Ashby de la Zouch Canal Co
Other Business Names:
- Midland Railway Co
- British Transport Commission
- London, Midland Scottish Railway
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England
- Bedworth, Warwickshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Transport services
Inland navigations services
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Transport services
Private inc industrial railways
Notes:
Traced origins to c1794. Opened from 1804. 30 miles long, linking Moira, near Ashby, with the Coventry Canal at Bedworth. 1846 acquired by Midland Railway Co, later London, Midland Scottish Railway
Publications:
- Ashby de la Zouch Canal and its railways by Clinker, Charles, & Charles Hadfield
- Canals of the East Midlands; including part of London by Hadfield, Charles
- Clinging On .... The Moira Cut, coal and the last days of carrying by Box, Gerald
- Early Tramroads and Railways in Leicestershire by Stretton, Clement E
- Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield, 1200-1900 by Owen, Colin C
- 'Pre-locomotive railways of Leicestershire and South Derbyshire' in A K B Evans & J V Gough (eds), The Impact of the Railway on Society in Britain. Essays in honour of Jack Simmons by Palmer, Marilyn, & Peter Neaverson
- The making of the Leicestershire canals, 1766-1814 by Patterson, A Temple
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Midland Railway Co
- British Transport Commission
- London, Midland Scottish Railway
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England
- Bedworth, Warwickshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Transport services Inland navigations services
- Transport services Private inc industrial railways
Notes:
Traced origins to c1794. Opened from 1804. 30 miles long, linking Moira, near Ashby, with the Coventry Canal at Bedworth. 1846 acquired by Midland Railway Co, later London, Midland Scottish RailwayPublications:
- Ashby de la Zouch Canal and its railways by Clinker, Charles, & Charles Hadfield
- Canals of the East Midlands; including part of London by Hadfield, Charles
- Clinging On .... The Moira Cut, coal and the last days of carrying by Box, Gerald
- Early Tramroads and Railways in Leicestershire by Stretton, Clement E
- Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield, 1200-1900 by Owen, Colin C
- 'Pre-locomotive railways of Leicestershire and South Derbyshire' in A K B Evans & J V Gough (eds), The Impact of the Railway on Society in Britain. Essays in honour of Jack Simmons by Palmer, Marilyn, & Peter Neaverson
- The making of the Leicestershire canals, 1766-1814 by Patterson, A Temple