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Victorian cottages along the old A41 at Buckland Wharf.

The view is similar to Image which was taken in April – before the Gospel Hall was demolished. A house will soon appear where the chapel was.

This old chapel has now been demolished (apart for a short length of wall) and permission has been obtained to build a house on the site. The hedge is actually the steep bank into the canal. Compare with Image – taken about 4 month's earlier.

This tiny chapel is on the bank of the canal and faces onto the road. At the time this photograph was taken there was evidence for building work in progress. Four months later it was demolished see Image and Image For another view before demolition see Image

This is one of a number of old wharves along the largely disused Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal. A huge project is under way managed by the Wendover Arm Trust to dig out and repair the whole length of the arm and make it navigable all the way from Bulborne to Wendover. The view is to the South, where the canal passes under the old A41 near Aston Clinton.

I don't know when this ceased to be a chapel – but I remember there were religious signs outside some 40 years ago – and service times were still published in a guide published in 2002. It was associated with the Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Brethren ). The parish of Buckland is long and narrow and this chapel is only feet from the boundary with Aston Clinton parish. For another view before demolition see Image Views after demolition: Image and Image

The unrestored part near Buckland Wharf, which was beyond the bridge.

By the bridge over the disused Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal, with the former wharf premises behind it. It is now offices.

This little bridge allows access from Buckland Road to a small row of houses on the eastern side of the canal at Bucklandwharf. The canal is the Wendover arm of the Grand Union Canal and has been closed to canal traffic since 1897, though there are plans to re-open it. If they do, this bridge (which post-dates the closure) will have either to be raised, or else replaced by a swing- or lift-bridge. This bridge is numbered 5B as it is the second of two bridges which have been inserted between Bridge 5 Image] and Bridge 6 just beyond this bridge at Bucklandwharf which carries the Roman Akeman Street - the former A41, now declassified - over the canal. The other bridge to have been inserted is the more recent Image] which is Bridge 5A, an appellation which would formerly have been given to this accommodation bridge.

The unrestored part by Buckland Wharf, which was to the right.