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| Home Page & Introduction |
A brief history of the canal |
Background to the mileposts |
The milepost photo gallery |
Links to other web-sites of interest
The following links are to sites that I have referred to on various pages on
the site which are not specific to any particular area of the canal. Links
that are more specific are shown on the relevant milepost page.
| Images of England | An online gallery of England's listed buildings including the mileposts and much canal architecture | www.imagesofengland.org.uk |
| Jim Shead Waterways Information |
Lots of canal information Just about everything about canals is here |
www.jim-shead.com |
| The Trent & Mersey Canal Society | A guide to and history of the canal News and events for members |
www.trentandmerseycanalsociety.org.uk Note: this site was relaunched at the end of 2011 |
If there are any other organisations, or villages along the canal, that have their own web-site and would like to be included on this page, please send me an e-mail.
Books
I have referred to a number of books during this project. There are lots of
books that discuss the canal network but those that I found particularly
useful or interesting are:
| Canal Mania | Antony Burton | Aurum Press Ltd 1993 |
| The Anatomy of Canals : The Early Years | Antony Burton & Derek Platt | Tempus Publishing Inc 2001 |
| The Anatomy of Canals : The Mania Years | Antony Burton & Derek Platt | Tempus Publishing Inc 2002 |
| The Anatomy of Canals : Decline & Renewal | Antony Burton & Derek Platt | Tempus Publishing Inc 2003 |
| Inland Waterways of England | LTC Rolt | George Allen & Unwin 1950 |
| The Canals of England | Eric de Maré | The Architectural Press 1950 |
| The Trent & Mersey Canal | Peter Lead | Moorland Publishing Co Ltd 1980 |
| Waterways to Derby | Celia M Swainson | Scarthin Books 1993 |
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