The Cry of the Heron
A novel, published in October 2000, is probably the first to use the Basingstoke Canal as one of its settings. The Cry of the Heron, set on the rivers and canals of late 18th century England, is a compelling story of the rivalry between two families of bargemen.
Paintings
Terry Harrison is a well-known local artist whose paintings and prints of the Basingstoke Canal figure prominently in galleries, pubs, shops and other public places in the
South East of England.
The Dogmersfield 'Loop'
When Joseph Parker came to survey a route for the Basingstoke Canal it was not the contour lines that caused him to take the waterway in a great loop round Dogmersfield, but the owner of the prestigious Dogmersfield House which pre-dates the canal by 700 years. Find out why.
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Colonel Cody
Three years after the Wright Brothers first flew in America, Col. Cody made history by getting airborne on Farnborough Common (now the Royal Aerospace Establishment) to fly the plane he designed and built, and tested on the Basingstoke Canal.
The Last Trip
Alec Harmsworth's last trip to Basingstoke.
Aware of the stipulation made under the original Act of Parliament in 1778, that if the canal was not used, or became derelict, for a period of five years, it should be reconveyed to its original owners, it was prudent to exercise the right of navigation.
It Never Was
If one of the original proposals had been taken up, the Basingstoke Canal could have been built without locks, using inclined planes, like the one at Foxton.
Curiosities
Some mixed Oddities, a sort of - Did you know that....?
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