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Topic: Caistor Canal


  
  T.N.C. On Tour
Llangollen Canal to Hurleston, Middlewich Branch, Trent and Mersey Canal, Macclesfield Canal to Marple.
Bridgewater and Trent and Mersey Canal to Stoke-on- Trent.
Trent and Mersey Canal, Macclesfield Canal to Macclesfield.
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  Canals of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canals first saw use during the Roman occupation of Great Britain, and were used mainly for irrigation.
The canals were key to the pace of the indistrial revolution: roads at the time were unsuitable for large volumes of traffic.
Early canals "countoured" round hills and valleys, later ones went straigther, as locks took them up and down hills, and the more modern canals strode across valleys on taller and longer aqueducts and through hills in longer and deeper tunnels.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canals_of_the_United_Kingdom   (1562 words)

  
 History by Waterway from Cromford Canal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The whole of the rest of the canal, except for half a mile, was abandoned in 1944 and the final stretch to Langley Mill in 1962.
The canal itself was to be 66 feet wide at the surface, 30 feet at the bottom and 12 feet deep.
The dimensions of the canal were to vary according to the ground conditions the width varying from 48 to 84 feet at the surface, 25 to 48 feet at the bottom and the depth from 13 to 14 feet.
easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/History7.html   (2660 words)

  
 Cabourn - Calcutt | British History Online
The town is within the jurisdiction of the county magistrates: the powers of the county debt-court of Caistor, established in 1847, extend over the sub-registration-district of Caistor.
The tithes of Caistor were commuted at the inclosure for 91 acres of land to the impropriator, and 80 acres to the vicar; but the hamlets of Audleby, Fonaby, and Hundon pay a yearly modus of £252.
Caistor was formerly in two parishes, Trinity and St. Edmund's, which were consolidated September 22nd, 1608; the church belonging to the former has been suffered to fall into ruins.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=50851   (3968 words)

  
 Waterways Engineers and Surveyors from Davidson, Matthew   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
He publised a pamphlet proposing a Stella to Hexham canal on the soth side of the Tyne and estimated a cost of £35,709 for 18 miles of canal with 12 locks.
Surveyed the Tees and proposed a canal from Stockton to Darlington and Staindrop to Winton with branches to the River Wear near Durham and the River Ure at Boroughbridge.
It was to be a small canal taking boats of 10 to 20 tons, 24 feet wide and 3 feet 6 inches deep with two inclined planes and he estimated it would cost £25,000.
easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Engineers5.html   (2240 words)

  
 PNRC0039
When authority was first obtained, for the making of this canal, it was the intention of the company to have continued the canal to the places mentioned in the title of the act, which would have made the total length of canal about fifty miles, with 252 feet of lockage.
This canal commences on the eastern side of the town of Manchester, at the end of Dale Street, and near to Piccadilly: thence passing through the suburbs, it crosses the River Medlock; thence to near Clayton, where the Stockport Branch commences.
From Clayton the canal proceeds to the village of Fairfield, where the main line terminates, as described in the act, at a distance from Manchester of three miles and three quarters, and with a rise of 162 feet 6 inches, by eighteen locks.
www.jim-shead.com /waterways/PNRC0039.htm   (4492 words)

  
 Caistor Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Caistor Canal was a 4-mile canal in Lincolnshire, England, constructed in 1800 and abandoned in 1936.
It ran from the River Ancholme, near South Kelsey toward Caistor through 6 locks, although it did not reach the town as it terminated in Moortown 3.5 miles away.
This page was last modified 13:26, 13 June 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caistor_Canal   (78 words)

  
 Canals of the United Kingdom - Japan
Canals first saw use during the Roman occupation of Great Britain, and were used mainly for irrigation.
Following the success of the Bridgewater Canal (the first modern artificial canal in Britain), other canals were quickly constructed between industrial centres, cities and ports, and were soon transporting vast amounts of raw materials (esp coal and lumber) and manufactured goods.
Early canals "contoured" round hills and valleys, later ones went straighter, as locks took them up and down hills, and the more modern canals strode across valleys on taller and longer aqueducts and through hills in longer and deeper tunnels.
canals-of-the-united-kingdom.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Canals_of_the_United_Kingdom   (2068 words)

  
 CAISTOR.NET
The canal ran from the New River Ancholme near Creampoke in Kelsey Carrs (4 miles south of Brigg) in an easterly direction to Moortown (3 miles west of Caistor).
Caistor was for many years the administrative centre for the whole North Lincolnshire area and was head of a rural district and county court district and also a petty sessional division, instituted in 1890.
Caistor Rural District Council had it's offices at 19 South Street before it moved to the purpose built offices in South Dale where it remained until local government re-organisation in 1974 when it became West Lindsey District Council (WLDC) and it's headquarters moved to Gainsborough, some 27 miles away.
www.caistor.free-online.co.uk   (968 words)

  
 Smith's Gazelteer 1846 Extract
The entrance of the Welland Canal from Lake Ontario has been formed, having a basin of 500 acres in extent with a depth of water of from twelve to sixteen feet.
A Village in the township of Humberstone, situated on the feeder of the Welland Canal, one mile and a half from Lake Erie.
A Village in the township of Moulton, situated on the Grand River, at its junction with the feeder of the Welland Canal.
www.oldniagara.ca /history/smiths1846towns.htm   (692 words)

  
 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
Great Britain's canals network was created in the 18th century (although a few canals predate this) and new canals were constantly added until the mid-19th century.
However, in the latter half of the twentieth century, the canals saw a rise in popularity as a industrialists were replaced by holidaymakers, who rented a 'narrowboat' and roamed the canals visiting places they passed through.
Canals have become so popular that new routes are even under construction for the first time in a century, linking navigatable rivers, and existing canals.
www.irelandinformationguide.com /Canals_of_the_United_Kingdom   (486 words)

  
 BBC News | AMERICAS | New era for Panama
They regret the loss to the economy of the spending power of the US troops, canal administrators and their families, and worry that the Panamanian government will be tempted to use revenues from the canal for other purposes than maintaining and modernising the facilities.
Next to the canal, the banking sector is Panama's most important source of revenue and employment.
And in case of any threat to the canal, they have in reserve another treaty which allows them to intervene if its operations are at risk.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/americas/557316.stm   (847 words)

  
 HTML Translation of SGML/EAD Document by Tim Green
Notes on the history of the canals and waterways of Britain, with press cuttings and indices.
Newcastle and Lyme Canal and Junction Canal -
Canals of the East Midlands Waterways to Stratford 0000-0000
library-2.lse.ac.uk /archives/handlists/Hadfield/m.html   (392 words)

  
 BBC News | AMERICAS | Special report: Panama Canal handover
For many Panamanians the handover of the canal is the true moment of independence, writes regional analyst Nick Caistor.
For centuries governments and adventurers dreamed of building a transoceanic canal, but when construction began in 1881 engineers were ill-prepared for the challenges ahead.
When the canal was completed, it proved the basis for realising Roosevelt's dream of turning the US into a 20th century superpower.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/556959.stm   (178 words)

  
 Guinness World Records - Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Danny Canal made medical history at 13 years old, when he received a four-organ transplant three times in seven weeks.
Garry Turner, of Caistor, Lincolnshire, England, stretched the skin of his stomach to a distended length of 15.8 cm (6.25 in) on the set of...
Baby Cheyenne was born with a fatal condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which stops the heart from pumping blood to the body.
www.guinnessworldrecords.com /index/records.asp?id=6&pg=1   (661 words)

  
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And for 12 of the last 14 years, Caistor Grammar has done more than is expected of it in terms of adding to its pupils' attainment between GCSE and A-level
Caistor's achievement is based on limited selectivity - taking all of the children living within six and a half miles who reach the entry standard and then topping up with the best of the rest - rather than focussing solely on who has the biggest brains or the deepest pockets.
Mr Hale says that this broadening of year groups is strength of the school, maintaining a local focus but reaching out to the wider community.
www.hemelgazette.co.uk /viewarticle.aspx?sectionid=3733&ArticleID=1854090   (1210 words)

  
 Amy's History & Restoration
The visit to Sheffield was our first long canal journey, and we were the first vessel to travel to Sheffield canal basin for many years.
The restoration work was sometimes difficult, and conditions on some of the canal trips were primitive to say the least, but we all had a lot of fun, and managed to chalk up a lot of ‘first times’.
She has continued to sail on the Humber, with groups of up to 12 passengers on every sail, and to attend rallies and festivals up and down the river and canals.
www.humberships.org.uk /html/amy_s_history___restoration.HTM   (3314 words)

  
 Welcome to Lincolnshire Enterprise
The land encompassing the former Grantham Canal basin has been recognised as a substantial tract of under-utilised, largely brown field land offering significant redevelopment and regeneration opportunities.
To identify the technical issues relating to the re-opening of the Canal basin to navigable standards between the A1 and the canal, together with broad cost estimates
It may also be the start on initial development with the reopening of the canal.
www.lincse.org.uk /project_details.asp?ProjectCategoryID=1&ProjectID=79   (743 words)

  
 caistor - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word caistor:
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Phrases that include caistor: caistor by norwich astragalus, caistor canal, caistor grammar school, caistor st. edmund, caistor st edmund, more...
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 Ottawa Ontaro Canada Florists- FTD Flower Delivery - Ottawa Florists
The west side of the canal became known as "Uppertown" where the Parliament buildings are located, while the east side of the canal (wedged between the canal and Rideau River) was known as the "Lowertown".
Across the canal to the west lies Centretown (often just called "downtown"), which is the city's financial and commercial hub.
Also, during the winter season the canal is usually open and is a form of transportation downtown for about 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) for ice skaters (from a point near Carleton University to the Rideau Centre) and forms the world's longest skating rink.
www.flowerscanada.com /Ottawa-FTD-Flower-Delivery-Same-Day.html   (4327 words)

  
 GENUKI: Bishop Norton, LIN
The parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
Bishop Norton is a parish and village in the north of Lincolnshire, near the Ancholme naviagtion Canal.
As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/LIN/BishopNorton   (371 words)

  
 Thornton - Thornton, West | British History Online
The surface is in general flat; the soil partakes of the nature of peat, and on the rising grounds is either marl or a strong clay.
There is a packet daily by the river; and the Ellesmere and Chester canal, which passes about a mile from the western boundary of the parish, also affords facilities of conveyance.
THORNTON-LE-MOOR (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Caistor, N. division of the wapentake of Walshcroft, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 6½ miles (S. by W.) from Caistor; containing 102 inhabitants.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=51337   (4369 words)

  
 TNC On Tour 2002 Page 7
John on Frogmoore went right on by the entrance to the moribund Caistor Canal, but Earnest lingered.
Beyond the blockage the Caistor Canal went tantalisingly eastwards.
Entrance to Caistor Canal - Ian Clarke does some Tai- Chi while waiting for NB Frogmoore II to get stuck.
www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk /Tour_02/Tour02_7.html   (1373 words)

  
 Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
During the walk the market towns of Market Rasen, Caistor, Louth, Alford, Spilsby and Horncastle are visited as well as a number of villages.
After a short walk alongside the Humber Estuary, the route heads south to Caistor and on through the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to Horncastle.
It then continues on, alongside a disused canal towards Woodhall Spa, from where it heads west to Lincoln and then south, passing west of Grantham and entering the county of Rutland to reach the Rutland Water reservoir and the town of Oakham, the end of the walk.
www.skegnessramblers.gothere.uk.com /books.htm   (344 words)

  
 NewsFromRussia.Com Bush to argue free trade in Panama
Bush came out of their meeting saying that although Silva wanted to work on worldwide trade, he still needed to be convinced that an agreement in the Western Hemisphere would be a job creator for Brazil.
Canal authorities say its expansion would help it remain the fastest and easiest shipping route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, reports the AP.
Nick Caistor meets some of the local people who have lived through the economic hardships of recent years.
newsfromrussia.com /world/2005/11/07/67120.html   (2269 words)

  
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The rebuilding of the Caistor Square in brick instead of wood gave us the present town centre.
Caistor House was built in 1682 and was the first house built after the fire.
The Sessions House, built in 1662 and used as a Magistrates Court, is the oldest building in Caistor to have survived the flames.
www.hemelgazette.co.uk /viewarticle.aspx?sectionid=2343&ArticleID=1094254   (705 words)

  
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By this time my groom was come to me, who, though of a dull understanding, his senses were very quick; I asked him if he smelt nothing, and after a sniff or two, he answered me, he smelt the smell of the Bath.
Collins, were more than a century in advance of their contemporaries, for it was not till after the year 1783 that Wiltshire began to profit by the formation of canals.
The short canal projected in the seventeenth century to connect the Thames and Avon has never been executed: subsequent speculators having found that the wants and necessities of the country could be better supplied by other and longer lines of water communication.
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 Waterways in the United Kingdom - Wikinfo
Waterways in the United Kingdom is a link page for any river, canal, firth or estuary in the United Kingdom.
Related topics: Waterway restoration, History of the British canal system, Transportation in the United Kingdom, Conservation in the United Kingdom, British Waterways, Aqueduct, Barge, River delta, Distributary, Flood plain, Narrowboat, Ship transport, Towpath, Tributary, Tunnel, Reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom, List of reservoirs and dams
Wyrley and Essington Canal and Wyrley and Essington Extension
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Waterways_in_the_United_Kingdom&printable=yes   (778 words)

  
 Caistor - Family History, Genealogy, Surnames and Local History.
Caistor - Family History, Genealogy, Surnames and Local History.
I have details of a Robert Baker who was born at Caistor about 1855.
We`are also hoping to walk some of the Caistor Canal.
www.curiousfox.com /history/lincolnshire_6.html   (1720 words)

  
 Waterways in the United Kingdom
Waterways in the United Kingdom is a link page for any river, canal, firth or estuary in the United Kingdom.
See: Waterway restoration, History of the British canal system, Transportation in the United Kingdom, Conservation in the United Kingdom
Stainforth & Keadby Canal[?], part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
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