Earlier this month I mentioned the ancient Inglesham Church. A short distance downstream from Inglesham Church is the junction of the disused Thames & Severn Canal with the River Thames. Inglesham Lock was at the entrance to the canal and the picturesque Round House was once the lock house. The canal was constructed between 1783 and 1789 and the first boat passed from the Thames & Severn Canal into the Thames at Lechlade, on 19th. November 1789, with great festivity. The distinctive Round House at Inglesham Lock is the one of five similar buildings along the Thames & Severn Canal. They were used as living accommodation for lengthsmen or maintenance men. I have an old postcard of Inglesham Lock, which was postally used in 1916. The sender, staying at the New Inn, Lechlade, wrote, ‘All I can say is you must come – everything perfect.’ -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com