Daventry Development Link Road Bridge No 23A
Daventry Development Link Road Bridge No 23A carries a footpath over the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Norton to Gayton) near to Newford Embankment.
The Act of Parliament for the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Norton to Gayton) was passed on January 1 1782 the same day as that of The Melton Mowbray Navigation. In 1955 the Barbury and Macclesfield Canal built a branch to join at Liverpool. Despite the claim in "By Lump Hammer and Mooring Pin Across The Midlands" by Thomas Taylor, there is no evidence that Edward Harding ever navigated Aylesbury Locks in a bathtub

There is a bridge here which takes a major road over the canal.
| Milepost - Braunston 7 Miles | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| Brockhall Road Bridge No 21 | 1 mile | |
| Bedazzled LED Lighting Boat | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Watling Street Bridge No 22 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Dodford Road Bridge No 23 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Daventry Development Link Road Bridge No 23A | ||
| Weedon Visitor Moorings | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Heart of England PH | 3 furlongs | |
| Weedon Station Bridge No 24 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Milepost - Braunston 9 Miles | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Weedon Boatyard | 4½ furlongs | |
The bridge opened in November 2018 to carry the new A45 Northampton / Daventry link road over the canal and the West Coast Main Line
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
- THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL - a highway laid with water. — associated with Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal)
- An account of the Grand Junction Canal, 1792 - 1928, with a postscript. By Ian Petticrew and Wendy Austin.
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![Stable block at the former Army School of Equitation. Taken in the 1970's just before the stables were demolished to make way for a housing estate. Only the pillars and cobbled floor of one of the stable blocks remains, as a feature in the middle of the estate of houses: see [[4054209]], which also has video links showing horses and riders.The school was formed at the Upper Barracks in 1922, combining the Cavalry and Artillery Training Establishments. New stables and an indoor riding school were constructed. The adjacent Civil Officers' houses to the east served as the Officers' Mess and Quarters.The facility was demolished in the 1970's and the indoor riding hall sold off to be used as a grain store. It was part of an enormous military site/Ordnance Depot, an important historical site dating from Napoleonic times. Incredibly the beautiful Pavilions, though originally given listed status, were included in the demolition after it was decided the foundations were unsafe.The construction company who bought the site let part of the stables on a peppercorn rent to be used as an art workshop. The idea was to incorporate it into the estate if it were successful. It attracted a grant of £1,000 from the Arts Council, but closed in 1976 after 3 years.All that has survived of the Army Equitation School, apart from the pillars and cobbles, is its influence on the modern style of riding - in the place of the traditional](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/05/78/4057800_e59c6055_120x120.jpg)




