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Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, of Great Britain/Index

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INDEX.


NAME OF CANAL, &c. WHERE SITUATE. No. on
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ABERDARE CANAL Glamorganshire 1 V. 1
Aberdeenshire Canal Aberdeenshire 2 II. 2
Adur River Sussex 4 VI. 4
Aire and Calder Navigation Yorkshire 5 IV. 5
Alford Canal Lincolnshire 7 IV. 18
Ancholme River Navigation Lincolnshire 8 IV. 20
Andover Canal Hampshire 9 VI. 23
Arun River Navigation Sussex 10 VI. 25
Arun River Sussex 11 VI. 28
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal Warwickshire & Leicestershire 12 IV. 30
Ashton-under-Lyne Canal Lancashire 13 III. IV. 32
Avon River Hampshire 14 VI. 37
Avon River Warwickshire and Worcestershire 15 IV. 38
Avon and Frome Rivers Gloucestershire and Somersetshire 16 V. 41
Avon River Gloucestershire and Somersetshire 17 V. 45
Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Gloucestershire 106 V. 48
Axe River Somersetshire 18 V. 49

BALLOCHNEY RAILWAY.
Lanarkshire
6
I.
51
Barnsley Canal Yorkshire 19 IV. 52
Basingstoke Canal Hampshire and Surrey 20 VI. 55
Baybridge Canal Sussex 21 VI. 58
Bedford Level Lincolnshire. Cambridge, &c. IV. 59
Berwick and Kelso Railway Durham, Berwickshire and Roxburgshire 22 I. II. 59
Beverley Beck Yorkshire 23 IV. 60
Birmingham Canal Navigations Staffordshire and Warwickshire 24 IV. 63
Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Staffordshire, Shropshire & Cheshire 25 III. IV. 74
Blyth River Suffolk 26 IV. 78
Blyth River Northumberland 27 II. 78
Bolton and Leigh Railway Lancashire 28 III. 79
Borrowstowness Canal Linlithgow and Sterling 29 I. 81
Bourn Eau River Lincolnshire 30 IV. 83
Bradford Canal Yorkshire 31 IV. 84
Brandling’s Railroad Yorkshire 32 IV. 86
Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire 33 V. 86
Bridgewater’s (Duke of) Canal Lancashire and Cheshire 34 III. 88
Bridgewater and Taunton Canal Somersetshire 35 V. 93
Bridgend Railway Glamorgan 36 V. 97
Bristol & Gloucestershire Railway Gloucestershire 37 V. 98 ​
Britton Canal Glamorganshire 38 V. 100
Bude Harbour and Canal Cornwall and Devonshire. . . . 39 V. 101
Bullo Pill or Forest of Dean Railway Gloucestershire 40 V. 105
Bure or North River Norfolk 41 IV. 105
Bure, Yare, and Waveney Rivers and Yarmouth Haven Norfolk 42 IV. 109
Bury. Loughor and Lliedi Rivers Glamorganshire & Carmarthenshire 43 V. 113
Bute Ship Canal Glamorgan 270 V. 115
CAISTOR CANAL Lincoln 44 IV. 118
Calder and Hebble Navigation. . . . Yorkshire 45 IV. 120
Caledonian Canal Invemessshire 46 II. 125
Cam or Grant River Cambridge 47 IV. 129
Camel River Cornwall 48 V. 130
Canterbury Navigation or River Stour Kent 49 VI. 131
Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Kent 50 VI. 137
Carlisle Canal Cumberland 51 I. 139
Cardiff Canal (see Glamorganahire Canal Glamorganshire 102 V. 142, 282
Carmarthenshire Railway Carmarthenshire 52 V. 142
Carron River Stirlingshire 53 I. 144
Cart River Renfrewshire 54 I. 144
Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Essex 55 VI. 146
Chester Canal (see Ellesmere and Chester Canal Navigation ) Cheshire, Shropshire and Denbighshire 91 III. 148, 233
Chesterfleld Canal Nottingham, Yorkshire and Derbyshir 56 IV. 148
Clarence Railway Durham 57 II. 151
Clyde River Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Dumbartonshire 58 I. 156
Colne River Essex 59 VI. 161
Conway River Denbigh and Carnarvonshire 60 III. 164
Coombe Hill Canal Gloucestershire 61 V. 164
Coventry Canal Warwickshire 63 IV. 165
Cree River or Water of Cree Kirkcudbright & Wigtonshire 64 I. 169
Crinan Canal Argyleshire 65 I. 169
Cromford Canal Nottinghamshire & Derbyahire 66 IV. 172
Cromford and High Peak Railway Derbyshire 67 IV. 173
Crouch River Essex 68 VI. 178
Croydon Canal Kent and Surrey 69 VI. 178
Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Railway Surrey 70 VI. 181
DANE RIVER (not navigable) Cheshire III. 183
Darent River Kent 72 VI. 184
Dart Rlver Devonshire 73 V. 184
Dearne and Dove Canal Yorkshire 74 IV. 185
Deben River Suffolk 75 IV. 186
Dee River Cheshire and Flintshire ... 76 III. 188
Darby Canal Derbyshire 77 IV. 193
Derwent River Derbyshire 78 IV. 197
Derwent River Yorkshire 79 II. IV. 197
Devon River Perthshire & Clackmannanshire 80 I. 199
Dorset and Somerset Canal Wilts, Somerset and Dorset 81 V. 199

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Douglas Navigation (see Leeds and Liverpool Canal) Lancashire, 146 III. 201, 385
Driffield Navigation Yorkshire 82 IV. 201, 385
Droitwich Canal Worcestershire 83 III. IV. 204
Dudley Canal Staffordshire & Worcestershire 84 IV. 205
Duffryn Llynvi, and Forth Cawl Railway Glamorganshire 85 V. 210
Dulais Railway Glamorganshire 3 V. 213
Dundee and Newtyle Railway Forfarshire 86 II. 214
Dun River Navigation , Yorkshire , 87 IV. 216
EDEN RIVER Cumberland , 88 I. 224
Edlnburgh and Dalkeith Railway Edinburghshire 89 I. 225
Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Stirlingshire, Linlithgow & Edinburghshire 90 I. 230
Ellesmere and Chester Canal Cheshire, Denbighshire and Shropshire 91 III. 233
English and Bristol Channels Ship Canal Devon, Dorset & Somersetshire 92 V. 246
Erewash Canal Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire 93 IV. 251
Exe River and Exeter Canal. Devonshire 94 V. 253
FAL OR VALE RIVER. Cornwall 95 V. 262
Forth River Perth, Stirling, Clackmannon, Fife, Linlithgow & Edinburgh Shires 96 I. 263
Forth and Clyde Canal Dumbartonshire, Lanarkshire and Stirlingshir 97 I. 265
Foss Navigation Yorkshire 98 IV. 273
Fossdike Navigation Lincolnshire 99 IV. 276
GARNKIRK AND GLASGOW RAILWAY Lanarkshire 100 I. 278
Garturk Railway (see Wishaw and Coltness Railway) Lanarkshire 264 I. 280, 683
Gippen or Gipping River Suffolk 101 IV. 280, 683
Glamorganshire Canal Glamorganshire 102 V. 282
Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal and Railway Ayr, Renfrew & Lanarkshire. 103 I. 284
Glastonbury Navigation Somersetshire 104 V. 287
Glenkenns Canal Kirkcudbrightshire 105 I. 289
Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Gloucester 107 V. 291
Gloucester & Cheltenham Railway Gloucestershire 108 V. VI. 295
Grand Junction Canal Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Middlesex 109 IV. VI. 297
Grand Surrey Canal Surrey 110 VI. 312
Grand Union Canal Leicestershire & Northamptonshire 111 IV. 318
Grand Western Canal Somersetshire & Devonshire 112 V. 320
Grantham Canal Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire 113 IV. 322
Gresley Canal Staffordshire 114 III. 324
Grimsby Port or Haven Lincolnshire 115 IV. 325
Grosmont Railway Monmouthshire and Herefordshire 116 V. 326 ​
HAMOAZE RIVER OR ESTUARY Cornwall and Devonshire 117 V. 327
Hartlepool Canal Durham 118 II. 327
Hay Railway Brecknockshire and Herefordshi 119 II. V. 328
Heck and Wentbridge Railway Yorkshire 120 IV. 330
Hedon Haven Yorkshire 121 IV. 332
Hereford Railway Herefordshire 122 III. V. 333
Hereford and Gloucester Canal Herefordshire & Gloucestershire 123 334
Hertford Union Canal Middlesex 124 VI. 336
Horncastle Navigation Lincolnshire 125 IV. 338
Huddersfield Canal Yorkshire and Cheshire 126 IV. 340
Hull, Port of (see Kingston-upon-Hull) Yorkshire IV. 345
Hull River (see Driffield Navigation) Yorkshire 140 IV. 345, 201
Humber and Ouze Yorkshire IV. 345
Humber River (see Louth Navigation) Lincolnshire 157 IV. 345
Hythe River (see Colne River) Essex 59 VI. 345
IDLE RIVER Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire 129 IV. 345
Inverness and Fort William Canal (see Caledonian Canal) Invernessshire 46 IV. 346
Isle of Dogs Canal Middlesex 130 VI. 346
Itchin Navigation Hampshire 131 VI. 347
Ivel River Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 132 IV. VI. 350
Ivelchester and Langport Canal Somersetshire 133 V. 352
KENNET AND AVON CANAL Wiltshire and Berkshire 134 V. VI. 353
Kennet River Berkshire 135 VI. 360
Kensington Canal Middlesex 136 VI. 361
Kenyon and Leigh Railway Lincolnshire 137 III. 363
Ketley Canal (see Shropshire Canal Shropshire 222 III. 365
Kidwelly Canal Carmarthenshire 138 V. 365
Kilmarnock Railway Ayrshire 139 I. 367
Kingston-Upon-Hull Yorkshire 140 IV. 369
Kington Canal (see Leominster Canal) Herefordshire and Worcestershire 149 III. 369
Kington Railway Herefordshire and Radnorshire 141 III. 370
Kirkintilloch, or Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Lanarkshire & Dumbartonshire 142 I. 371
LANCASTER CANAL Westmoreland & Lancashire 143 I. III. 372
Lapworth and Ringwood Canal (see Stratford-upon-Avon Canal) Warwickshire 238 IV. 377
Larke River Suffolk and Cambridge 144 IV. 377
Lea River Middlesex, Hertfordshire & Essex 145 VI. 379
Leeds and Liverpool Canal and Douglas Navigation Yorkshire and Lancashire 146 IV. 385
Leeds and Selby Railway Yorkshire 271 IV. 397
Leicester Navigation Leicestershire 147 IV. 400
Leicester and Melton Mowbray Navigation (see Wreak and Eye Navigation) Leicestershire 267 IV. 403
Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal Leicetershire & Northamptonshire 148 IV. 403
Leicester and Swannington Railway Leicestershire 272 IV. 405 ​
Leominster, or Kington and Leominster Canal Herefordshire & Worcestershire 149 III. 409
Leven Canal Yorkshire 150 IV. 412
Lewes Navigation (see Ouze River, Sussex) Sussex 189 VI. 414
Lidbrook and Lydney Railway (see Severn and Wye Railway) Gloucestershire 219 V. 414
Liskeard and Looe Canal Cornwall 151 V. 414
Liverpool and Manchester Railway Lancashire 152 III. 415
Liverpool Docks and Harbour Lancashire 153 III. 420
Llanelly Railway and Dock Carmarthenshire 154 V. 421
Llanllyfin and Carnarvon Railway (see Nantille Railway) Carnavonshire 172 III. 422
Llanfihangel Railway Monmouthshire 155 V. 423
London and Cambridge Junction Canal Essex and Cambridgeshire 156 IV. VI. 424
Louth Canal Lincolnshire 157 IV. 427
Loyne or Lune River Lancashire 158 III. 430
MACCLESFIELD CANAL Cheshire 159 III. IV. 432
Mamhilad Railway (see also Usk Tramroad) Monmouthshire 160 V. 434
Manchester, Ashton and Oldham Canal (see Ashton-under-Lyne Canal) Lancashire 13 III. IV. 435
Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Lancashire 161 III. 435
Manchester and Oldham Railway Lancashire 162 III. IV. 437
Mansfield and Pinxton Railway Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire 163 IV. 439
Market Weighton Canal Yorkshire 164 IV. 441
Medway River Kent 165 VI. 443
Mersey River Lancashire and Cheshire 166 III. 447
Mersey and Irwell Navigation Lancashire and Cheshire 167 III. 448
Monkland Canal Lanarkshire 168 I. 449
Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway (see Kirkintilloch or Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway) Lanarkshire & Dumbartonshire 142 I. 450
Monmouth Railway Monmouthshire & Gloucestershire 169 V. 451
Monmouthshire Canal Monmouthshire 170 V. 453
Montgomeryshire Canal Montgomeryshire 171 III. 455
NANTILLE RAILWAY Carnarvonshire 172 III. 458
Narr River Norfolk 173 IV. 459
Neath Canal Navigation Glamorganshire 174 V. 460
Nyne or Nen River Northamptonshire 175 IV. 463
Nyne or Nen River, Bedford Level Cambridgeshire 176 IV. 466
Nene and Wisbech Rivers Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Lincolnshire 177 IV. 467
Newcastle-Under-Lyne Canal Staffordshire 178 III. 470
Newcastle-Under-Lyne Junction Canal Staffordshire 179 III. 470
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Cumberland, Northumberland and Durham 180 I. II. 471
Newport Pagnell Canal Buckinghamshire 181 IV. 474
Nith or Nidd River Navigation Kirkcudbright and Dumfriesshire 182 I. 476 ​
North Walsham and Dilham Canal Norfolk 183 IV. 477
North Wilts Canal Wiltshire 184 VI. 478
Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation Norfolk and Suffolk 185 IV. 479
Nottingham Canal Nottinghamshire 186 IV. 482
Nutbrook or Shipley Canal Derbyshire 187 IV. 484
OAKHAM CANAL Leicestershire & Rutlandshire 188 IV. 485
Ouse River (Sussex) Sussex 189 VI. 487
Ouse River (York) Yorkshire 190 IV. 491
Ouse River (Bedford Level) Norfolk and Suffolk 191 IV. 495
Little Ouse or Brandon and Waveney River 191 IV. 495
Ouse and Larke Cambridgeshire, Suffolk & Norfolk 191 IV. 497
Ouse (Great) River Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire 192 IV. 499
Oxford Canal Oxfordshire & Warwickshire 193 IV. VI. 501
Oystermouth Railway Glamorganshire 194 V. 510
PEAK FOREST CANAL Derbyshire and Cheshire 195 IV. 511
Peak Forest, Beard and Woodlands Railways Derbyshire 196 IV. 514
Pembrey Harbour, Canal and Railway Carmarthenshire 197 V. 514
Penclawdd Canal Glamorganshire 198 V. 516
Penrhynmaur Railway Anglesea 199 III. 517
Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway Devonshire 200 V. 518
Pocklington Canal Yorkshire 201 IV. 521
Polbrock Canal Cornwall 202 V. 524
Polloc and Govan Railway Lanarkshire 274 I. 525
Portland Railway Dorsetshire 203 V. 526
Portsmouth and Arundel Canal Sussex and Hampshire 204 VI. 527
RAMSDEN'S (SIR JOHN) CANAL Yorkshire 205 IV. 531
Redruth and Chasewater Railway Cornwall 206 V. 532
Regent's Canal Middlesex 207 VI. 534
Ribble River Lancashire 208 III. 541
Rochdale Canal Yorkshire and Lancashire 209 III. IV. 542
Rodon River Essex 210 VI. 547
Rother River Sussex 211 VI. 547
Royal Military or Shorncliff and Rye Canal Kent and Sussex 212 VI. 549
Rumney Railway Monmouthshire 213 V. 550
ST. COLUMB CANAL Cornwall 214 V. 552
Saint Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway Lancashire 275 III. 553
Salisbury and Southampton Canal Pembrokeshire 215 VI. 557
Sankey Brook Navigation Lanarkshire 216, 276 III. 558
Saundersfoot Railway Pembrokeshire 217 V. 562
Severn River Montgomeryshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire 218 III. V. 562
Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Gloucestershire 219 VI. 565
Sheffield Canal Yorkshire 220 IV. 570
Shipley Collieries Canal (see Nutbrook and Shipley Canal) Derbyshire 187 IV. 572
Shrewsbury Canal Shropshire 221 III. 573
Shropshire Canal Shropshire 222 III. 574
Sirhowey Tramroad Monmouthshire 223 V. 575
Sleaford Navigation Lincolnshire 224 IV. 576 ​
Soar River or Loughborough Navigation Leicestershire 225 IV. 578
Somersetshire Coal Canal & Lock Fund Somersetshire 226 V. 580
Spittal and Kelso Railway (see Berwick and Kelso Railway) Roxburgh, Berwick and detached part of Durham 227 I. II. 582
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Staffordshire & Worcestershire 228 III. 583
Stainforth and Keadby Canal Yorkshire and Lincolnhire 229 IV. 585
Stockton and Darlington Railway Yorkshire and Durham 230 II. 588
Stort River Hertfordshire and Essex 231 VI. 593
Stourbridge Canal Staffordshire & Worcestershire 232 IV. 594
Stour and Salwerp Rivers Staffordshire & Worcestershire IV. 596
Stour River Hertfordshire and Essex 234 VI. 597
Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal Warwickshire & Worcestershire 235 IV. 598
Stratford and Moreton Railway Warwickshire & Gloucestershire 236 IV. VI. 603
Stroudwater Navigation Gloucestershire 237 V. 606
Surrey (Grand) Canal (see Grand Surrey Canal) Surrey 110 VI. 608
Surrey Iron Railway Surrey 238 VI. 609
Swale River Yorkshire 190 IV. 610
Swansea Canal Brecknockshire & Glamorgan 239 V. 611
TAMAR MANURE NAVIGATION Devonshire and Cornwal 240 V. 612
Tavistock Canal Devonshire 241 V. 613
Tay River and Perth Navigation Perthshire, Fifeshire & Forfar 277 II. 615
Tees Navigation Durham and Yorkshire 242 II. 617
Thames River Oxford, Berks, Bucks, Surrey, Middlesex, Essex and Kent 243 VI. 619
Thames and Medway Canal Kent 244 VI. 630
Thames and Severn Canal Gloucester and Wiltshire 245 V. VI. 633
Thanet Canal Yorkshire 246 IV. 637
Tone River or Tone and Parrett Navigation Somersetshire 247 V. 637
Trent River Leicester, Derby, Nottingham and Lincoln Shires 248 IV. 638
Trent and Mersey Canal Cheshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire 249 III. IV. 643
ULVERSTON CANAL Lancashire 250 I. 647
Ure River Yorkshire 251 IV. 648
Usk Tramroad (see also Mamhilad Railway) Monmouthshire 180 V. 650
WARRINGTON & NEWTON RAILWAY Lancashire 253 III. 651
Warwick and Birmingham Canal Warwickshire 254 IV. 655
Warwick and Napton Canal Warwickshire 255 IV. 660
Weald of Kent Canal Kent 256 VI. 661
Wear River Durham 257 II. 666
Weaver Navigation Cheshire 258 III. 669
Welland River Lincoln 259 IV. 670
West Lothian Railway Lanarkshire and Linlithgowshire 260 I. 672 ​
Western Ship Canal (see Grand Western Canal) Devon and Somersetshire 112 672, 320
Wey River Surrey 261 VI. 672
Wey and Arun Junction Canal Surrey and Sussex 261a VI. 673
Wigan Branch Railway Lancashire 278 III. 674
Wilts and Berks Canal Wiltshire and Berkshire 262 678
Wisbech Canal Cambridge 263 IV. 682
Wishaw and Coltness Railway Lanarkshire 264 I. 683
Witham River Lincolnshire 265 IV. 684
Worcester and Birmingham Canal Worcestershire 266 690
Worsley Brook (see Bridgewater's Canal) Lancashire 34 III. 695
Wreak and Eye Rivers or Leicester and Melton Mowbray Navigation Leicestershire 267 IV. 695
Wye and Lugg Rivers Radnor, Hereford, Monmouth and Gloucester Shires 268 III. V. 697
Wyrley and Essington Canal Staffordshire 269 IV. 700
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