Talk:Mapledurham Lock

Ambiguous statement on Salmon Ladder
The article contains the statement:


 * The weir is also the highest on the Thames that has a salmon ladder.

which is ambiguous. The word highest in this context could mean either furthest from the sea or with the largest fall. Can anybody remove this ambiguity?. -- Chris j wood (talk) 14:58, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Location
The article stresses the claim that


 * Mapledurham Lock is located by the Berkshire village of Purley-On-Thames, rather than at the Oxfordshire village of Mapledurham

but according to the 1:25000 OS map the Oxfordshire/Berkshire border is on the south side of the river, and the lock is much nearer to Mapledurham than Purley. Seems to me that it its name is accurate and it _IS_ located at Mapledurham - although only accessible by foot from the Purley direction. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.81.210 (talk) 18:13, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Its hard to be more specific about which side of the river the lock is on. Motmit (talk) 18:57, 4 January 2009 (UTC)


 * The Ordnance Survey's election maps shows fairly clearly that the lock is in Berkshire. Yes, the county boundary does run down the Berkshire bank here, but the lock is still inside the boundary. If you follow the cited link I've added, you will need to select 'South Oxfordshire' and 'local authority' to get the map. Set parish boundaries in show layers, and locate and zoom in on the lock. At two levels below the lowest Pathfinder based level, it shows the parish boundary bending out to accomodate the lock in Purley.


 * I've modified the article to reflect this, and added the cite. -- Starbois (talk) 11:18, 8 February 2011 (UTC)