)

	Pictures of Sonning at the Sonning & Sonning Eye Community Website.
		If you have any images of Sonning and Sonning Eye or the surrounding area that you would like shown here, either photographs or paintings, old or new, please email webmaster@sonning.net with details.
		If you have a painting of Sonning or Sonning Eye that you would like shown here please email webmaster@sonning.net with details.
		These picture postcards of Sonning and Sonning Eye have all been in the public domain at one time or another and have been found as such.
	www.sonning.net /gallery.html (547 words)

	Sonning - Family History, Genealogy, Surnames and Local History.
		Her parents were Sophia (nee Dauncy or Dancy probably married name as had son Joshua b.1833 when she married) and Charles Cross b.1805 Marcham, Berks.
		Robert Holyoak was born at Shrivenham in 1811, the son of John Holyoak and Anne Ackrill.
		You will find the part of throne back support of the historical and local castle that once stood near Sonning Lock with the sitting room fire place at Weir House once owned by Mr Mrs Allen-Andrews the author/writer of Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machine.
	www.curiousfox.com /history/berkshire_17.html (2314 words)

	Civil Service Canoe Club - Gallery
		We portaged Sonning lock after about 1.5 miles and at about 2.5 miles we diverted down the St Patrick's Stream backwater returning to the Thames at Shiplake downstream of the lock.
		The next portage was at Marsh lock and soon after we passed Henley and then Temple Island at the end of Henley Reach (the regatta course).
		After portaging Hambledon lock it did not seem far to Hurley where we arrived just before dusk, but in time to observe some freestyling activity on the weir as we entered the lock cut.
	www.civilservicecanoeclub.org.uk /reports/hurley1105/index.htm (183 words)

	Photograph of Sonning, Lock 1890
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		"A small child perches precariously on the lock gate balance beam: one wriggle and disaster could follow.
	www.francisfrith.com /search/england/berkshire/sonning/photos/sonning_27159.htm (262 words)

	BBC Berkshire - Nature - Thames Travelling
		The churchyard of St Andrew's Church in Sonning is steeped in history.
		Andrew’s Church, Sonning, was founded in the 7th century.
		Sonning church is mostly built of flint, probably from local pits whose scars can now be seen but softened by ivy overgrowth, in the Blue Coat School woods adjacent to Sonning Lock.
	www.bbc.co.uk /berkshire/outdoors/walk_through_time/10.shtml (291 words)

	Todays big Moan - Stoppages - Canal World Discussion Forums
		Lock operation: 7:00 - 19:00 locks for vessel movement.
		It is perhaps best when cruising in the winter months to make sure you have this information as early as possible to enable you to plan ahead and therefore not be too inconvienienced by what is vital and necessary work to enable the navigation to remain open during the main cruising season.
		However the restrictions are done in such a way that it we cannot go up or down the river past one lock either way for 3 months.
	www.canalworld.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=336 (539 words)

	Photography Website Template
		Here, Sonning Bridge is captured from either side of the Berkshire boundary, before crossing into Oxfordshire.
		Sonning Lock & gates to the 'Blue Coat' school is featured.
		Floating along the river during this shoot, a balloon from a local charity event.
	www.sandfordimages.co.uk /gallery4.htm (53 words)

	Nb Ramyshome, the journey so far
		We were able to share more locks as we came back down the K and A, this time travelling in unison, physically and almost alphabetically, with Tina and Klim Corke on their boat Nb Strathmore.
		They are very different from a canal lock not just because of the wheels in place of ratchets to open the sluice gates and the lock keepers (female at Kings) but also because their surrounds are so well tended.
		The view from Lock 2 was quite panoramic or would have been if the sleet had not been blowing into our faces and the noise from the M42 just over the hedge another distraction.
	www.ramyshome.co.uk /spring06.htm (5327 words)

	River Thames Stock Photos: Buy images of Abingdon to Sonning 2
		The pleasure craft are also on the Thames at Sonning: photograph of a narrowboat and a motor cruiser negotiating the fairly low arch of Sonning Bridge.
		The narrowboats before trees are on the Thames above Sonning lock on the very outskirts of Reading.
		The vertical water level guage on the side of Mapledurham Lock has high water flood markers for the years 1894, 1947 and 2003.
	www.jimbatty.com /thames/abingdon_2.html (219 words)

	Voyages of the NB Pukeko :: Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The lock gates opened and there was a huge expanse of water in front of us that was less than smooth.
		At the second lock of the day we met with a couple from a boat called ‘Pendragon’ who were also going to Limehouse so we paired up with them.
		We moored up a little earlier than we had intended next to ‘Three Locks’, a pub next to 3 locks… Went to the pub for an early dinner and were joined by Claire and Tristan bearing a bag of olives and 2 fl lab pups.
	pukeko.blogware.com (8543 words)

	Thames Cruise- To Shiplake Lock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sonning Bridge follows shortly after leaving the lock.
		Sonning Mill House and Theatre are on the port bank.
		Great House Hotel is on the starboard side after the bridge and offers mooring facilities.
	www.boatz.co.uk /thamestour/shiplake.htm (33 words)

	SONNING LOCK
		1827: Repairs to Pound Lock – during the stoppage the old flash lock was used.
		[Sonning] lock itself is a nice new one, much celebrated for its roses and bees, which are both cultivated and attended to by Mr.
		He then goes on to describe the various places of interest passed on the trip, some of the descriptions of which are singularly neat and appropriate, as for instance that on Reading:-
	thames.me.uk /s01110.htm (448 words)

	Canoe Focus Access: River Thames, St Patrick’s Stream and River Loddon
		You can portage, but many lock keepers will allow canoes and kayaks to lock through with launches (the Thames name for any boat fitted with an engine) but take care, the rules stipulate that launches must turn off their engines in locks.
		From Sonning after passing the old three arched road bridge and Great House Hotel, a further 1.5 miles will take you to the entrance to St Patrick’s Stream, this is marked by a small bridge on your right and a notice declaring “it’s not suitable for launches”.
		There is a newly built canoe portage from the weir stream across a strip of land by the lock house back to the upper level, which we only found this after we had carried our boats around the lock!
	www.canoefocus.demon.co.uk /accessloddon.html (603 words)

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