Welton or Braunston

[Dav and Pen]

Saw these photos in an old book about Northamptonshire. I have always called and heard it called Braunston tunnel

[Tony Brooks]

The house just before the tunnel on the right when going north is/was known as Welton Wharf.

[Dav and Pen]

16 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:

The house just before the tunnel on the right when going north is/was known as Welton Wharf.

Yes that right and it has moored boats now. The road is the Welton road so maybe name changes half way through.

[matty40s]

The James Bentley Archive also refers to the Welton tunnel. I would think Braunston was a minor village with wharf on the Oxford canal, and only became an important junction when the GU joined....therefore the tunnel was named after the largest local village....Welton.

Similarly, Norton Junction is a mile and a half from Norton Village , Buckby Wharf a mile and a half from Long Buckby.

[zenataomm]

Now, Welton Lane not road.

[Derek R.]

The house under demolition, C1986.