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The village of Sonning-on-Thames, England (1110 words) |
 | Andrew's Church is the Sonning parish curch in the Anglican Diocese of Oxford. |
| Sonning Deanery is one of the branches of the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers (ODG). |
| Sonning is in Wokingham District Council in the |
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River Thames and boaty things (1783 words) |
| The original flash lock capstan used at the Hurley flash lock, prior to the first pound lock being built at this location in 1773, is the last surviving flash lock capstan in existence on the Thames and is situated next to the River in the grounds of Wittington House between Henley and Marlow. |
| Pound locks were also in use in Italy in the fifteenth century using portcullis type gates but Leonardo da Vinci is credited with the invention of the pound lock using mitre gates with built-in vertical sluices as he prepared plans for such a lock (San Marco Lock) on the Naviglio Interno in Milan in 1495. |
| Locks are closed for lunch between 13.00 and 14.00 every day except in the summer, when 'Summer Assistants' may be on duty in some of the busier locks. |
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