Talk:Gower Branch Canal

Name of the junction - Bradeshall or Brades Hall
In the main article the junction name is given as Bradeshall rather than as Brades Hall for the junction at Brades Lock with the Old Mainline Canal.

I shall have to check what is written on the information board at Sheepwash Junction. That is the only location where I may come across the version Bradeshall But so far I cannot find anything other than Brades Hall.

The nearby bridge on the A457 is marked as Brades Hall Bridge both on the signs on the bridge itself, and on the Canal and River Trust website map of the Gower Branch as well as Google maps.

I have taken a number of photos in the past couple of months, while using the canal network for exercise during covid lock-down, so I can add these to the article in due course. These include a view along the Gower Branch from the junction with the New Mainline Canal.

Robert of Ramsor (talk) 14:59, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Update
The signpost at Albion Junction, where the Gower Branch joins the New Mainline Birmingham - Wolverhampton canal, has Brades Hall not Bradeshall.

Therefore I shall update the main article accordingly and include relevant photos.

Robert of Ramsor (talk) 11:22, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Update
I have now located one published source for the alternative spelling Bradeshall. The Nicholson series "The Ordnance Survey Guide to the Waterways" edited by David Perrott. My copy, dated 1983, is Volume 2 - Central. There is no other source for this alternative spelling.

Robert of Ramsor (talk) 14:21, 10 August 2020 (UTC)