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	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Chard is a town and parish in the county of Somerset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Devon border, south west of Yeovil.
		Chard claims to be the birthplace of aviation, as it was here in 1848 that the Victorian aeronautical pioneer John Stringfellow (1799-1883) first demonstrated that engine-powered flight was possible.
		Chard was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, and remained a municipal borough until the Local Government Act 1972, when it became a successor parish in the South Somerset district.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Chard,_Somerset (307 words)

	CANAL - LoveToKnow Article on CANAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In England the oldest artificial canal is the Foss Dyke, a relic of the Roman occupation.
		the Trent and Mersey canal; it is 2880 yds.
		The ordinary inland canal is commonly from 25 to 30 ft. wide at the bottom, which is flat, and from 40 to 50 ft. at the water level, with a depth of 4 or 5 ft., the angle of slope of the sides varying with the nature of the soil.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CANAL.htm (3187 words)

	Chard Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Chard Canal was a 13.5 mile tub boat canal in Somerset, England, that ran from Bridgwater and Taunton through three tunnels and four inclined planes to Chard.
		Work in the canal stated in 1835 and the canal was completed in 1842 at a cost of about £140,000.
		The canal was heavily over budget and since income was only a third of what had been expected the canal company was never able to meet even the interest payments on its debts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chard_Canal (128 words)

	Chard archaeological survey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Chard is the highest town in Somerset, and is situated in a well-watered gap between two uplands.
		The Axe gravels to the south of Chard are the source of a number of prehistoric artefacts, including flint axes, and a hillfort exists on the ridge to the south-west.
		The core of modern Chard was in existence by at least the Saxon period, with a small, non-urban settlement probably clustered around the church and at a crossing of routes.
	www.somerset.gov.uk /somerset/cultureheritage/heritage/projects/eus/chard (1526 words)

	Chard Canal
		Perhaps one can say the Chard Canal was the victim of decisions taken under pressure; five years later it would probably have not been built at all, as the case for a railway would have been immeasurably stronger.
		The work on the canal actually started at Wrantage in June 1835 and by the Autumn of 1837 work on the tunnels at Crimson Hill and Lillesdon was sufficiently advanced to enable the cutting of the canal on the Chard side of Ashill to begin.
		Some canals showed a very good return, In any case the Bristol investors were obliged to invest heavily in the Chard Canal to safeguard their investment in the Bridgwater and Taunton, At any rate, within four years of opening the prospect seemed dismal, and a scheme was launched to convert the canal into a railway.
	www.ruishton.org.uk /aboutus/chardcanal.htm (4200 words)

	Chard Canal - Definition, explanation
		The Chard Canal was a 13.5 mile tub boat canal in Somerset, England, that ran from Bridgwater and Taunton through three tunnels and four inclined planes to Chard.
		Work in the canal stated in 1835 and the canal was completed in 1842 at a cost of about £140140,000.
		The canal was heavily over budget and since income was only a third of what had been expected the canal company was never able to meet even the interest payments on its debts.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/c/ch/chard_canal.php (171 words)

	South Somerset District Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Chard Reservoir was built in 1842 to provide water for the Chard Canal which was one of the last mainline canals ever built in Britain.
		The canal was constructed towards the end of the canal building era and was soon threatened by the arrival of the railway link from Taunton to Chard in 1866.
		The Chard Lido was opened as a holiday at home centre to dissuade local people from using the railways during troop mobilisation.
	www.country-breaks.com /chardres_history.htm (181 words)

	GENUKI: The National Gazetteer (1868) - Chard
		"CHARD, a parish, borough, and market town in the east division of the hundred of Kingsbury, in the county of Somerset, 18 miles S. of Bridgwater, and 3 N. of the Chard Road station of the London and South-Western railway.
		The borough of Chard was represented in parliament during the reigns of Edwards I., II., and III., but by the neglect of the freemen the privilege was lost.
		Chard is the head of a Poor-law Union and County Court district, but Ilminster is the polling place for this portion of the county.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/SOM/Chard/Gaz1868.html (686 words)

	The Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
		This enabled goods such as coal and iron to be brought from ports in South Wales unloaded onto barges and delivered inland to centres of population in the county.
		The line of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, The Chard Canal and The River Axe became a major defence line in the South West of the County to restrict Hitler’s movement to strategic docks should he invade.
		The canal is attractive and enjoyable but please take care, especially of children, when visiting the canal and its towpath, particularly near locks and weirs.
	www.canals.com /Bridgwater_and_Taunton_Canal.htm (1174 words)

	Chard - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Chard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		It is situated near the Devon border, on high ground between the Bristol and English Channels.
		Chard was the scene of a victory by the Parliamentary forces during the Civil War; Judge Jeffreys, the ‘hanging judge’, held one of his Bloody Assizes here in 1681.
		Chard was the birthplace of John Stringfellow, inventor of a heavier-than-air flying machine, and of Margaret Bondfield, the first woman cabinet minister.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Chard (169 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		From near Chard a road is thought to have diverged from it to the N.W., towards the Quantocks, passing by Castle Neroche.
		On the accessible side looking towards Chard the station is defended by a triple row of ramparts and ditches, but the side overlooking the vale of Taunton is so precipitous that the only protection provided appears to have been a kind of citadel surmounted probably by a keep.
		CHARD, a market town of 4437 inhabitants, at the S. extremity of the county, served by both the G.W.R. and L. Chard is a pleasant variant upon the usual cramped type of Somerset county town.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/1/2/2/8/12287/12287-8.txt (21290 words)

	BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON CANAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The canal begins in the centre of Bridgwater (OS Grid Ref ST 298376) at the docks which were created when the canal was extended in 1841.
		On the canal at Creech St. Michael is the site of the former junction with the Chard Canal which was opened in 1842 (the last "small" canal to be built in Britain) but was closed just 26 years later.
		This bridge used to block the canal and was one of the last obstacles which the council had to remove, which they did in 1993.
	www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/bridgwatertauntonroute.htm (2854 words)

	BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON CANAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The new canal company were ordered not to build a tunnel at Clevedon (south of Bristol) or to start work at Bridgwater until all other sections of the canal were complete.
		The Chard Canal (the last "small" canal ever to be built in the UK) initially ran from Ilminster to Creech St Michael on the east side of Taunton.
		The canal restorers, BW and the Somerset County Council should be praised for their many years of work in bringing back to life one of the UK’s nicest "country canals".
	www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/bridgwatertaunton.htm (4329 words)

	Creech St. Michael \| British History Online
		53) but was apparently reinstated, probably when the canal was built in 1827, and became part of the main street.
		97) The Bridgwater and Taunton canal running east-west through the parish was cut in 1827, with a pumping station between Foxhole and Charlton to lift water from the river.
		3) The branch line to Chard alongside the Chard canal was opened in 1866 and closed in 1963.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=18506 (2403 words)

	History by Waterway from Caledonian Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		He gave the increased price of food and labour, the higher than expected cost of land, extra sections of canal that needed clay linings, more rock cutting than estimated and the assembling of dredgers in remote country as the reasons for the canal construction taking longer and costing more than was planned.
		He reported on the canal project adding that the £109,393 estimate could be reduced by £20,000 if the canal was built the same size as the Bridgewater or by £50,000 if it was a narrow canal.
		He was asked to report on the canal and concluded that it could not be made to cover its expenses and would be better turned in to an osier bed.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/History6.html (2466 words)

	TELEPATHY - LoveToKnow Article on TELEPATHY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The government contracted to buy the companys plant in 1911, thus in effect annulling the act of 1899 which had failed to accomplish its object of establishing all-round competition.
		After the consolidation of the companies in 1889-1890 the profits declined, patent rights had expired, material reductions were made in the rates for telephone services, and considerable replacements of plant became necessary, the cost of which was charged to revenue.
		The price is to be fixed by the Railway and Canal Commissioners as arbitrators on the basis of the then value, exclusive of any allowance for past or future profits or any compensation for compulsory sale or other consideration.
	19.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TE/TELEPATHY.htm (7039 words)

	Gallery - Chard Canal 01
		This canal fell into disuse with the introduction of the railways.
		It is dry in the middle and heavily overgrown.
		The canal is now a haven for wildlife, especially at dawn and dusk, when its north/south flanks are seen at their finest.
	home.freeuk.net /ruishton/gallery/rrr/canal01.htm (42 words)

	► chard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Chard C hard is a leafy vegetable related to beets.
		Slightly 'chard The Random Thoughts And Journal Of The Me March 27, 2005 Absath has nothing on me "A short hour and a half ride later we were at Penn station, and we walked a few blocks up...
		Rainbow Chard Nutrition Swiss chard is a fat-free, cholesterol-free vegetable, low in sodium and calories.
	www.mycriteria.com /mperl/mpbusca/x.fcgi?page=10&theme=&lenguaje=adv_cy%3Des%26geovar%3D186%26setlang%3Des%2DUS%26FORM%3DLTRE&qry_str=chard&qry_ID=3217964.62.168.621121850040125&safe=&type=&no_additional_categories=1&category=web&additional_categories=&modules=&NAVG=Main&depth=1&per_page=10&timeout=5&mode=all (259 words)

	Wildlife Trusts Somerset
		Click here to view comments left by visitors to Old Chard Canal.
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		Woodland, scrub and ponds around long disused Chard Canal.
	www.somersetwildlife.org /reserve_46.php (77 words)

	Caledonian Canal
		The Caledonian Canal by A D Cameron, Edition: 3rd edition ISBN 1 898410 37 2 :166 pages, Published by Canongate Academic 1994 Written 1972 Revised edition of the 1972 work with an additional chapter and an updating of information in the light of new historical research.
		A 13.5-mile tub-boat canal, with inclined planes and 3 tunnels, from the Bridgewater and Taunton at Creech St. Michael to Chard.
		The Seven Canals of Derbyshire by Edward Garner, ISBN 1 84306 072 8 :160 pages, Published by Landmark Publishing 2004 Covers the Cromford, Derby, Erewash and Nutbrook canals and the sections of the Chesterfield, Peak Forest and Trent & Mersey Canals that come within the county.
	www.jim-shead.com /waterways/Caledonian-Canal.html (1737 words)

	Gallery - Chard Canal 01
		This canal fell into disuse with the introduction of the railways.
		It is dry in the middle and heavily overgrown.
		The canal is now a haven for wildlife, especially at dawn and dusk, when its north/south flanks are seen at their finest.
	www.ruishton.freeuk.com /gallery/rrr/canal01.htm (42 words)

	The Ship Canal and Harbour.
		The entrance to the canal was to be by a series of locks each with an 8ft rise.
		It would then have past Chard, slightly to the west of Taunton, on to Bridgewater, finishing at Stolford where another harbour was to be built.
		Neither the harbour nor the Canal were ever built, apart from a small section of the proposed canal from Chard to Creech St Michael.
	www.beer-devon.co.uk /canal.htm (323 words)

	Chard canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		There were four inclines, Thornfalcon, Wrantage, Ilminster and Chard common.
		The Chard common incline used a carriage, the other three used traditional caissons (six wheeled).
		At the top of the incline it had to travel down a little and a different set of wheels on the same axle of different gauge was used to transport the carriage down.
	www.hows.org.uk /personal/rail/incline/cha.htm (144 words)

	Learn more about Waterways in the United Kingdom in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		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 & Essington Canal and Wyrley & Essington Extension
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /w/wa/waterways_in_the_united_kingdom.html (279 words)

	Caledonian Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Caledonian Canal by A D Cameron, Edition: 3rd edition ISBN 1 898410 37 2 :166 pages, Published by Canongate Academic 1994 Written 1972 Revised edition of the 1972 work with an additional chapter and an updating of information in the light of new historical research.
		A 13.5-mile tub-boat canal, with inclined planes and 3 tunnels, from the Bridgewater and Taunton at Creech St. Michael to Chard.
		The Seven Canals of Derbyshire by Edward Garner, ISBN 1 84306 072 8 :160 pages, Published by Landmark Publishing 2004 Covers the Cromford, Derby, Erewash and Nutbrook canals and the sections of the Chesterfield, Peak Forest and Trent & Mersey Canals that come within the county.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Caledonian-Canal.html (1704 words)

	Taunton
		The woollen manufacture was established at Taunton in the fourteenth century, but has long since decayed ; and at present the silk manufacture is carried on, though not to any great extent.
		The river Tone flows on the north-western side of the town, and is crossed by a stone bridge of two arches ; but the river is only partially navigable, and in 1811 a canal was projected between Taunton and Bridgewater, a distance of 12½ miles.
		This canal is of great importance to the prosperity of the town and district, by enabling it to export agricultural and other produce to Bristol and other places, from which it receives groceries, coal, and other commodities in return : there is a branch from this canal to Chard.
	www.oldtowns.co.uk /Somerset/taunton.htm (1057 words)

	"The Project Gutenberg eBook of Somerset, by G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade
		The Blackdowns in the S.W. are not quite so elevated as their neighbours; near Otterford and Chard they consist of greensand, whilst chalk appears at Combe St Nicholas and Cricket St Thomas.
		CHARD, a market town of 4437 inhabitants, at the S. extremity of the county, served by both the G.W.R. and L. and S.W.R. Chard is a pleasant variant upon the usual cramped type of Somerset county town.
		Penruddock suffered a severe reverse in the neighbourhood in 1655, and Monmouth, in 1685, marched through Chard en route, as he thought, for the throne, a circumstance which Jeffreys did not allow the town to forget.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/2/2/8/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm (19917 words)

	Ilminster Somerset Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		It was a place of considerable importance in the Saxon times, and was formerly more extensive than at present, having been repeatedly damaged by conflagrations.
		It is situated on the Chard canal and the river Isle, which is crossed by a four-arched bridge.
		A railway is in course of construction, between Ilminster, Chard, and Taunton, thereby connecting, in the most direct way, the two channels from Watchett, through Taunton, Ilminster, and Chard, to Seaton and Axmouth.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/SOM/Ilminster/index.html (288 words)

	Individuals history books
		Why is it that the exploits of Stephenson and Brunel are part of the history curriculum while the name of James Brindley, the man who laid down the basis for the first national transport system, is largely unknown?
		Charles Hadfield is well known for his accurate and detailed canal histories, but his contribution was more than that of a mere chronicler of waterways. This book combines a detailed critical study of Charles's work in making and developing canal history with his own selected memoirs of other aspects of a busy and complex life.
		The son of a shepherd from the Scottish borders, Thomas Telford rose to be the greatest engineer in Victorian Britain, whose bridges, aqueducts, roads and canals combined aesthetic grace with brilliant engineering.
	www.canalshop.co.uk /acatalog/bkindhis.html (856 words)

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