Tuxford Lock Up
Introduction
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Tuxford Lock Up
Image: © Steve Fareham Taken: 4 Jan 2008
Dated 1823, Tuxford was an important staging point on the Great North Road. After a period of disuse the building was needed again when the railways around Tuxford were being built to lock up the drunken Irish navvies!
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Image Location
Latitude
53.229345
Longitude
-0.900417