The Thames Navigation Commission managed the River Thames in southern England from 1751 to 1866. In particular, they were responsible for installing or renovating many of the locks on the river in the 18th and early 19th centuries
6-759: The first commission concerned with the River Thames was the Oxford-Burcot Commission , appointed in the Thames Commission of Sewers Act 1605 . It took responsibility for the river between Oxford and Burcot . The Oxford-Burcot Commission was reasonably successful. Thus, the permanent Thames Navigation Commissioners were appointed through a further act under King George II in 1751, the Thames and Isis Navigation Act 1750 ( 24 Geo. 2 . c. 8). This commission had similar powers covering
12-522: A lock on the Swift Ditch near the present Abingdon Lock were built in 1631. However, its work was slow and costly and the first barge did not reach Oxford until 1635. Consequently Thames Navigation Commissioners were appointed in 1751 by a further act of Parliament under King George II , the Thames and Isis Navigation Act 1750 ( 24 Geo. 2 . c. 8). This commission had similar powers but covered
18-589: The University . However its work was irregular and by 1611 it had ceased altogether. A second strengthened act of Parliament in 1624, the Thames Navigation Act 1623 ( 21 Jas. 1 . c. 32), allowed for the appointment of eight commissioners of sewers . This was also known as the Oxford-Burcot Commission . It had the power to tax Oxford city and the university, to clean the river and to install locks and weirs . Iffley Lock , Sandford Lock and
24-690: The whole of the river down to Staines as far as a point marked by the London Stone ; below this point the rights and responsibilities for managing the Thames were vested in the City of London Corporation . Earlier commissions had been created by acts as early as 1695, although these had limited terms. The Thames Conservancy was established in 1857 to take over duties from the City of London because of falling revenue from boat traffic. Not long after, in 1866, it
30-652: Was considered best to have the navigation of the whole river under a single management, so the Thames Navigation Commission was subsumed by the Thames Conservancy. This article related to the history of England is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an organisation in England is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Oxford-Burcot Commission The Oxford-Burcot Commission
36-564: Was the first commission concerned with the management of the River Thames , appointed by an act of Parliament , the Thames Commission of Sewers Act 1605 ( 3 Jas. 1 . c. 14) to make the stretch of river from Burcot to Oxford navigable . The commission took responsibility for the management of the River Thames between Oxford and Burcot . It consisted of 18 members, including a representative each from Oxford city and from
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