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Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Lancashire

Historical Description

Leeds and Liverpool Canal, a canal in Yorkshire and Lancashire; from Leeds, where it commences by a junction with the river Aire, past Shipley, Bingley, Keighley, Skipton, Colne, Barnley, Accrington, Blackburn, and Wigan, to Liverpool. It was commenced in 1770 by a company empowered to raise £320, 000 in shares, and was opened in 1816. It is 128 miles long, the Bradford Canal being 2½ miles long; Douglas Navigation, connecting with the Ribble, 8 miles; and Leigh branch, from Wigan, 7 miles. It rises 411 feet and falls 471 feet, with ninety-five locks on the Douglas Navigation and three on the Leigh branch, and connects the navigation of the Gel-man Ocean with that of the Irish Sea.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.