Above the Navigation limit the Environment Agency Stream Warnings may not be relevant.
This section in The Stripling Thames by Fred Thacker
Site of Inglesham Weir, about a quarter of a mile above the Canal junction.
1850: Wood’s Oarsman’s Guide –
Inglesham Weir is immoveable, consequently the River is no longer navigable to Cricklade.
1861: Ravenstein –
Inglesham Weir is immoveable, the head of the navigation on the Thames.
1868: Order for the removal of Inglesham Weir. It was removed.
1868: Squire Campbell of Buscot
complained the same month of its removal, and threatened to rebuild it.
If this were objected to he said he would claim on
the Conservancy for loss of water.
1920: Fred Thacker -
There was formerly a weir here, about quarter of a mile above the Round House. Perhaps because the navigation above this point was so neglected, none of the eighteenth century surveyors noticed it … There is a distinct weir pool and neck; but I could find no stones or stakes. A man told me at Godstow in the summer of 1912 that he could remember seeing craft hauled over here with a winch.
1999: Fred Thacker may not have been able to find stones in 1920 –
but Fred Thacker was in a
skiff. When I punted down the Thames in 1999,
I slept in that pool on the punt – and I
distinctly remember feeling squared stones with my pole as I manoeuvred
around. I thought at the time that maybe
an old wharf had collapsed into the river. Now I know it was a weir.
The pool was so full of fish that they kept me awake all night,
jumping and blowing bubbles and coming up to the punt
and slapping the side with their tails (or so it seemed to me in my sleeping bag!).
But I got my revenge next day - I stopped at The Trout Inn at Tadpole Bridge -
and had a very satisfactory meal of Trout.
Map: Inglesham
Right bank
Inglesham Church and Farm looked lovely in the sunshine.
1849: Rambles by Rivers: The Thames By James Thorne -
Inglesham, with its little rustic chapel and neglected churchyard, and the quiet beauty of the neighbourhood, will tempt him to linger for a few minutes.
1896: 'A Tale of the Thames' by Joseph Ashby-Sterry - [coming downstream by canoe]
... they presently pass on their left the few houses that constitute Inglesham,
with the ancient tiny church of St John the Baptist with its quaint bell-tower.
[ Which is all the more remarkable because last time I was there Inglesham was on the right bank]
...
They were mightily pleased with the simplicity of the interior.
Those who have the care of it have, up to the present time, had the common sense and the good taste to leave it alone.
The ancient pews, the carved woodwork, and the primitive beauty of the old building are untouched,
and, thank goodness, the hand of the modern restorer - who has probably done even more damage
than ever was wrought by the iconclastic soldiery of a sanctimonious regicide -
with his abominable and uncomfortable pale oak benches, his flashy brasswork, his staring coloured tiles,
and his garish stained-glass windows, is nowhere visible.
There was an indescribably soothful feeling about the place as they sat there and listened
to the querulous clang from the quaint bell-tower overhead, and caught glimpses of the blue sky and bright green leaves,
the brilliant sunshine and the pleasant fields through the narrow windows from time to time.
Around here the first signs may become apparent that we are on an uncontrolled river - that is we are above the influence of a weir. Look for the marks of the last flood level. When I was there it was at least two feet above the summer level. Not much further on it was a scary five feet above summer level …
Map: Redpool
1692: Baskervile -
Wee’r got …
Down the Isis into Red Pool,
So here we’el stop a while and cool,
Ffor Boats do oft come hither to lade
Malt, Barly, other goods to trade,
Down to Oxford, and Abingdon,
And thence in barges to London.
Ffor wharffingers, a house provides,
To keep goods dry, on Wiltshire side.
1920: Fred Thacker -
After much inquiry I gather that Redpool is at that decided elbow the River makes from an easterly to an almost northerly course about three quarters of a mile above Inglesham church. The right bank is in Inglesham parish; and the spot would be, I suppose, its wharf.
Redpool? ¾ mile above Inglesham.
The first section above Inglesham is wide enough and generally deep enough for small launches. But the high standard of bank and tree management maintained on the main section does not apply and care will be needed on bends to avoid shallow water, submerged logs etc.
The Thames above Inglesham.
(Upstream to Hannington Bridge)
Introduction
Estuary
PLA
QEII Br
Barrier
Tower Br
Custom Ho
London Br
; Frost Fairs
Cannon St Rb
The Great Stink
Southwark Br
Millenium Br
Blackfriars Rb
Blackfriars Br
Waterloo Br
Charing Cross Rb
Westminster Br
Lambeth Br
Vauxhall Br
Victoria Rb
Chelsea Br
Albert Br
Battersea Br
Battersea Rb
Wandsworth Br
Fulham Rb
Putney Br
Hammersmith Br
Barnes Rb
Chiswick Br
Kew Rb
Kew Br
RICHMOND
Twickenham Br
Richmond Rb
Richmond Br
TEDDINGTON
Kingston Rb
Kingston Br
Ditton Slip
Hampton Br
MOLESEY
SUNBURY
Walton Br
Desborough Cut
SHEPPERTON
Chertsey Br
CHERTSEY
M3 Br
Laleham Slip
PENTON HOOK
Staines Rb
Staines Br
Runnymede Br
BELL WEIR
Magna Carta Is
OLD WINDSOR
Albert Br
Datchet
Victoria Br
Black Potts Rb
ROMNEY
Eton
Windsor Br
Windsor Rb
Windsor Slip
Elizabeth Br
BOVENEY
Dorney Lake
York Cut
Summerleaze Fb
MonkeyIsland
New Thames Br
BRAY
Bray Slip
Maidenhead Rb
Maidenhead Br
Below Boulters
BOULTERS
Cliveden
Hedsor
COOKHAM
Cookham Slip
Cookham Br
BourneEnd RFb
Quarry Woods
A404 Br
MARLOW
Marlow Br
Bisham
TEMPLE
HURLEY
Medmenham
Culham Ct
Aston Slip
HAMBLEDEN
Temple Is
Fawley Ct
Remenham
Regatta
Phyllis Ct
Henley Slip
Leander
Red Lion
Henley Br
Angel on Br
Landing
Hobbs Boatyard
Hobbs Slipway
MARSH
Hennerton
Bolney
Wargrave
Shiplake Rb
R.Loddon
SHIPLAKE
Sonning Br
SONNING
Dreadnought
K&A Canal
CAVERSHAM
Reading Br
Caversham Br
Reading Slip
Purley
MAPLEDURHAM
Hardwick Ho
Whitchurch Br
WHITCHURCH
Hartswood Reach
Gatehampton Rb
Goring Gap
Goring Br
GORING
Swan
CLEEVE
Moulsford
Moulsford Rb
Papist Way Slip
Winterbrook Br
Wallingford Br
BENSON
Shillingford Br
R.Thame
DAYS
Burcot
Clifton Hampden
Clifton Church
Clifton H Br
Barley Mow
Long Wittenham
CLIFTON
Appleford Rb
Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Br
CULHAM
Culham Cut Fb
Abingdon Slip
Abingdon
Abingdon Br
ABINGDON
Nuneham Rb
Nuneham
Nuneham Park
Radley Boats
SANDFORD
Rose Island
Kennington Rb
Isis Br
Iffley Mill
IFFLEY
Oxford Rowing
Isis
Donnington Br
Riverside Slip
Boathouses
Punting
Lower Cherwell
Upper Cherwell
Islip
Head of River
Salters Steamers
Folly Br
Bacons Folly
Oxford Fb
Osney Fb
Weir stream
Osney Rb
Bullstake Stream
Osney Marina
OSNEY
Osney Br
Four Rivers
OLD RIVER
CANAL
Medley Weir Site
Medley Fb
Bossoms
Perch
Trout
GODSTOW
Godstow Nunnery
Godstow Br
Thames Br
KINGS
River Evenlode
EYNSHAM
Swinford Br
Oxford Cruisers
PINKHILL
Farmoor
Stanton Harcourt
Bablock Slip
Arks Weir Site
NORTHMOOR
Harts Fb
Rose Revived
Newbridge
Maybush
River Windrush
below Shifford
SHIFFORD
Shifford Fb
Tenfoot Fb
Trout Inn
Tadpole Br
RUSHEY
Old Mans Fb
RADCOT
Radcot Cradle Fb
Swan Inn
Radcot New Br
Radcot Old Br
GRAFTON
Eaton Hastings
Kelmscott
Eaton Fb
BUSCOT
Bloomers Hole Fb
Trout Inn
St Johns Br
ST JOHNS
Halfpenny Br
Marina Slip
LIMIT
Inglesham
Hannington Br
Kempsford
Castle Eaton Br
Marston Meysey
A419 Br
Cricklade
SOURCE?
THAMES HEAD
SEVEN SPRINGS