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THE STROUDWATER CANAL

by Michael Handford

Published by Alan Sutton. 1st. 1979

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.

Some marks to covers. Marks and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine.

ISBN: 0904387305
Stock no. 2128652

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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

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