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THE STROUDWATER CANAL

Written by Michael Handford
Published by Alan Sutton in 1979
ISBN: 0904387305

THE STROUDWATER CANAL
Written by Michael Handford.
Stock no. 2128652
1st. 1979. Hardback. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Chapters one to seven have been revised from an edition first published in 1976 by Moonraker Press. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 337 pages including index. ISBN: 0904387305. Some marks to covers. Marks and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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Front cover

Cover of THE STROUDWATER CANAL by Michael Handford

Contents

  • Chapter One an Introduction
  • Chapter Two River Navigations, Turnpike Roads and The "Favourite Project"
  • Chapter Three Cloth and Clothiers
  • Chapter Four The First Attempt
  • Chapter Five 'His Own Private Navigation'
  • Chapter Six The Dallaway Scheme
  • Chapter Seven 'A Chimerical, Crack-Brained Fellow'
  • Chapter Eight Stroudwater Revived
  • Chapter Nine 'A Great Concourse of Spectators'
  • Chapter Ten 'The Battle of Carters Close'
  • Chapter Eleven Parliamentary Procedures
  • Chapter Twelve The New Act
  • Chapter Thirteen The Purchase of Lands
  • Chapter Fourteen The Purchase of Lands Contd
  • Chapter Fifteen Men and Materials
  • Chapter Sixteen Carters Close to Bristol Road
  • Chapter Seventeen Bristol Road to Chippenham Platt
  • Chapter Eighteen Chippenham Platt to Ryeford
  • Chapter Nineteen Ryeford to Wallbridge
  • Chapter Twenty 'Stroudwater Triumphant'
  • Appendix
  • Index