I.
CHRONOLOGY OF RIVER IMPROVEMENT AND
CANAL NAVIGATION IN ENGLAND UP TO 1852.
- Fifteenth Century.
- 1423. River Thames Navigation.
- 1425. River Lea Navigation.
- 1462. River Ouse (Yorkshire) Navigation.
- Sixteenth Century.
- 1503. River Severn Navigation.
- 1504. River Stour (Essex) Navigation.
- 1531. Rivers Humber and Ouse Navigation.
- 1531. River Exe Navigation.
- 1570. River Lea ”
- 1571. Welland ”
- 1572. Exeter Canal ”
- Seventeenth Century.
- 1623. River Colne Navigation.
- 1662. River Itchin ”
- 1662. River Wye ”
- 1664. River Avon ”
- 1664. River Medway ” (upper).
- 1670. River Wey ”
- 1670. Rivers Bure, Yare, Waveney Navigation.
- 1670. River Ouse (Suffolk) Navigation.
- 1670. Foss Dyke Navigation.
- 1672. River Witham ”
- 1678. Rivers Fal and Vale Navigation.
- 1699. Rivers Tone and Parrett ”
- 1699. Rivers Aire and Calder ”
- 1699. River Trent Navigation
- Eighteenth Century.
- 1700. Rivers Avon and Frome Navigation.
- 1700. River Dee Navigation (and 1732).
- 1700. River Lark Navigation.
- 1701. River Derwent ”
- 1702. River Frant ”
- 1705. River Stour ”
- 1714. River Nene ”
- 1715. River Kennett ”
- 1716. River Wear ”
- 1720. Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
- 1720. Rivers Mersey and Irwell Navigation (and 1794).
- 1720. River Weaver Navigation.
- 1720. River Dane ”
- 1721. River Eden ”
- 1726. River Dun ”
- 1726. Beverley Beck ”
- 1730. Stroudwater Canal.
- 1737. River Roden Navigation.
- 1737. Duke of Bridgwater’s Canal (and 1759).
- 1749. Rivers Ley and Lane Navigation.
- 1751. River Narr Navigation.
- 1751. River Avon (Warwickshire).
- 1753. River Cart Navigation.
- 1755. Sankey Canal.
- 1757. River Blyth Navigation.
- 1757. River Ivel ”
- 1758. Rivers Calder and Hebble Navigation.
- 1759. River Stort Navigation.
- 1759. River Clyde ”
- 1763. Louth Navigation.
- 1766. River Soar Navigation.
- 1766. Trent and Mersey Canal.
- 1766. Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
- 1766. Rivers Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation (and 1793).
- 1767. River Ure Navigation.
- 1767. Driffield ”
- 1767. River Ancholme Navigation.
- 1768. Droitwich Canal.
- 1768. Coventry Canal.
- 1768. Birmingham Canal.
- 1768. Forth and Clyde Canal.
- 1769. Oxford Canal.
- 1770. Monkland Canal.
- 1770. Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
- 1771. Chesterfield Canal.
- 1771. Bradford Canal.
- 1772. Ellesmere Canal.
- 1772. Market Weighton Canal.
- 1773. River Bure Navigation.
- 1774. Sir John Ramsden’s Canal.
- 1774. Bude Canal and Haven.
- 1775. Gresley Canal.
- 1776. Dudley Canal.
- 1776. Stourbridge Canal.
- 1778. Basingstoke Canal.
- 1778. Bedford River.
- 1783. Thames and Severn Canal.
- 1785. River Arun Navigation.
- 1788. Shropshire Union Canals.
- 1789. Andover Canal.
- 1789. Cromford Canal.
- 1790. River Ouse (Yorkshire) Navigation.
- 1790. Glamorganshire Canal.
- 1791. Hereford and Gloucester Canal.
- 1791. Leicester Navigation.
- 1791. Wreak and Eye River Navigation.
- 1791. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal.
- 1791. Leominster Canal.
- 1791. Melton Mowbray Canal.
- 1791. Neath Canal.
- 1791. Worcester and Birmingham Canal.
- 1792. River Medway (lower) Navigation.
- 1792. Nottingham Canal.
- 1792. Monmouthshire Canal.
- 1792. Horncastle Canal.
- 1792. Lancaster Canal.
- 1793. Gloucester and Berkeley Canal.
- 1793. Aberdare Canal.
- 1793. Brecon and Abergavenny Canal.
- 1793. Stratford-on-Avon Canal.
- 1793. Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Canal.
- 1793. Grantham Canal.
- 1793. Grand Junction Canal.
- 1793. River Foss Navigation.
- 1793. Derby Canal.
- 1793. Stainforth and Keadby Canal.
- 1793. Ulverston Canal.
- 1793. Shrewsbury Canal.
- 1793. Warwick and Birmingham Canal.
- 1793. Caister Canal.
- 1793. Barnsley Canal.
- 1793. Oakham Canal.
- 1793. Deame and Dove Canal.
- 1793. Cruian Canal.
- 1794. Montgomeryshire Canal.
- 1794. Warwick and Napton Canal.
- 1794. Peak Forest Canal.
- 1794. Rochdale Canal.
- 1794. Huddersfield Canal.
- 1794. Kennett and Avon Canal.
- 1794. Mersey and Irwell Navigation.
- 1794. Swansea Canal.
- 1794. Wisbech Canal.
- 1794. Somersetshire Coal Canal.
- 1794. Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal.
- 1794. Sleaford Navigation.
- 1795. Wilts and Berks Canal.
- 1795. Ilchester and Longport Navigation.
- 1795. Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal.
- 1795. Derby Canal.
- 1796. Dorset and Somerset Canal.
- 1796. Grand Western Canal.
- 1796. Aberdeen, or Don and Dee Canal.
- 1796. River Tamar Navigation.
- 1796. Salisbury and Southampton Canal.
- Nineteenth Century.
- 1800. Thames and Medway Canal.
- 1801. Grand Surrey Canal.
- 1801. Leven Canal.
- 1802. River Exe Navigation.
- 1803. Glenkennie Canal.
- 1803. Tavistock Canal.
- 1803. Caledonian Canal.
- 1803. Thames and Severn Canal.
- 1805. River Mersey Navigation.
- 1805. Ashton and Oldham Canal.
- 1806. Glasgow and Paisley Canal.
- 1807. River Adur Navigation.
- 1807. River Ribble ”
- 1807. Royal Military Canal.
- 1808. River Tees Navigation.
- 1810. Grand Union Canal.
- 1811. Bridgwater and Taunton Canal.
- 1812. London and Cambridge Canal.
- 1812. Regent’s Canal.
- 1813. Bure and Dillon Canal.
- 1813. Wey and Arun Canal.
- 1815. Pocklington Canal.
- 1816. Sheffield Canal.
- 1817. Portsmouth and Arundel Canal.
- 1817. Edinburgh and Glasgow Canal.
- 1819. Carlisle Canal.
- 1819. Bude and Launceston Canal.
- 1820. Macclesfield Canal.
- 1824. Kensington Canal.
- 1824. Hertford Union Canal.
- 1825. English and Bristol Channels Canal (Liskeard and Looe)
- 1826. Alford Canal.
- 1826. Macclesfield Canal.
- 1826. Birmingham and Liverpool Canal.
- 1827. Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation.
- 1828. Avon and Gloucestershire Canal.
- 1828. Nene and Wisbech Canal.
- 1829. Oxford Canal.
- 1830. Ellesmere and Chester Canal.
- 1842. River Severn Navigation.
- 1852. Droitwich Junction Canal.