The History of the Basingstoke Canal by Glenys Crocker
(First published by The Surrey & Hampshire Canal Society Ltd in 1973. Second Edition published 1977)

CONTENTS • Chapter 1: Hampshire in the Canal Age • Chapter 2: The Building of the Canal • The Bill, 1776-1778 • The Act • Construction of the Canal, 1788-1794 • The Basingstoke Canal Token • Chapter 3: The Canal's Fortunes • The Napoleonic Wars • The Waggon Trade • The Railway • Aldershot Camp • Chapter 4: Why the Canal Failed • Financial Problems • The Dead End • Turgis Green and Bagshot • Chapter 5: Speculation, 1866-1923 • Nateley Brick Works • A Swindle • The First World War • Pressures of Development • The Case of the Woking Bridges • Rights of Way • Chapter 6: Success and Decline, 1923-1947 • Trade below Woking • Second World War Defences • Chapter 7: Recent History • The New Basingstoke Canal Company • The Campaign for Restoration BACK

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