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

by Joseph Priestley

INDEX.

NAME OF CANAL, &c.	WHERE SITUATE.	No. on Index Map.	No. of Sheet on Large & Index Map.	Page in Refer- ence Book.
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
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