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At the Roe-Buck in Newcastle a group of prominent men have gathered to discuss the plans for new branch canals connecting Hanley, Shelton, Burslem and Lane End.
The men include local pottery manufacturers Enoch Wood and Thomas Wedgwood.
The next step
A further meeting wi...
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Canals were among the most impressive - not to mention controversial - engineering enterprises of the 18th century.
In this pamphlet, the Trent and Mersey Canal Company outline their case for creating a new branch canal to Leek, as well as a new reservoir near the town.
Although the company...
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During 1796, a fierce debate was raging in Stoke-on-Trent over controversial proposals to build a new canal.
The new canal promised to link Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire with the Cheshire Canal in the north west. In doing so, it would pass through the Potteries.
River boats
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When a committee of manufacturers in Stoke, Burslem and Wolstanton put their weight behind a scheme to build a new canal, they published a series of legal extracts 'so that all may know the law' and 'that all just Rights may be enjoyed.'
The extracts, published by Burslem printer John Tregorth...
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This pamphlet, entitled Inland Navigation, outlines the contribution of the Trent and Mersey Canal to the relief of the poor in Stoke-on-Trent.
Should the canal be exempt from payment?
Often when an Act of Parliament granted permission to build a canal, the can...
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The Trent and Mersey Canal, begun in 1766, had become big business by the end of the 18th century.
Its owners were concerned about ensuring an adequate supply of water to the canal, and had applied to Parliament for a bill that would enable them to build a new reservoir near Leek.
The first...
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During 1808, the Trent and Mersey Canal Company was attempting to persuade the government that it should be exempt from paying the 'poor rates.'
The 'poor rates' were local taxes raised by every parish to help deliver aid to the poor and to manage workhouses.
The canal company argued that i...
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A committee of subscribers to a scheme for a new canal are in uproar about the publication of a hand bill claiming to reflect their views.
At this time, the committee were taking on a weighty opponent, the Trent and Mersey Canal Company, over plans to build a new canal.
Smear attem...
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In this statement, a group of landowners protest that they have been misrepresented in print.
They believe that they have been cast as supporters of a controversial new canal scheme, simply because they were present at a meeting in Uttoxeter to discuss the proposals.
They claim that 30 mile...
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In this statement, a group of landowners protest that they have been misrepresented in print.
They believe that they have been cast as supporters of a controversial new canal scheme, simply because they were present at a meeting in Uttoxeter to discuss the proposals.
They claim that 30 mile...
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An ambitious new project has begun in Staffordshire - outlined at a meeting at the White Hart and Star Inn, Uttoxeter.
A transport revolution
A proposed new canal promises to transform the transport of goods between London, the Potteries and the sea ports of North-West Eng...
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The management of a proposed new Commercial Canal has held a meeting at the Swan Inn, Hanley, to discuss the findings of Mr. Whitworth, who has been surveying the route planned for the new canal.
The route of the proposed new canal
This route was to stretch from Ashby-de-la...
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