Death on the Waterways

Death on the Waterways
Death on the Waterways

by Allan Scott-Davies.

This book delves into the darkest criminal cases to occur or be associated with the canals and inland waterways of Britain, including many high-profile murders and assaults.

Among the cases featured are the notorious Victorian baby farmers who used the waterways to dispose of unfortunate infants, the horrific murder of Christina Collins in 1839, the inspiration for Inspector Morse’s The Wench Is Dead, and the nefarious deeds of Burke and Hare who both worked on the Union Canal.

Soft back. 159 pages. 15.6cms x 23.3cms approx. Illustrated with black & white photos and drawings. Price £12.99p and can be ordered here.

Queen of Waters

Queen of Waters book
Queen of Waters book

by Kirsten Elliott.

The Kennet & Avon Canal was the wonder of its age, a broad waterway built across southern England as a trade route between the country’s two biggest ports – London and Bristol. 30 years after it was completed, Brunel’s Great Western Railway opened, robbing it of much of its traffic.

Two hundred years after the first cargoes sailed along it, and twenty years on from its grand reopening, this book pays tribute to the canal that refused to die.

Soft back. 203 pages. 24cms x 20.7cms approx. Colour and black & white photos throughout.

Price £20 and can be ordered here.

The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals

The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals
The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals

by Ivor Jones.
The Glamorganshire Canal ran 25 miles from Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff, while the shorter Aberdare Canal ran from Aberdare to Abercynon where it joined the former. Now much buried by the A470 trunk road, these lost canals nonetheless boast a proud history.
They enabled the area to become rich and Cardiff to prosper as they connected Glamorganshire iron works and collieries with towns and ports, as well as allowing the export of materials such as limestone, tinplate and bricks.

Price £14.99p and can be ordered here.