A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WORCESTER AND BIRMINGHAM CANAL, a canal in Worcestershire and Warwickshire; from the river Severn at Worcester, north-north-eastward, past Hindlip, Hadsor, Stoke-Prior, Tardebigg, Alvechurch, Kings-Norton, and Edgbaston. It was formed in 1798-1815; it is 42 feet wide; it graduates with 71 locks; it traverses a short tunnel at Tardebigg, and a tunnel 1½ mile long between Alvechurch and Kings-Norton; and it is joined by the Stratford canal to the N of Kings-Norton, and by the Dudley and Stour bridge canal at Edgbaston.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a canal" (ADL Feature Type: "canals") |
| Administrative units: | Warwickshire AncC Worcestershire AncC |
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