Historical maps

Map - Inland Navigation Ref: 423
This is the most detailed historical map available. It shows every waterway built, or authorised by Act, in England and Wales, with inclined planes, lifts and important lock flights, aqueducts, tunnels, and reservoirs. Six different types of canal and river navigations identified.

Double sided sheet, 8¼" x 5¾" approx folded, 34" x 24" when opened out.
Price: £4.75

Map - Canals of London Ref: 425
This map covers the area from Wandsworth to Barking and Hertford to Croydon at a scale of about 1.3" to 1 mile. Notes on all the navigations are provided.

Single sided sheet, 6" x 8¼" approx folded, 25" x 16" when opened out.
Price: £2.85

Map - Canals of North Staffordshire Ref: 426
This map covers the area from Wheelock to Great Haywood, with Caldon, Uttoxeter and Newcastle Canals at about 1.3" to 1 mile. Notes on all the navigations are provided.

Single sided sheet in soft back cover, 6" x 8½" approx, 25" x 16" when opened out.
Price: £2.85

Map - Grand Junction Canal Ref: 427
At about 4 miles to the inch, this is a reproduction of Charles Smith's map of 1810. It shows the canal and its connections as far north as Leicester, including the proposed Western Union Canal from Aylesbury to Abingdon. With extensive notes on the map and the canal.

Single sided sheet, 8¾" x 6" approx, 17½" x 24" when opened out.
Price: £1.90

Map - Leominster Canal Ref: 428
Typical of the 'Canal Mania', this was planned to connect Kington and Leominster to the Severn, but would have needed mighty engineering works in an area with little potential traffic. This reprint of Thomas Dadford's 1789 survey carries a comprehensive history of this canal.

Single sided sheet, 5¾" x 8¼" approx, 23" x 16½" when opened out. Scale 1" to 1 mile.
Price: £1.90

Map - Canals of Manchester Ref: 823
This map covers the area between Partington, Bolton, Rochdale, Mossley, Marple and Stockport at about 1¼" to 1 mile. Notes on all the navigations are provided.

Single sided sheet in soft back cover, 6" x 8½" approx, 23" x 16" when opened out. 2nd edition 2001.
Price: £2.85

Prospectus - Manchester Ship Canal Ref: 429
On the centenary of the opening of England's largest canal, this reproduction of the first prospectus was published. It was originally published in 1885 to raise capital for building the canal. It was accompanied by a map, which is also reprinted. It contains the whole text of the prospectus, the map and historical notes.

Double sided sheet, 5¾" x 8¼" approx, 23" x 16½" when opened out.
Price: £2.85