Stroudwater Canal Heritage Projects


GSIA Research Projects in Support of the
Restoration of the Stroudwater Canal
(1 October 2006 - 30 April 2007)


Since October 2006, a total of 29 projects have been carried out or started by the Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology in support of Phase 1b of the Cotswold Canals Restoration Project. A report has been produced for each project and there is a separate 'overview' report on the work as a whole. Also available is a list of the projects with a brief description of each one. Another document contains summaries of all the project reports.

A key aim of this work is to make the results available as a 'resource' for all who wish to find out more about the canals, particularly those wishing to carry out their own research. Therefore, where possible, much of the material can be accessed on the Internet from this website or downloaded as PDF files.

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Main Downloads

Stroudwater Canal Heritage Projects (Overview)       (PDF   713kB download)

List of Projects                                                (PDF  114kB download)

Summaries of the Individual Reports       (PDF   164kB download)



List of Projects

with links to material available on the Internet or for downloading as PDF files.


S01.     Stroudwater Canal Features Influenced by the Ship Canal to Gloucester  
                       PDF   334kB download

S02.     Research into the Stone Used in the Canal and the Stone Carried as Cargo  
                       PDF   107kB download

S03.     The Importance of the Canal to the Cloth Mills at Eastington
                       PDF   285kB download

S04.     The Stroudwater Pillboxes:  A Review of the WWII Pillboxes Along the Stroudwater Canal  
                       PDF   3.0MB download]
 
S05.     Stonehouse Parish: Tithe Survey 1839 and 1841Census
                       PDF   118kB download

S06.     Eastington, Whitminster and Fretherne with Saul Parishes: Tithe Surveys and 1841 Census
                       PDF   168kB download

S07.     Traffic on the Stroudwater Canal:  1775 to 1822  
                       PDF   2.5MB download
S08.     Traffic on the Stroudwater Canal:  1881
                       PDF   206kB download               Web pages

S09.     Some Vessels Associated with the Stroudwater Canal
                       PDF   160kB download               Web pages

S10.     Some Vessels in the Purton Boat Graveyard Associated with the Stroudwater Canal
                       PDF   950kB download

 S11.     Servants (Employees) of the Stroudwater Company
                       PDF   167kB download               Web pages

S12.     Public Houses Along the Line of The Stroudwater Canal
                       PDF   292kB download

S13.     The Ford Brothers of Ryeford
                        PDF   3.3MB download

S14.     Tape Recorded Reminiscences of Rev Malcolm Donald Relating to His Campaign to Prevent Closure of the Canal (1954).    
                       PDF   196kB download

S15.     Review of Heritage Database (Structure and Implementation)

S16.     Review of Heritage Database  (Content)

S17.     Review of Archive Sources in UK Record Offices for Stroudwater Canal Records
                       PDF   886kB download
S18.     GSIA Journal Articles Relating to the Stroudwater Canal
                       PDF   1.2MB download

S19.     Kemmett Canal:  A Photographic Survey in 2007
                       PDF   1.2MB download

S20.     Photographic Record of the Stroudwater Canal (Phase 1b Section)
                       PDF   109kB download

S21.     Survey of Historic Photographs Relating to the Stroudwater Canal

S22.     Recording Mr Les Pugh's Memories of the Canal in Operation in the 1920s

S23.     The Wharfs on the Stroudwater Canal
                       PDF   55kB download

S24.     Stroudwater Canal Walks for Members (Phase 1B)
                       PDF   142kB download

S25.     Stroudwater Canal Inspection Reports (1908-1978)
                       PDF   1.3MB download               Web pages

S26.     Geology of the Frome Valley between Wheatenhurst and Eastington
                       PDF   227kB download

S27.     List of Maps Relevant to Stroudwater Canal Research Projects
                       PDF   122kB download               Web pages

S28.     “The Trow”  1990 – 1995:   Articles  Relating to the History and Archaeology of the Canals
                       PDF   130kB download

S29.     Tithe Map Information for Areas Affected by Possible New Line of Canal (Phase 1b)
                     PDF   118kB download

 

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