Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, of Great Britain/Blyth River, Suffolk
BLYTH RIVER.
- 30 George II. Cap. 47, Royal Assent 1st April, 1757.
This river rises near Laxfield, in the north-eastern parts of Suffolk, whence it takes an easterly course, by Ubbeston Hall, Hevingham Hall, and Walpole, to near the market town of Halesworth, from which place to the sea, at Southwould, it was made navigable under the authority of an act, entitled, 'An Act for making the River Blyth navigable from Halesworth Bridge, in the county of Suffolk, into the Haven of Southwould.'
It is in length nine miles, and there are four locks upon it, and although it is in a part of the kingdom where there are neither minerals or manufactures, it is of considerable advantage to the district lying between the navigable Rivers Waveney and Gipping, by the facility it gives for the export of its agricultural productions, and the import of lime, coal, and merchandize in general.