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Thank you to all your replies on the 'soss' - I will now digest them :) Best wishes Sarah Sarah Botfield BA (Hons), MPhil Heritage Access Officer (HER) Planning Services Peterborough City Council Stuart House (East Wing) St John's Street Peterborough PE1 5DD Email: [log in to unmask] Telephone: 01733 453450 (Wednesday and Friday 8.00-4.00, Thursday 8.00-12.00) To find out more about Peterborough City Council, please go to: www.peterborough.gov.uk Please consider the environment before printing this email. -----Original Message----- From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jude Plouviez Sent: 13 February 2013 18:28 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Soss - defintion of Seems possible that a soss is a navigible sluice, like a staunch (or stanch) though that term also appears in the book referenced by Sarah, and I don't recognise soss from the Suffolk navigations. Jude Jude Plouviez Suffolk County Council ________________________________________ From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Daniel Smith [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 13 February 2013 16:40 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Soss - defintion of Aint they lock gates on the Manchester Ship Canal? ________________________________ From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Evans Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 4:33 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Soss - defintion of Manchester Ship Canal David Evans Historic Environment Record Officer (Postal Address) Strategic Planning Policy & Specialist Advice Department of Environment and Community Services PO Box 2081 The Council Offices, Castle Street Thornbury South Gloucestershire BS35 9BP Phone: 01454 863649 fax: 01454 864473 Visit our HER on Line at http://maps.southglos.gov.uk/CommunityMap/ ________________________________ From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vince Russett Sent: 13 February 2013 16:30 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Soss - defintion of Not in the Cheddar Valley, Dave: I don’t think I’ve ever seen a ‘double door’ sluice, and I’ve lived in wetlands all my life. They are all unlock and lift (sometimes with windlass apparatus, sometimes just lifted by brute force and locked in place). My dad used to look after one on the end of the Cheddar main drain in the Upper Axe Valley until they installed diesal pumps in 1964. Vince Vince Russett County Archaeologist Development Management Group North Somerset Council Our Historic Environment Record is now on-line: Go to the North Somerset web site (http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk) then use the tabs Environment / Conservation / Archaeology/ Historic Environment Record. Enjoy! Landline: 01934 426456 Mobile: 07919 265645 Please note my work hours are usually 8am to 4pm ________________________________ From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Evans Sent: 13 February 2013 15:52 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Soss - defintion of A soss is an up and down gate while a sluice operates like double doors. David Evans Historic Environment Record Officer (Postal Address) Strategic Planning Policy & Specialist Advice Department of Environment and Community Services PO Box 2081 The Council Offices, Castle Street Thornbury South Gloucestershire BS35 9BP Phone: 01454 863649 fax: 01454 864473 Visit our HER on Line at http://maps.southglos.gov.uk/CommunityMap/ ________________________________ From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Botfield Sarah Sent: 13 February 2013 14:16 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Soss - defintion of Hello All I am currently enhancing our records on flood defences and have come across the term ‘soss’. I had thought it may refer to a sluice; however an old book I have found of the internet records a soss and sluice being installed. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=apIJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA428&lpg=PA428&dq=stanground+drainage+of+the+fens&source=bl&ots=RDGrvosZEb&sig=pqD8IPkWCBmpkgsUQ8fr3tfjaWI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rZkbUe-fIvOW0QXXyICoDg&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAw#v=snippet&q=stanground%20&f=false Any ideas would be gratefully received ☺ Best wishes Sarah Sarah Botfield BA (Hons), MPhil Heritage Access Officer (HER) Planning Services Peterborough City Council Stuart House (East Wing) St John's Street Peterborough PE1 5DD Email: [log in to unmask] Telephone: 01733 453450 (Wednesday and Friday 8.00-4.00, Thursday 8.00-12.00) To find out more about Peterborough City Council, please go to: www.peterborough.gov.uk Please consider the environment before printing this email. _______________________________________________________________ South Gloucestershire Council - rated April 2009 under the Comprehensive Performance Assessment a maximum '4 star' council by the Audit Commission _______________________________________________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it from South Gloucestershire Council are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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