{"id":41,"date":"2011-12-09T15:36:36","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T15:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chug.tmrshl.webfactional.com\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2026-01-20T08:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T08:07:49","slug":"kingsland-basin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/?page_id=41","title":{"rendered":"Kingsland Basin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>In March 1822 James Burton started constructing a basin near the Kingsland Road for landowner William Rhodes; it was 240 yards long and was opened in August.&nbsp;<\/em>(The Regents Canal &#8211; London&#8217;s Hidden Waterway, <em>Alan Faulkner, 2005<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/KingslandBasin-Hist-1827greenwoodsmap-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/KingslandBasin-Hist-1827greenwoodsmap-crop-620x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-444\" title=\"KingslandBasin-Hist-1827(greenwoodsmap)-crop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/KingslandBasin-Hist-1827greenwoodsmap-crop-620x563.jpg 620w, https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/KingslandBasin-Hist-1827greenwoodsmap-crop.jpg 903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greenwoods Map 1827<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/KingslandBasin1847.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/KingslandBasin1847-620x779.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-445\" title=\"KingslandBasin1847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/KingslandBasin1847-620x779.jpg 620w, https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/KingslandBasin1847-814x1024.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>OS Map 1847<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"From dream to reality: A new award-winning nature reserve comes to life in London\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LbSI_sBiqKI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Biomatrix video of the award-winning nature features of the basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March 1822 James Burton started constructing a basin near the Kingsland Road for landowner William Rhodes; it was 240 yards long and was opened in August.&nbsp;(The Regents Canal &#8211; London&#8217;s Hidden Waterway, Alan Faulkner, 2005) Greenwoods Map 1827 OS &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/?page_id=41\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6429,"href":"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/6429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chug.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}