Name Hartshill Lady

Hartshill Lady was first gauged in April 1909 as BCN 20844 a 71ft Open Joey with Iron sides and baseplate. her builder is unknown. She first worked for A. Griffiths of Netherton as No. 7 Then Later for the Harts Hill Iron Co. retaining fleet No. 7. Finally she worked for Stewart and Lloyds of Coombeswood and was given S&L fleet No. 118 painted in the fore end. Stewart and Lloyds sold their last boats in the 1970s and shortly after she was cut down to 55ft the iron sides rolled around and a steel swim and counter added. She was fitted with an Armstrong Siddeley AS2 engine dating from the mid 1950s and previously from a lifeboat.

She is fitted with an Armstrong Siddeley AS2 2 cylinder with Parsons D type gearbox thought to date from around 1952 previously from a Lifeboat. Her iron knees and sections of the chines were overplated in 2001 and sometime before this she had a steel 'shoe' fitted her entire length inside the baseplate. She was formerly based at Cowroast before mooring until recently at Aynho on the Oxford Canal. She is currently under ongoing restoration based in Oxford.