An Act to enable Sir Nigel Gresley Baronet, and Nigel Bowyer Gresley Esquire, his Son, to make and maintain a navigable Cut or Canal, from certain Coal Mines in Apedale, to Newcastle under Lyne, in the County of Stafford.
The canal was used to transport coal from Sir Nigel Gresley's mines.[1] It opened in 1776 after being approved by Act of Parliament (15 Geo. 3. c. 16) in 1775.[2] The act placed controls on the price at which coal transported via the canal to Newcastle could be sold for the following 42 years.[3] The canal was transferred to the ownership of Robert Edensor Heathcote in 1827.[4] It closed around 1857.[5]
Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal and Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley's Canal Junction Act 1798
An act for making and maintaining a navigable canal, or canal and inclined plane or railway, from and out of the Newcastle-under-Lyme canal to the canal of sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley baronet, near the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme and also another branch of canal, or inclined plane or railway, from and out of the said last mentioned canal, at or near Apedale, to certain coal and other works, all in the county of Stafford.
The canal joined the Newcastle-under-Lyme Junction Canal at a mill in Cross Heath, a site now occupied by a motorbike shop in Swift House on the A34 Liverpool Road. It then ran northwest to Milehouse, Chesterton and the Apedale mines. The Junction Canal was planned in turn to connect to the Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal via an inclined plane, but this was not built due to lack of money, thus the Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal remained severed from the main inland network and the Junction Canal became no more than an extension of the Gresley's Canal.[6]
nigel, gresley, canal, also, known, later, life, robert, heathcote, canal, mile, private, canal, between, apedale, newcastle, under, lyme, both, staffordshire, england, contents, history, also, bibliography, references, external, linkshistory, edit, 1775act, p. Sir Nigel Gresley s Canal also known later in its life as Robert Heathcote s Canal was a 3 mile 4 8 km private canal between Apedale and Newcastle under Lyme both in Staffordshire England 1 Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 Bibliography 3 1 References 4 External linksHistory editSir Nigel Gresley s Canal Act 1775Act of Parliament nbsp Parliament of Great BritainLong titleAn Act to enable Sir Nigel Gresley Baronet and Nigel Bowyer Gresley Esquire his Son to make and maintain a navigable Cut or Canal from certain Coal Mines in Apedale to Newcastle under Lyne in the County of Stafford Citation15 Geo 3 c 16DatesRoyal assent13 April 1775 The canal was used to transport coal from Sir Nigel Gresley s mines 1 It opened in 1776 after being approved by Act of Parliament 15 Geo 3 c 16 in 1775 2 The act placed controls on the price at which coal transported via the canal to Newcastle could be sold for the following 42 years 3 The canal was transferred to the ownership of Robert Edensor Heathcote in 1827 4 It closed around 1857 5 Newcastle under Lyme Canal and Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley s Canal Junction Act 1798Act of Parliament nbsp Parliament of Great BritainLong titleAn act for making and maintaining a navigable canal or canal and inclined plane or railway from and out of the Newcastle under Lyme canal to the canal of sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley baronet near the town of Newcastle under Lyme and also another branch of canal or inclined plane or railway from and out of the said last mentioned canal at or near Apedale to certain coal and other works all in the county of Stafford Citation38 Geo 3 c xxixDatesRoyal assent26 May 1798 The canal joined the Newcastle under Lyme Junction Canal at a mill in Cross Heath a site now occupied by a motorbike shop in Swift House on the A34 Liverpool Road It then ran northwest to Milehouse Chesterton and the Apedale mines The Junction Canal was planned in turn to connect to the Newcastle under Lyme Canal via an inclined plane but this was not built due to lack of money thus the Sir Nigel Gresley s Canal remained severed from the main inland network and the Junction Canal became no more than an extension of the Gresley s Canal 6 See also edit nbsp United Kingdom portal nbsp Transport portal Canals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal systemBibliography editHadfield Charles 1985 The Canals of The West Midlands 3rd ed Hewton Abbot Devon David amp Charles ISBN 0 7153 8644 1 Priestley Joseph 1831 Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers Canals and Railways of Great Britain References edit a b Priestley 1831 pp 324 325 Hadfield 1985 p 324 Hadfield 1985 p 40 Hadfield 1985 p 209 Sir Nigel Gresley s Canal Jim Shead Retrieved 6 May 2007 Newcastle Under Lyme Junction Canal Route External links edit Tracing a canal via blackberries exploring the route in 2008 53 1 19 N 2 14 2 2 W 53 02194 N 2 233944 W 53 02194 2 233944 nbsp This United Kingdom canal related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sir Nigel Gresley 27s Canal amp oldid 1178947828, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
