Conkwell
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Conkwell is a small settlement in Wiltshire
on the county border of North East Somerset, England
. It is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the city of Bath. The hamlet was established to house the workers in the local stone quarries. There used to be a small chapel serving the community, which has been incorporated into one of the dwellings.
At the end of the Dundas Aqueduct
on the Kennet and Avon Canal
a wharf was constructed serving the Conkwell stone quarries.
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
on the county border of North East Somerset, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the city of Bath. The hamlet was established to house the workers in the local stone quarries. There used to be a small chapel serving the community, which has been incorporated into one of the dwellings.
At the end of the Dundas Aqueduct
Dundas Aqueduct
Dundas Aqueduct carries the Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon and the Wessex Main Line railway from Bath to Westbury, near Limpley Stoke in Wiltshire, England....
on the Kennet and Avon Canal
Kennet and Avon Canal
The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of , made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal. The name is commonly used to refer to the entire length of the navigation rather than solely to the central canal section...
a wharf was constructed serving the Conkwell stone quarries.