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	Wyrley and Essington Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Wyrley and Essington Canal is a canal in the Midlands of England.
		The canal was built to allow transport of coal from mines near Wyrley and Essington to Wolverhampton and Walsall, but also carried limestone and other goods.
		The canal was lock-free from the Birmingham Canal mainline at Horseley Fields for 16.5 miles (26.5 kilometres), after which there were 30 locks descending to Huddlesford over a further 7 miles (11.3 kilometres).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wyrley_and_Essington_Canal (465 words)

	Wyrley & essington Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Because the canal is called the Wyrley and Essington it is usually thought that Essington was a major part of the route and the canal's success.
		Straight away the BCN built a connecting line between the Walsall Canal and the Walsall branch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal in Walsall town Centre.A second connection, the Bentley Canal, was built between Wednesfield on the Wyrley and Essington Canal and Darlaston on the Walsall Canal's Anson Branch.
		For many decades the Wyrley and Essington Canal continued to do well, this was especially due to the success of the Cannock Extension.However, in the early part of the 1900's trade began to drop back and by the end of WW2 the canal was making a big loss.
	www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/wyrleyessingtonroot.htm (1534 words)

	CANNOCK CHASE - CANALS
		Two other canals branch off this 'Cannock Circular Navigation', namely the Birmingham Canal, and the Coventry and Fazely Canal, both of which were built in 1768, before the Wyrley and Essington was projected.
		This canal branched off the Trent and Mersey Canal on Fradley Heath and travelled south to Huddlesford, where it is joined from the west by the Wyrley and Essington Canal.
		The canal was constructed in 1792 to connect the Birmingham Canal near Wolverhampton with the Coventry and Fazeley Canal east of Lichfield, passing through Wednesfield, Bloxwich, Wyrley and Brownhills, on its journey.
	www.roman-britain.org /chase/_canals.htm (1951 words)

	Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust Ltd
		In 1792 an Act of Parliament was passed authorising a canal from Wolverhampton to the collieries at Wyrley Bank and Essington, with a branch to Birchills near Walsall.
		In 1794 the Wyrley and Essington Canal Company passed a supplementary Act which enabled them to extend their line to Brownhills and then descend through 30 locks to Huddlesford on the Coventry Canal with a branch to the Hay Head Limeworks (Daw End Branch) and a short branch to Lords Hayes.
		The main line of the Wyrley and Essington Canal was originally a contour canal (hence the local nickname "Curly Wyrley") but since it was built it has been affected by the subsidence of the mines which it was built to serve.
	www.lhcrt.org.uk /history.htm (1307 words)

	Wyrley & essington Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The canal then turns north east to run parallel to the road, on the turn there used to be a junction with an arm heading south west between the streets of Pelsall.This was the Gilpins Arm.
		The Wyrley Branch is still clearly marked on the Birmingham A-Z.Immediately north of Sneyd Junction it entered the bottom lock of 5 on the branch.
		Its course is possible to spot because the canal used to form the county boundary and a fence now runs along its course splitting the farmland on either side of the Staffordshire and West Midlands border.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/wyrleyessingtonroute.htm (5075 words)

	The Wyrley and Essington Canal
		Was built along the line of the feeder from the Cannock Chase Reservoir to connect with the W and E. Anglesey Basin was required to carry coal from mines of the area.
		Brownhills canal view of the 1950's while the route was still in commercial use.
		The BCN has lost three major links in the course of time: the Lapal Section of the Dudley Canal to the South, the Hatherton Branch, Churchbridge Locks connection to the North West, and the Lichfield part of the Wyrley and Essington Canal to the North East.
	members.madasafish.com /~d_hodgkinson/wyrley.htm (369 words)

	Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust Ltd - Lichfield Canal, Overview
		The Lichfield Canal was formerly known as the Ogley Locks Section of the Wyrley and Essington Canal (the surviving 16 miles of the W & E main line being lock free).
		The next mile of canal took it through the Sandfields area and contained Locks 19 to 23 before the final flight of Locks 24 to 28 which are contained within a length of about a mile running parallel to Tamworth Road.
		In existing canals it usually relies on the original puddle remaining under the towpath but where this is not available a butyl or bentonite membrane can be installed behind the piling as an alternative.
	www.lhcrt.org.uk /lich2.htm (1871 words)

	Bentley Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bentley Canal is an abandoned canal that was part of the Birmingham canal network.
		A very short section still exists where it joins the Wyrley and Essington Canal.
		The canal was opened in 1843 and ran 3.5 miles (6 km) through 10 locks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bentley_Canal (78 words)

	CANALS in BROWNHILLS STAFFORDSHIRE
		The purpose of the canal was to transport coal from the coal fields in Wyrley which were in what was a otherwise inaccessible area.
		As stated in the canals section, the canal had opened on 8th May 1797 but had to close shortly after due to lack of water, The Company was under extreme pressure to open the canal again and so the Crane Brook was re-diverted to fill the reservoir.
		The canal company acted quickly and paid generous sums as compensation to all who had suffered loses, and immediately set about rebuilding the dam.It was decided the new dam would be thicker and wider and the inner walls would be lined with limestone.
	www.bhills-history.fsnet.co.uk /canals.htm (1293 words)

	The Birmingham Canal Navigations - BCN
		Birmingham Canal Navigations, includes the Wyrley and Essington canal, Rushall canal, Birmingham and Fazeley, Tame Valley canal, Stourbridge canal, Walsall canal, Dudley tunnel, Netherton tunnel.
		Commercial trade disappeared in the middle of the twentieth century and 54 miles of canals were closed, but the remaining network is still a uniquely interesting area to explore, overflowing with industrial heritage, tunnels, flyovers, factories and warehouses.
		The two large loops of canals in the North Eastern area served coalfields, especially those around Cannock which were the last to close in the 1960's.
	www.canaljunction.com /canal/birmingham_navigations.htm (657 words)

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		This is unlikely to be true however, as the canal did not open until 1843 and was not even on the drawing board then.
		The Ironworks was in operation shortly after the construction of the Wyrley and Essington canal and had ceased operations by the middle of the last century.
		Before the Wyrley and Essington Canal was constructed between 1792 and 1794 Coltham Road formed part of the ancient highway between Willenhall and Bloxwich.
	www.shercliff.demon.co.uk /WHS/streetc.htm (2842 words)

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		In 1794 an act of Parliament was passed to enable the Wyrley and Essington Canal Co. to extend its exsistng Cannock to Wolverhampton branch.
		The Wryley and Essington ran from Birchills in Walsall to Ogley Hay in Brownhills, where it joined the Daw end branch, and took three years to build.
		On the left marked by the line of trees is the path of the Sandhills branch canal, which led to lime kilns and a wharf at Sandhills.
	members.lycos.co.uk /brownhillspast/wyrley&essington.html (737 words)

	Bentley Canal Footbridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The towpath surfacing has been renewed but the bit over the bridge maintains the raised courses which were supposed to give the horses some grip.
		The canal to the left of the picture is the Wyrley and Essington, part of the BCN.
		It is known as the Curly Wyrley (Wyrley has always been pronounced to rhyme with curly) because, being a contour canal, it wiggles about a great deal.
	www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk /listed/rycanal/bentley.htm (135 words)

	Walsall Branch Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A branch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal, running from Catshill Junction to Longwood Junction on the Rushall Canal.
		Runs from Birchills Junction on the Wyrley and Essington Canal to the junction with the Walsall Canal.
		Lichfield and Hatherton Canal Restoration Trust : Campaigns for the restoration of the Lichfield Canal, and the Hatherton Canal through Cannock.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Walsall-Branch-Canal.html (818 words)

	The Wyrley and Essington Canal - virtualwalk-5
		Also shown are the brick sides of the canal and the size of the trees that have grown in the canal bed since closure.
		The canal crossed the road a little to the east of the railway bridge.
		Wyrley and Essington Canal but is closed due to the private boat club.
	members.madasafish.com /~d_hodgkinson/wyrley-walk5.htm (1321 words)

	History of Longwood Junction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It is still a surprisingly rural canal for much of the way, and even when the urban sights appear it still seems to keep its peacefulness and tranquillity.
		This gives the canal a very built up appearance towards the junction and may take your mind away from the contour canal you thought you were on.
		The cement was used in canal buildings and stuccoing (a covering for brick walls).
	www.longwoodboatclub.co.uk /history.htm (482 words)

	Sneyd Wharf-Wyrley & Essington Canal
		Completed in 1797, the canal was one of the first to be built in Walsall.
		The canal was constructed independently but merged with the BCN in 1840.
		The canal is not used as much as some of the other Midland canals today and in parts is filthy and abused.
	www.starling101.btinternet.co.uk /canals/sneyd_wharf.htm (392 words)

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		The previously mentioned Knaves Castle may have been a Roman guard post or fort on the Watling Street, it was situated on a hill overlooking the junction of three ancient trading routes, Watling Street, Coventry Road, and Ironstone road.
		Catchill is reckoned to be the oldest inhabited area of Brownhills It covers an area from the Ogley Road to the Anchor Bridge and includes both sides of the High Street.
		The Fowkes along with the Hussey family were Lords of the Manor of Little Wyrley to which Brownhills belonged for Five generations.
	members.lycos.co.uk /brownhillspast/bhillshistory.html (970 words)

	Campaign to dredge to Wyrley and Essington Canal (Walsall Liberal Democrats) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Liberal Democrats have launched a campaign to ensure that the Wryley and Essington Canal is dredged and brought up to standard.
		The Wyrley and Essington Canal runs along the northern edge of the Short Heath ward, it is in urgent need of dredging and being made navigable.
		Canals can give so much to the present with them still being able to used for transportation and as places to visit and live by.
	www.walsall.libdems.org.uk /news/140.html (289 words)

	short break staffordshire Slindon House Farm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The new Canal proved so popular that even before it was officially opened, plans were being made to extend it.
		In January 1794 a petition was presented to Parliament for an extension to the Wyrley to Essington Canal, the new extension would link the canal to the Coventry Canal at Huddlesford, near Lichfield and so give access to the ports of Hull and Liverpool.
		One proviso was that the canal did not take any water from any streams or brooks in the Parishes of Walsall, Rushall, Norton, Ogley Hay or Aldridge as its supply for topping up the canal system.
	www.slindonhousefarm.co.uk /short-break-staffordshire.html (454 words)

	Wolverhampton City Council - Canals in Wolverhampton
		Wolverhampton is situated at the northern end of the Wolverhampton Level of the Birmingham Canal Navigations.
		Canals also reach to Walsall, Chasewater (Anglesey basin) and Daw End (Aldridge) on the Wyrley and Essington Canal.
		At Wolverhampton, the Birmingham Canal Navigations connects with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal the Shropshire Union Canal.
	www.wolverhampton.gov.uk /transport_streets/waterways/canals/city.htm (286 words)

	Tour 2000 BCN + page 13
		Wyrley and Essington Canal to Horseley Fields Junction.
		Here the abandoned Wyrley and Essington Canal used to carry on to Huddlesford on the Coventry Canal.
		The main line of the Wyrley and Essington Canal to Huddlesford Junction on the Coventry Canal used to carry on here.
	www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk /Tour_00/BCNplus13.html (857 words)

	The Wyrley and Essington Canal - virtualwalk-1
		Overflow water is taken via several pounds to the canal as shown later.
		The Cannock Chase Reservoir (Chasewater) was opened in 1799 and feeds water to the whole of the current Wyrley and Essington, and beyond.
		John Freeth (Clerk to the Birmingham Canal Navigation Co.), who was responsible for the building of the bridge when the Angelsey Branch was cut.
	members.madasafish.com /~d_hodgkinson/wyrley-walk1.htm (502 words)

	Updates to other BCN Waterways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Navigation pub, by the Canal Museum is closed.
		At the entrance to the Wyrley and Essington Canal, the footbridge precedes the railway bridge.
		There is a water point at the boatyard at the northern end of the canal.
	www.waterwaysguides.co.uk /updates/bcnother.htm (487 words)

	Jim Storey - Birchills Canal Museum
		The Walsall branch of the Birmingham canal was opened in 1799 to provide an easier and cheaper way of moving goods (coal, wheat, iron ore and limestone) into the town.
		It was linked to the Wyrley and Essington canal through Birchills in 1841.
		It was opened to the canal boatmen on 4th March 1901.
	home.freeuk.net /jim-storey/musehist.htm (672 words)

	Wyrley & essington Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		At its eastern end, west off Lichfield Road (A461) is a group of old canal buildings though these are situated on private land.
		Locks 9, 10 and 11 were on this 400 yard stretch but it is not known if they have been removed or simply filled in.
		Some of these were intact until recent years but all have now completely gone beneath a horse paddock.
	www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/wyrleyessingtonroute.htm (5075 words)

	Canals in Walsall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Walsall Junction Canal was opened in 1841 as a link between the Walsall Canal and the Birchills Branch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal, opened in 1797.
		The Walsall Junction Canal is in fact a flight of 8 locks climbing the slope separating the two older waterways, making it possible for coal boats from the Wyrley and Essington Canal and its collieries to come straight through to the coal wharves in and around Walsall.
		Raw materials such as coal, iron ore and limestone and manufactured goods from Walsall were transported and working boats were still a common sight on the local canals well into this century.
	www.millennium.walsallgfl.org.uk /canals_in_walsall.htm (210 words)

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		The line is now a nature trail starting at the A5 bridge to the Wyrley and Essington canal at the Sough in Pelsall, and part of the Beacon way.
		Remains of a gate where the mineral railway from the Brownhills pits on Wyrley Common joined the main line of the Norton Branch.
		Another view of the bridge showing the two spans, one for the main branch of the Wyrley and Essington, and the other now disused for the Slough arm, which gave the pits at Coppice side access to the canal.
	members.lycos.co.uk /brownhillspast/nortonbranch.htm (285 words)

	The Wolverhampton Borough Council (Wednesfield Way) (Bridge over the Wyrley and Essington Canal) Scheme 1994 ...
		The Wolverhampton Borough Council (Wednesfield Way) (Bridge over the Wyrley and Essington Canal) Scheme 1994 is hereby confirmed with modifications.
		The Scheme will become operative on the date on which notice that it has been confirmed is first published in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Highways Act 1980.
		This Instrument may be cited as The Wolverhampton Borough Council (Wednesfield Way) (Bridge over the Wyrley and Essington Canal) Scheme 1994 Confirmation Instrumenmt 1995.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1995/Uksi_19951357_en_1.htm (478 words)

	TNC On Tour 2002 Page 41
		We shoved off at 10:30, up to Canal Transport Services dock to wind in the entrance, it was then back off down to Pelsall Junction, where at 12:10 we turned left and carried on along the Wyrley and Essington Canal.
		Once up to the abandoned Ogley Junction, where the canal used to carry onto the Coventry Canal at Litchfield, we turned sharp left up the Anglesey Branch, it was easy to see what direction was considered the main line!
		At Brownhills the canal forms a barrier to development.
	www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk /Tour_02/Tour02_41.html (311 words)

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