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	Waterways Chronology from 1794 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		His canal was to be 42 foot wide, except on embankments or in cuttings, and 5 feet deep and he specified postions for each of the locks.
		The canal was open to Blaby and the committee "Ordered that Mr Varley the Engineer do contract for a Boat load of good coal to be conveyed as far as it will pass on the Union line on Monday to be sold for the benifit of the company".
		The canal committee record the presentation of a silver cup to him "as a reward for his extra care and attention in superintending the Foundations of the Lune Aqueduct".
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Chronology10.html (2556 words)

	Llangollen Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ellesmere Canal was intended to provide a route from coalfields and ironworks near Wrexham to the sea.
		It also linked to the Montgomeryshire Canal from near Llanymynech: though nowadays we consider the Montgomery Canal to start at "Frankton Junction" in Shropshire, the first part of this was the Llanymynech Branch of the Ellesmere Canal.
		The canal's most notable features include the spectacular Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, an aqueduct engineered by Telford to carry the canal over the valley of the River Dee east of Llangollen (the Dee also supplies the canal with water, taken from the weir at the Horseshoe Falls, about three miles west of Llangollen).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Llangollen_Canal (284 words)

	Montgomery Canal [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Montgomery Canal (originally the "Montgomeryshire Canal") is a semi-disused canalCanals are man-made waterways, usually connecting existing lakes, rivers, or oceans.
		The Montgomeryshire Canal was planned with an end-on junction with the Llanymynech branch of the Ellesmere.
		The canal was authorised in 1793 and by 1797 26 km had been built from Llanymynech to Garthmyl, but stopping 11 km short of Newtown.
	www.wikimirror.com /Montgomery_Canal (725 words)

	MONTGOMERYSHIRE (Welsh Swydd Tre' Faldwyn, Baldwyn's town shire) - Online Information article about MONTGOMERYSHIRE ...
		MONTGOMERYSHIRE (Welsh Swydd Tre' Faldwyn, Baldwyn's town shire), a county of Wales, bounded N. by Denbigh, N.E. and E. by Shropshire, S. by Radnor and Cardigan, W. and N.W. by Merioneth.
		The Montgomeryshire canal, some 24 M. long, is connected with the Shropshire Union and Ellesmere canals, The county was formerly a recognized source of oak timber for the navy.
		The Cambrian railway, entering Montgomeryshire in the north-east, by Llanymynech, crosses it to the south-west with branches to Llanfyllin, Westbury and Van.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MOL_MOS/MONTGOMERYSHIRE_Welsh_Swydd_Tr.html (970 words)

	Montgomeryshire Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Montgomeryshire Canal continues south from Lockgate Bridge Junction, a brand new lock is situated about ¼ of a mile past the junction and the brand new aqueduct over the River Perry follows less than a mile further on.
		One mile further on the canal swings south west, at Garthmyl, where the Montgomeryshire Canal originally ended for a number of years until the Western Branch was created.
		Canal bridge 146 is close by along with a white lock cottage, a red brick building and a corrugated iron shed with the words "Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company General Carriers" still written on it.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/montgomeryshireroute.htm (2945 words)

	Montgomeryshire Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		LMS were infamous for their dislike of canals and thus they did very little to maintain the waterways under their control, the condition of the Montgomeryshire Canal declined very rapidly.
		The Montgomeryshire Canal Preservation Society (which later became the restoration society) had their first major battle when the new bypass reached Abermule (south of Welshpool).
		The canal had to be re-routed along a brand new 300 yard cut, this left the original stretch unused though it was to be kept as a mini nature reserve to preserve the wildlife which had established since the canal's closure.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/montgomeryshireroot.htm (2291 words)

	Canal Transport Victorian from Quodra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Most canals in Britain were built between 1761 and 1816, well before the Victorian age began in 1837...
		The workings of the Panama Canal are a sight to behold whether or not you're a history buff or mechanically inclined.
		The Panama Canal was completed in 1914, at the cost of 30,000 people's lives and funding from two nations.
	www.quodra.com /Canal-Transport-Victorian.html (568 words)

	MONTGOMERY (WALES) - LoveToKnow Article on MONTGOMERY (WALES) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The district is traversed by the main line of the North-Western railway, from Lahore to Multan, and is irrigated by the Upper Sutlej inundation canal system, and also from the Ravi.
		There was a general rising of the wild clans during the Mutiny of 1857, several actions being fought before order was restored.
		MONTGOMERY (Tre' Faldwyn), a municipal and parliamentary borough, market town, and the county town of Montgomeryshire, Wales, situated on a wooded hill near the east bank of the Severn, 7 m.
	28.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MO/MONTGOMERY_WALES_.htm (1541 words)

	Pete's MONTGOMERY CANAL Photosite Pool Quay section.
		This was used in the past to power the former Wern Corn Mill by the side of the canal.
		Also nearby was a brick and tile works (owned by the canal) and served by a narrow gauge railway from the nearby clay pits.
		The canal then follows the edge of a steeply wooded hillside before you come to a footbridge (Bridge 113) carrying a path from the road across a wetland area and into the woods.
	www.montgomerycanal.free-online.co.uk /poolquay.htm (825 words)

	Chris Davies MEP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Euro-MP Chris Davies, a canal enthusiast, has been a supporter of the project since its inception and says he is deeply disappointed by the response of the Development Agency.
		Chris Davies said he feared that the canal's rural setting was counting against it because the benefits of restoration affected less people than similar work in an urban environment.
		The Lancaster Canal, England's most northerly canal, was a main artery in the economic development of Cumbria and Lancashire in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
	www.chrisdaviesmep.org.uk /news/2004/Apr/setback_for_lancaster_canal_plans.htm (486 words)

	Shropshire Routes to Roots \| Transport and Communication \| The Shropshire Union Canal
		Although there were a number of reasons for the take-off of British industry in the nineteenth century, some of which are explored in the Industrial Development themes, one of the most significant was the improvement of transport.
		Although canal mergers were not unknown - the Ellesmere and Chester Canals had merged in 1813, for example - they were not common.
		The various rivers and smaller canals which connected with the main lines are not shown.
	www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk /roots/packages/tra/tra_u01.htm (384 words)

	BBC - Mid Wales - Walk through time
		The Montgomeryshire Canal was first opened in 1797, and was part of the Shropshire Union Canal - designed and built in stages to link mid Wales (Newtown and the separate extension to Guildsfield) to the Llangollen Branch of the Shropshire Union (at Lower Frankton), and thereby the national canal network.
		The building of the canal was funded by the local landowners wanting to expand their farming activities.
		The Montgomeryshire Canal was abandoned in 1944 but reopened in the late 1980s.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/mid/sites/nhob_walk/walk3.shtml (581 words)

	The Montgomeryshire Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The disused Montgomeryshire Canal stretches between Welsh Frankton in Shropshire and Newtown in Powys.
		The length in Montgomeryshire lies between Llanymynech in the north and Newtown in the west of the county and is approximately 23 miles long.
		There are two off-line nature reserves adjacent to the canal including the British Waterways managed Wern Clay Pits reserve west of Arddleen (SJ25171413) and the Pwll Penarth reserve (SO13869264) managed by the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust which lies to the east of Newtown.
	www.sunnymeade.plus.com /Montgomeryshire%20Canal.htm (163 words)

	Victorian Welshpool - Montgomeryshire Canal
		Like other canals of the time, the Montgomeryshire Canal was hand built by labourers using
		Once the large trench for the canal had been dug out it had to be lined with a special mix of
		The navvies often had to use their feet to do this, and sometimes cattle or other animals were driven along the floor of the canal to compress the clay into any cracks which might cause leaks.
	history.powys.org.uk /school1/welshpool/navvies.shtml (286 words)

	GENUKI: Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868
		It is situated near the Montgomery canal and the river Severn.
		It is situated in the valley of the Severn, near the Montgomery canal."
		The Ellesmere and Montgomeryshire canal passes through this township, which is nearly surrounded by the parish of Welshpool, and is therefore placed within the new limits of that borough, under the late Reform Act.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/wal/MGY/Guilsfield/Gaz1868.html (1148 words)

	CPAT SMR PRINTOUT
		The Montgomeryshire Canal was constructed between 1794 and 1797, but the original aqueduct at this site was replaced in 1836 by J.A.S. Sword, who was the canal company's engineer from 1833.
		The aqueduct is a fine example of the engineering associated with the Montgomeryshire Canal, of considerable interest for its engineering as well as for its architectural character.
		Stephen Hughes, The Archaeology of the Montgomeryshire Canal, 1988, pp.25, 28-9.
	www.cpat.org.uk /ycom/wpool/30581.htm (338 words)

	GENUKI: Montgomeryshire
		Benjamin Brunt : a Montgomeryshire emigrant to Patagonia.
		Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society was founded in 1994 to provide a forum for people with family history interests in the historical county of Montgomeryshire and its borders.
		Among the Club's achievements are the publication of ninety volumes of its journal the Montgomeryshire Collections, the creation of the first public museum in Wales and the establishment and maintenance of one of the finest private historical libraries in Wales.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/wal/MGY (3088 words)

	UKBookworld.com old, rare and out-of-print book database
		Main articles include : Education in Montgomeryshire; The Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire; An Essay on Llanidloes 1861; Cil-Eos Isaf, a late medieval Montg.
		The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Letters of the Herberts of Chirbury, Powis Castle and Dolguog, formerly at Powis Castle in Montgomeryshire.
		Turner, Keith and Susan: The Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Light Railway.
	www.ukbookworld.com /cgi-bin/search.pl?s_i_keywords=Montgomeryshire* (547 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It seems likely he was born at the gate house that stood on the north side of the canal bridge, on the Shropshire side, although the canal was built a few years after his birth.
		On the opposite side of the road were two small thatched cottages, at the side of one a smithy, and by that the Gate house, which in the 1870s remained as it was at least 80 years before.
		In the 19th century the boundary between Shropshire and Montgomeryshire, and between England and Wales, passed along the foundations of the front walls of the houses to the north of the hotel.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /nrhodes1/history.htm (4992 words)

	Shropshire Union Montgomery Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pete's Montgomery Canal Website : The purpose of this website is to bring together up to date items of news, information and interest about the Montgomery Canal.
		Much of this canal is un-navigable and is being restored.
		The Shropshire Union Canal Society : The Society was formed in 1968 to promote interest in the past, present and future of 158 miles of canal comprising the main line and branches.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Shropshire-Union-Montgomery-Canal.html (422 words)

	The Montgomeryshire Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The route of the Montgomeryshire canal takes it through some of the most spectacularly beautiful scenery in Britain.
		The canal was never heavily used and when it suffered a serious breach in
		restoration is one of the most remarkable stories of modern canal history.
	www.videoactive.co.uk /leisure/canal/mont.htm (151 words)

	Victorian Welshpool - Montgomeryshire Canal
		, continued the canal a further 16 miles to the south-west past Welshpool and on to Garthmyl.
		is to the left of the canal in the shaded portion of the map.
		Because the Montgomeryshire Canal was built chiefly to serve the
	history.powys.org.uk /school1/welshpool/canal1.shtml (235 words)

	Family Research - English, Scottish and Irish Genealogy » Montgomeryshire Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Montgomeryshire Canal however, was not completed as far south as Newtown until 1821.
		Canals were heavily used by the Victorians until the new steam railways took away most of their trade in carrying goods.
		Like the road, and later the railway, the canal closely followed the valley of the River Severn between the hills of Montgomeryshire.
	www.lineages.co.uk /2004/11/09/montgomeryshire-canal (817 words)

	Montgomeryshire Minutes 24.9.96
		RECOMMENDED TO MONTGOMERYSHIRE - that the area of land referred to be retained by the Committee until such time as a feasibility study on the development of the proposed crematorium at Christ Church is completed.
		The figures indicated that Montgomeryshire decided 72 per cent of its planning applications within the statutory eight week period, a performance which was above the Welsh average and which represented an improvement over the same period in 1994.
		The Montgomeryshire Planning Office was the eighth busiest of the forty offices in Wales in terms of planning application numbers, and of the eight busiest offices in Wales only three achieved a better performance than Montgomeryshire.
	demserv.powys.gov.uk /english/minutes/mont/m240996.htm (13984 words)

	The Montgomeryshire Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The canal was never heavily used and when it suffered a serious breach in February 1936 it was quickly abandoned.
		Its ongoing restoration is one of the most remarkable stories of modern canal history.
		It's a story with royal connections; and it's a story that has involved thousands of waterway enthusiasts and which led to the formation of the Waterways Recovery Group.
	www.falkirkcity.co.uk /cart/monty.htm (191 words)

	Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust - Community Heritage - Welshpool
		Montgomeryshire Canal, Welshpool, canal yard and salt warehouse, SJ22590732
		Montgomeryshire Canal, Welshpool, Hollybush Wharf weighbridge house, SJ22500730
		Montgomeryshire Canal, Welshpool, Severn Road former canal warehouse, SJ2269307409
	www.cpat.org.uk /ycom/wpool/wplind.htm (258 words)

	Registered and Deposited Records
		They have been transferred to the map room and are described in a schedule revised in 1974.
		In brief they include plans, sections and references for:- Montgomeryshire Canal 1814, Railway schemes 1844 - 1913 (96 schemes), Turnpike Roads 1803 - 1835 (13 schemes), Waterworks 1864 - 1920 (Newtown, Liverpool, Birmingham and London schemes).
		Proposed alterations and Extension to the canal near Newtown.
	archives.powys.gov.uk /mqs/mqrp.html (534 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Archaeology of the Montgomeryshire Canal: Guide To, and Study In, Waterways Archaeology (The ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Archaeology of the Montgomeryshire Canal: Guide To, and Study In, Waterways Archaeology (The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales)
		The Archaeology of the Montgomeryshire Canal: Guide To, and Study In, Waterways Archaeology (The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales)
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