Allington Lock nr Maidstone, built as a flash lock by the Lower Medway navigation Company following an Act of Parliament in 1792. An illustration of 1830 (1) shows the lock, featuring a single pair of timber gates, placed against the south bank of th Medway with a weir, approximately the same width as the lock on its N side. Rebuilt as a pound lock c1847 and deepened in 1880. (2) Amended in 1936-7 with electronic flood gates, and remains largely unchanged since. (3)

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, PAL Vine 1989 Waterways of Kent (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Hadfield 1969 Canals of SE England p.60-80 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<3> 2009, Allington Sluice, Maidstone, Kent: Historic Building Recording (Unpublished document). SKE16396.