Canal & River Trust Collection

CRT/KAA

Collection of records and photographs relating to various canals, basic box listed

Description

Collection of records and photographs relating to various canals, basic box listed

Date

20th century

Reference code

CRT/KAA

Extent & medium

Approx 6 linear metres

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Various 35mm colourslides Mrs Beck Byfield; Colour 35mm slides Ashby Canal by Oxford May June 1981 "Rose" "Ambler" old pumphouse; Llangollen canal "Bluebell" September 1983. Llangollen Canal 1983. Dusty Miller,Wrenbury Mill. Lock Gates. The Montgomery Canal. Viaduct. Leiceser Arm (Foxton Village) 173. Foxton Wharf and Stairs. Lubenham Lodge. Rose and Castle hotel boats.Foxton top lock old Engine house. Saddington Reservoir, Saddington Tunnel. Lubenham Lodge, Husbands Bosworth Tunnel. GU Leicester Arm 173.Bridge 42 Welford Arm, Welford Lock, Winding Point, Stanford Reservoir, Bridge 36, South Kilworth, Downtown Hill, Crick Tunnel. Watford Gap. Watford Stairs. Watford Bottom Lock.Foxton (Inclined Plane). Mineral Wagon. Up to Foxton on the Leicester Arm - G.U. '75. G.U. Foxton to Leicester and River Soar From Anglowelsh Market Harborough June 1983. G.J.C. Co - Spider.Weir. Severn, Staffs and Worcs from Cleaver Marine Stourport 1978. Pratts Wharf Bridge. M & B The Vine. Severn & Stourport & Dudley Tunnel 1978. Tad Pole on Shropshsire Union Canal 1972. Severn & Stourport 1978. Dudley Tunnel & Black Country Museum. Shropshire Union Canal (Nantwich Etc) May 1972. Signpost to Junctions. Crown Hotel Hotel. Nantwich Basin. Church Mansion. Great Ouse and Cam 1982. Denver Sluice 1968. Great Ouse 1984 (Box 1) and Great Ouse 1984 (Box 2). Great Ouse & Cam June 1984 & 1982 (Box 3). Quai d'Orsay. The Old Boat House. The Cutter Inn. Oxford Canal Trip wiith Bert Dunkley & Joe and Rose Skinner October 1971. Sutton Stop Hawksbury Junction. H R Dunkley Coventry - Prince. Up the Shropshire Union Canal on Tadpole 1972. Grand Union Canal (from Concoform) Oct 1984. The Three Locks Inn. G U C Oct 1986 (from Concoform) Blisworth Tunnel. Llangollen Canal 1971. Whitehouse Bridge, Wkhitehurst Tunnel. Chirk Tunnel, Pontcysylite, Chirck Tunnel, Nr Glendrid. Nr St Martins Moor. Llangollen. Dee Bridge. Telford's Foundation Stone. Hotel Boat Trevor. Nr Bryn Howell. Llanddyn BridgeNr Llangollan. Llangollen Canal (Extras) 1971. Tadpole. ?Frankton. Grand Union Canal & (Leicester Arm). Whilton Docks. Admiral Nelson Inn. Watford Nene Foxton Knowle Bugsworth 1973. River Nene Doddington.Watford Staircase. Knowle.Lancaster Canal (Box 1) ? 1978. Glaston Basin. Mohawk. Lancaster Canal (Box 2).Joseph Clayton Bridge. Lancaster, Mohawk. Shropshire Union Canal Llangollen Tadpole Sept 1971.Grinley Brook.. Ellesmere Wharf. Whitchurch Nr Hampton BankWhixall Moor, Whixhall Peat Moss. Prees Branch. Cole Mere. Blake Mere. Frankton Locks. Welsh Frankton. Newmarton Lock. Wrenbury Hall 17.Wetbridge. Marbury. Willeymoore Lock.T & M (from Barbridge on Tadpole to Anderton.Minshall Aquaduct Middlewich Arm. Up to Anderton on Tadpole 1974.Whatercroft Hall Bridge. Middlewhich Lock. Anderton Lift. Marston New Cut (1958). Morning Mist. Salt flash nr Shipbrook Hill. Skunrise nr Shipbrook Hill. A556 Northwhich Bypass. Anderton Lift. Kings Lock Middlewich. Salt Flash Nr Northwich. Worcs/Birmingham June 1985 2nd half (1st half on prints). Jupiter.

Kennet and Avon Canal Full list of Locks and Bridges with coloured Photographs.

Envelope Box 4/1 Colour photographs 150 x 100 Chester Northgate locks, Chester Carpenters workshop, view from Roving bridge, Locks into Dee branch, Taylors Boat Yard, slipway Chester, Chester day cruiser 9th /10th March 1990, view north from Telfords Warehouse, Roving bridge Chester, Taylors Boatyard Chester, Crane British Waterways Maintenance Yard Chester, Paddle gearing, Telfords Warehouse Tower Wharf; Envelope 4/2 Black and White photos 210 x 160 Kennet and Avon Monkey Marsh lock repair 1990, Kennet and avon canal Lower Foxhangers lock last gate in this flight, Painting new lock ladders, Bosley Locks Macclesfield canal, 175 x 125 Kennet and Avon festival, Contact prints Claverton Kennet and Avon canal; Envelope Box4/3 Miscellaneous photographs; Envelope Box 4/4 Tony Lewery painting water cans, children painting plates; Envelope Box 4/5 Colour photos Nantwich Marina road area 1991; Envelope Box 4/6 Various photographs British Waterways at work including Bulbourne Workshops Grand Union Canal, Blisworth tunnel interior pointing and patch repair March 1983, dredger at work, "Padelin..." 12/04/1909; Envelope Box 4/7 - 210 x 160 Black and White photographs associated with Gloucester Tall ships Festival; Envelope Box 4/8 Colour photographs children watching Rosie and Jim at IWA rally Dudley 1991; Envelope Box 4/9 Black and White photographs 210 x 160 Audlem locks June 1991, Canoes on Shropshire Union canal Barbridge October 1991; Envelope Box 4/10 Photographs Children on canals and hands-on learning; Envelope Box 4/11 Colour photographs 200 x 200 Waterways postage stamps Tony Lewery; Envelope Box 4/12 Colour photographs 150 x 100 Keith Boswell Ripon canal, Ripon canal southbound, Ripon canal under new by-pass, Ripon canal looking northbound march 1996, Black and White canal Ripon canal wharf circa 1900; Envelope Box 4/13 Colour photographs 200 x 200 Foxton locks festival Grand Union canal, 295 x 210 Foxton locks festival Grand Union canal; Envelope Box 4/14 contact prints of cottage fireplace, contact prints en route to Royal Armoury, British Waterways volunteer opening Lock Gates; Envelope Box 4/15 Colour photographs 150 x100 Old stone warehouse; Envelope Box 4/16 New lock gates for Pollington locks in Stanley Ferry workshop Feb 1992, lock ladders, repairing lock wall Brandwood Ashton canal Feb 1990; Envelope Box 4/17 staff photos including Ian Valder, RJ Duffy, Staff boat trip at Lune Aquaduct December 1990, Nantwich Shropshire Union 1991; Envelope Box 4/18 Colour photograph 290 x 210 Supports inside Blisworth Tunnel, 260 x 185 Colour photograph The Globe Inn, New lock gate being lowered at Bascote lock Grand Union canal Oct 1994, boats leaving tunnel, 200 x 200 Colour photo Stoke Bruerne museum, Black and White photographs 210 x 160 Horton lock , The Three Horshoes at Winkwell Stoke Bruerne, Buildings at Bulbourne, narrow boat "Cadenza", 6 narrow boats moored, Bascote locks, Old Warehouse Blisworth, man fishing aat Paddington. Hatton locks locks at Soulbury, locks on Aylesbury arm, Wottons lock Northampton area, colour photographs along the Grand Union canal 1990, New lock gate Bascote lock GU, Stoke Bruerne Museum, Hatton locks, Paddington, Maisworth, Old Warehouse Blisworth, Soulbury, Aylesbury Arm, Wottons Lock Northampton arm, Bulbourne,Winkwell, Horton lock; Envelope Box 4/19 Colour prints Canal at Sheffield in the snow 1996; Envelope Box 4/20 60 x60 mm Colour negative man cutting wood; Envelope Box 4/21 210 x 60 mm BW photograph Pennylands Milton Keynes 20c. Envelope Box 4/22 255 x 185 colour photos BW at Boat Show including some of HRH Prince Charles. Envelope Box 4/23 225 x 150 BW Huddersfield Narrow Canal 1957, Envelope Box 4/24 250 x 170 BW Vintage Photos - Rudyard Lake 1900 - 1930 including one of frozen lake.Envelope Box 4/25 2295 x 210 Colour Photo Little Venice 1991.Envelope Box 4/26 150 x 100 Colour Photo People on Regents Canal 1995 between Camden and Limehouse including Maiden Hill Tunnel. Envelope Box 4/27 10 x 160 BW photo Stainforth and Keadby Canal Locks. Envelope Box 4/28 200 x 150 and 200 x 300 Colour Photos Balloon by Pontysycolt Viaduct. Envelope Box 4/29 Various photos of Hatton flight of 21 locks on Grand Union Canal BW/0550/C-11 Stairway to Heaven.Envelope Box 4/30 Various photos of BW staff inc Caroline Taney, Martin Brown, Jim Nelson at Applecross, Glasgow, Martin Japes, Ian Valder, Billy Smith, J Pitt, IDJ Valder, L Bryce, Derek Coltrane, Jim Kelly. Envelope Box 4/31 190 x 125 Colour Photos Austcliffe Rock, Staff and Worcester Canal, a Replacement accommodation bridge, Staffs and Worces.Envelope Box 4/32 215 x 165 BW Photos River Sour Leicester "Remus" 250 x 210 Colour Photos Weir River Sour Leicester.Envelope Box 4/3 150 x 100 Colour Photos Watford Office Reception 295 x 210 Colour Photos BW Office Trent Lock Grand Union. Envelope Box 4/34 210 x 160 BW Photos Thos Telford 1832 Bridge Shrop Union Canal, 210 x 160 BW Photos Shropshire Union Towpath, Goldstone Wharf. Envelope Box 4/35 60 x 60mm BW contact prints Feb 1987 Ivy House Trent and Mersey canal and Caldon canal;nvelope Box 4/36 Miscellaneous photographs including actor David Suchet and Mikkron theatre company and contact prints including Matthew Fedden, Artist Blacksmith NWM 1990. nvelope Box 4/37 BW staff including Peter White at Ellesmere Yard.

SLIDES - R Charante Sep 1980.Gardemalia Weir. Nr Bourg &Charente. Jarnac.Canal Du Ne. Cognac. River Charante (start nr Angouleme) Sep 1980. Jarnac. Gondeville.Bassac, Craves, Nr Juac. Juac Weir. St Simon. Vibrac Weir. Malvey. St Simeux. River Charante Sep 1980 ( Le Boating Primitif!!). Taillebourg, Vibrac Weir, Cognac, Le Basbourg, Orlac, Chauveau, La Baine Mill,St Sorlin,Saintes, St Simeux (Boatyard), Port d'envaux.Nr Taillebourg. Nr Saintes. St Savinien. New A10. Port a Clou. River Charente Sep 1980. Saintes, Nr La Bucauderie. Chaniers ferry, La Baine, Chauveau, Nr Orlac, Nr Dompierre. Le Bas Bourg.Up to Northampton in 'Hetherington Daze' 1977. Shropshire (Audlem) Tadpole 1972.Tyrley Wharf. North Shropshire and hester Tadpole1972. Manchester Ship Canal 1974.Barton Bridges. M6 Bridge. Entering and exiting small lock. Approaching locks. Container Ship. Manchester Ship Canal sewage disposal. Bulk grain store. General cargo dock. Proctor and Gamble. Bridgewater Canal Barton Bridge

Envelope 7/11 containing B/W photos of Bacats at Gainsborough, Weston Point, Nottingham and Rotherham depots and B/W photos of delapidated Lewin's Bridge. Box 7/10 Sepia Photos Pitch to HS Barge at Rotherham Depot 9 May 1077. Envelope 7/9 containing B/W photos of Newark Dry Dock Construction November 1956 and B/W photos of refurbishing Lock gates for reuse at Northwich Repair Yard Jan 1992, chargehand Vin Bilotta and photographs of Zouch Weir, Hauling Path Bridge Nov 1954, Thurmaston Short Hauling Path Bridge Sep and Dec 1954. Envelope 7/12 Beeston Turnover Bridge 1977 .Envelope 7/8 Colour Photos of construction works on Trent and Mersey Canal. Envelope 7/1 containing mixed - B/W proofs including Rawcliffe Bridge, Don Aquaduct and Goole, B/W photo Coal Wharf "Hilda" Hargreaves of Leed, Amsterdam May 1968; Grantley hall Ripon, Weekend course with T H Thornton; Rotherham Depot Leeds Depot - discharging wool, foreman W Jamieson, retirement of Harry Roberts, Bridgford Hotel, Nottingham. Envelope 7/2 containing mixed photos relating to Manchester Exhibition April 1969, Munich Exhibition 1970 and Earl's Court Exhibition 1971. Envelope 7/5 containing mixed Photos Old Sawley Bridge July 1924 Shipley Bridge May 1985. Envelope 7/4 containing colour photos relating to Yorkshire Imperial Metals mv "Al Shidadiah" May 1977 and mv "Gladys Lillian". Envelope 7/3 containing Coloured photos of construction of new Aquaduct at Stanley Ferry 1980. Envelope 7/6 containing B/W photos of Damark Marine, Grimethorpe Pipe Bridge June 1954 and Zouch Footbridge Reconstruction June/Nov 1954 and Cossington Towpath Bridge July 1954, Leith Wharf. Envelope 7/7 containing B/W photos Feb 1978 relating to Sawley Weir, Cromwell Weir and Beeston Weir.

Box9/1 A4 colour prints Kennet and Avon canal Locks 59 and 60 Repair / Restoration ; Box9/2 BW Technical Services Avoncliff Aqueduct Photograph Location plan with 5" x 7" colour photographs by Plowman Craven and Associates June 1997 40 photographs (less no.29) - 19938; Box9/3Colour photographs 175mm x 125mm of dangerous bridge inspection on access route to Monkey Marsh Bridge; Box 9/4 Section of map ST 7863-7963 photographs and details of core samples near Claverton Pumping Staion Kennet and Avon canal 19878; Box9/5 Kennet and Avon canal Whitehouse Bridge construction; Box 9/6 River Avon Weirs 19815; Box 9/7 19666 Fretherne Bridge and Gloucester and Sharpness Lock Keepers hut; Box9/8 Con/KA11267 Dundas Horse Bridge photographs 2003 19893; Box9/9 19940 Kennet & Avon, Doghead Stakes photographs and ISIS model 2003; Box9/10 20593 Photographic appendices to condition reports 1. LeCorre Gallery, 1 Tithe Barn Workshops, Pound Lane, Bradford upon Avon, 2 Barton Farm, Pound Lane, Bradford upon Avon, Pear Tree Cottage Pound Lane, Bradford upon Avon, Barton House, Pound Lane, Bradford upon Avon; Kennet & Avon Landscape Evaluation (part) 20450 ; Box9/11 20444 Photographs Looking East from Marsh Lock 14/07/99, Photograph Erosion & cattle damage towpath side below Marsh Lock 14/07/99 20444 ; Box9/12 Kennet & Avon Heritage Lottery Fund 1997-98, Ove Arup 20466, 20509 Colour photographs galvanised piling 13/09/2000 , 20512 Colour photographs Dundass Aqueduct Kennet & Avon canal Feb 2001, 20450 K & A Landscape evaluation, 20492 K & A Heritage Lottery Partnership Project; Box9/13 19722 K & A Crofton

Kennet & Avon Conservation plan Heritage Lottery Fund October 2000; KAA/Box 10/1 22868 150 x 100 mm colour photographs Sustrans walk Burghfield Colthrop October 1999; K & A Box 10/2 22768 Seend Embankment 150 x 100 mm colour photographs; KA-09494; KAA/Box 10/3 22844 K & A 150 x 100 mm colour photographs A33 Bailey Bridges; K & A Box 10/4 150 x 100 mm colour photographs KA-01473 Ufton Swing Bridge and Ufton Old Bridge 24/01/2002 - 6/2/2002, KAA/Box 10/5 06/02/2002 to 26/02/2002 Ufton Swing Bridge, KAA/Box 10/6 27/02/02 - 25/04/200 2 Ufton Swing Bridge; KAA/Box10/ 7 15/05/2002 to 08/07/2002 Ufton Swing Bridge ; KAA/ Box 10/8 Ufton River Bridge 02/2002 to 05/2002 ; KAA/Box 10/9 22505 150 x 100 mm colour photographs Parsons bridge, Hilperton marina 22/04/1996; 22829 K & A Box 10/10 Prison Bridge Footbridge BR No 2045 April 1996; Kennet & Avon KAA / Box 10/ 11 Swans bridge KA00787 D294219 22687 colour photographs; 10/12 Swan's Overhead Bridge 2003 colour photograph and colour negative film. Box 10/13 Kennet & Avon Colour photographs Ladydown Railway Aqueduct 1997;10/14 Kennet& Avon Colthrop sluices KA 02468; 10/15 K & A colour photographs Ladydown Aqueduct Repairs 22871 May 1997;10/16 K & A 22875 Colour photographs Outfall No.2 Devizies Pipe line 16/8/1996;Box10/17 Colour photos 22878 Copse Footbridge: Box 10/18 Colthrop before works. Box 10/19 Colour plhotograph and Roll of 35mm film Swan's Bridge;

KAA / Box 12 / 1 2006/9 21807 containing correspondence re Request for repair to operational property and attached forms dated June 1988 and a list of BWB housing Kennet and Avon (East), Padworth July 1985; a list of allocated numbers to cottages (Eastern Section). KAA / Box 12 / 2 containing paperwork relating to canal cottages; maintainance and improvements dated 1982 and 1987; Request for maintenance to operation property procedure. BWB cottage rents and Services Tenancies - procedure to be followed when employement of tenant's service is terminated. Correspondence relating to sewage disposal operations five cottages April 1964.Letters relating to the demolition of cottages Froxfield and Hampstead dated 1959.Letter relating to tenant's annual issue of decorative materials May 1965. Letters relating to issue of staff house interior decorations 1961.BTW South Western Division property repairs policy January 1958. BWB South Western Division procedure for cottage rent collections December 1959. Letters relating to water supplies to cottage properties December 1958.Correspondence relating to Mr H Sarsby Canal Cottage Crofton Pumping Station August 1988. KAA / BOx 12 / 3 containing correspondence relating to vehicle access to Canal Cottage, Hungerford July 1985. Letter relating to cattle straying from the common at Hungerford Marsh 1985. Correspondence including maps relating to housing policy purchase scheme and Lock Cottage, Hungerford - EA Crump, Cobblers Lock, Freemans Marsh,Hungerford, Berks, October 1992. KAA / Box 12 / 44 containing paperwork relating to Lock Cottage, Hungerford - tenant Mr Pocock dated 1960. Correspondence relating to Canal Cottage, Kintbury dated 1969 - 1981. KAA / Box 13 / 5 containing correspondence relating to tenancy and repairs of Canal Cottage, Kintbury dated 1959 -1968. Correspondence relating to Newbury Lock House March 1979.

Box 14/1 150 x 100mm colour photographs reconstruction of Poolstock Lock, Wigan 1990 - 1991; Box 14/2 Colour photographs 200 x 200mm Poolstock Top lock, Wigan 15/01/91 2/02/91 11/03/91 14/03/91. Box 14/3 21024 Montgomery Canal Partnership 'Montgomery Canal Ecology and Conservation: Resolving Potential Conflicts with Navigation Stephen Lees Project Manager January 2003; Box 14/4 21186 Leeds Design Innovation Centre, The Calls, Leeds, Lockside Warehouse Todmorden, Carlton Mill Sowerby Bridge; Box 14/5 20867 Canal Aug 1999; Box 14/6 20614 Part of Report Kennet & Avon canal year 4/5 Sewage Farm to Bradford on Avon, Wharf at Bradford upon Avon, Winsley Hill bridge to Avoncliff aqueduct conkwell wood;; Box 14/7 20663 Photocopies Sewel Park Norwich MR2 Stainless steel anchors, sample of Hylam PVC lining; Box 14/8 20692 Photocopies Kennet & Avon canal Year 4/5 Vicinity of Semington Bridge; Box 14/9 20705 canal; Box 14/10 20712 photocopies around Bathampton Claverton; Box 14/11 20728 Photocopies Kennet & Avon canal Stages 6 West and 7 East presentation photographs; Box 14/12 20732 Kennet & Avon canal Heritage Lottery partnership project Hardings bridge; Box 14/13 20737 photocopies Hampton Cottage slip; Box 14/14 20738 150x100mm colour photo showing notice (re piling) 14/07/98 ; Box 14/15 20769 Repairs near Jubilee Gardens; Box 14/16 20772 Photocopies Kennet & Avon canal Bath Valley stage 8; Box 14/17 20786 Infrastructure Liability manager area around Bathampton 15/4/1999 ;Box 14/18 20788 Darlington Wharf and swing bridge ; Box 14/19 20799 13/12/2000; Box 14/20 20793 photocopy Meadow Farm Bathampton BA2 6SL ; Box 14/21 20997 Kennet & Avon Canal Partnership project 'Access to your Working Waterway Heritage' A Business Plan for a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund October 1995 ; 21000 Box 14/22 Booklet Kennet & Avon Canal Public Transport & Visitor Management Strategy October 1999 ; Box 14/23 21124 REport Kennet & Avon canal Culvert Inspections Ref CV.11 OS Ref SU 181620 ; Box 14/24 21185 Photocopies Lyngrade Street Furniture; Box 14/25 21204 Photocopy G Pearce Civil Eng concrete lining to the Kennet and Avon Canal 1996 ; box 14/26 21228 Laminated sheet Ferry Lane Bridge Nov 1997 and April 1998; Box 14/27 20691 Report Inspection of Biss Aqueduct Kennet & Avon Canal Survey 21-22 November 1996, Report 9th January 1997; Box 14/28 20549 Canal footpath at Burghfield and Thatcham to Colthrop; Box 14/29 Photocopies of Bath Valley Stage I; Box 14/30 20585 Kennet & Avon Canal HLF Partnership Project Bath Valley Stage 3 Dundas Aqueduct 08/2000 ; Box 14/31 20587 Kennet & Avon Canal HLF Partnership Project Bath Valley Stage 2a Avoncliffe Aqueduct 08/2000 ; Box 14/32 20591 Wing of Barton House and foundations kennet & Avon canal photo copies Claverton Road bridge to Hardings bridge; Box 14/33 20651 Photocopies Kennet & Avon canal Dundas Aqueduct to Claverton bridge; Box 14/34 Photocopies of Claverton Road Bridge; Box 14/35 21035 Multiple Leaflets of reconstruction of various canal projects by civil engineering companies.

KAA Box 15 / 1 Report on Locks 55, 56, 57, 58 and bank protection 19th March 1987; KAA / Box 15 /2 24278 Report on the inspection and analysis of lock gates for British Waters Vol 2 Ref F2763/GJE/BAH/ CJW Ev C 29/08/2000; KAA / Box / 15 / 3 22608 BW Kennet + Avon Canal Trust Report Funding Sources for Major Waterway Environmental and Economic Regeneration Schemes October 1994; KAA / Box 15 /4 BWB Kennet & Avon canal, Bath to Reading, A Study of the Towpath to Establisha Long Distance Path for all, including the disabled Part 2 appendices; KAA Box 15 / 5 22605 Kennet & Avon Canal Architectural Heritage Survey by Dr N W Crowe; KAA / Box 15 /6 21226 Kennet & Avon Canal Partnership Project Project Brief No. 65 Access Improvements years 4 and 5 16/05/00

KAA/ Box 19/1 Cycling Permit book covering all towpaths under the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust Authority Nos CP 09301 to CP 09350; KAA / Box 19/2 Kennet & Avon canal photographs related to a collapsed stone hump backed bridge March 1987; Kennet & Avon canal colour photographs 125x 90mm fencing along canal; KAA / Box 19/3 21240 Kennet & Avon canal colour photographs 125x 90mm Elgar Road Reading March 1985 21240; KAA / Box 19/3 Kennet & Avon canal colour photographs 150 x 100mm 21385 802; KAA / Box 19/3 Kennet & Avon canal colour photographs 150 x 100mm 21392 802; KAA / Box 19/3 21436 ; KAA / Box 19/3 Kennet & Avon canal colour photographs 150 x 100mm 21480 802; KAA / Box 19/3 Kennet & Avon canal colour photographs 150 x 100mm 21484 809; KAA / Box 19/4 Kennet & Avon canal 21487 Caen Hill locks Uplift of pound lining S E corner ( Relining pounds 29 + 30 Devizes) 17th October 1991; KAA / Box 19/5 Kennet & Avon canal colour photographs 125 x 90mm High Bridge Wharf 1981 and October 1982; Box 19/6 colour photographs Woolhampton lock 24/05/1984; Box 19/7 Lock repair; Box 19/8 Heales lock, gate replacement; Box 19/9 new bridge over canal; Box 19/10; Box 19/10 Photograph Core samples Borehole 1 Widbrook offside embankment, Devizes 28/09/1987; Box 19/11 Colour photographs lock repair; Box 19/12 21657 British Rail retaining wall ref 102/MLN/105.65/PB; Box 19/13 21669 Lower Foxhangers leak and culverts; Box 19/14 21670 Footpath 36 Barrackfield; Box 19/15 21671 Colour photographs of hoppers for Newbury dredging; Box 19/16 21680 832 Fobney pumphouse mark on south wall; Box 19/17 Fore Little Bedwyn bridge crack in wall; Box 19/18 21685 832 Froxfield Bottom lock, Froxfield Middle lock 1975; Box 19/19 21715 Breach at Midgham offside bank; Box 19/20 22496 photograph John Gould (MBE) award; Box 19/21 22261 photograph N0.4 Bridge St, Newbridge; Box 19/22 Pewsey Wharf; Box 19/23 Site of old B P Oil terminus, Gloucester; Box 19/25 21534 810 photograph Draft Hatches, Whitmead, Thatcham; Box 19/26 Bridge 51 Saltisford Arm, Warwickshire & Napton; Box 19/27 Ham Reach, Ham bridge culvert, Ham Weir 1st Jan 1982;Box 19/29 Whitehouse bridge to Ham, breach at Whitehouse bridge 5/11/78; Box 19/30Garston lock stoppage Dec 1977; Box 19/31 Drewatts head leak; Box 19/32 Row Barge Inn Woolhampton Road bridge Woolhampton footbridge; Box 19/33 21675 colour photographs of footbridges including Figins bridge, Heales lock no.93; Ham Weir bridge.Box 19/34 large colour photograph of unknown bridge 21550/810.

Box 20/1 Folder containing K&A HLF project presentation, John Laverick's papers;Box 20/2 Copy of a report and a DVD regarding an archaelogical recording at Dreweatt's weir and sluice on the K&A canal by Martin Cook January 2013;Box 20/3 Copy of a report and a DVD regarding an archaelogical recording at Lock 68 at Oakhill on the K&A canal by Martin Cook August 2013;`Box 20/4 90/138/b Kennet & Avon canal Widmead lock reconstruction 32 colour slides mounted in 120 x 90mm card frames 20/04/1990 ; Box 20/5 90/138/b Kennet & Avon Widmead lock reconstruction 7 Black / White contact sheets 05/1990 ; Kennet & Avon canal 250 x 180mm colour print aerial view Caen locks; 2 colour prints 210 x 200mm aerial photographs Caen Hill locks from a distance; Box 20/6 35mm colour negative strips

Box 21/1 23216 3.5" disc RPLPUFTK.TXT; Box 21/2 Leaflet "The Kennet & Avon canal leaflet on The Wildlife & Countryside" ; Box 21/3 22868 Kennet & Avon canal Bath to Reading A Study of the Towpath to establish a long distance path for all including the disabled Part 1 Main report; Box 21/4 22868 Kennet & Avon canal Bath to Reading A Study of the Towpath to establish a long distance path for all including the disabled Part 2 Appendices; Box 21/5 Kennet & Avon canal & HLF 20361 Repoprt on Culvert inspections, Draincraft CCTV reports.

Box 22/1 21815 Kennet 7 Avon Monkey Marsh Lock Investigation, A report on the navigation options which permit preservation of the turf-sided lock as an Ancient Monument and full restoration of the K & A Canal 1987. Box 22/2 21669 BW Lock Investigations 1994/1995 Report on Lower Foxhangers Lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Box 22/3 24489 Photographs of K/A Towpath Cycling Study1996. Box 22/4 24277 Report on Inspection and Analysis of Lock Gates for British Waterways Volume 1999 including 2000 revisions. Box 22/5 3 colour photographs extracted from file 24167 BW of Armorlock Blocks to Woodland offside 1990 1992 and 1 photograph BW 24110. Box 22/6 K/A Gatestate Report and Condition Impairment of lock gates October/November 2005 Versions 1 and Version 2 with Improvement Suggestions, also including pictures of Lock Gates Nos 51-105. Box 22/6 BW Ideas Afloat literature - Midlands Region Suggestion Scheme. Box 22/7 Correspondence and Map from Goughs Solicitors to National Rivers Authority re The Firs, Bath Road, Devizes, 13 September 1993. Correspondence regarding West End Farm, Bishops Cannings, Access to Lay Woods Bridge, January 1992. BW Correspondence and Map September 1995 re Berkshire County Council - Minerals/Waste Development Control Variation of Condition 1 of Planning Permission 119554 (27 February 1984). BW correspondence re River Dun Sedimentation Study September 1995. BW Memorandum re Changes in Coarse Fish Close Season August 1995. BW corresponcence re Sydney Wharf Nursery August 1995. K/A Memo re Period 6 Outturn Figures September 1995. Box22/7 Brochure entitled Design and model testing of the Thames Barrier gates April 1985. Box 22/8 K/A (east) Piling Exercise - Newbury February 1987. Box 22/9 K/A Canal Update July 2000. Box 22/10 Correspondence re Interpretative Plan for the K/A Canal December 2001.Box 22/11 K/A Canal Partnership Project Works Update October 1998. Box 22/12 List of Emergency out of hours phone numbers for K/A Canal 1999 - 2000. Box 22/13 Correspondence relating to Heritage Training Courses 1999. Box 22/14 Correspondence relating to NCE Supplement 1998. B/W correspondence re route 4 of K/A canal Sustrans paths. Notes re Sydney Buildings Residents Association. K/A Works involving a Stoppage 1999/2000. Letter from Sustrans re K/A Canal Heritage Project April 1999. BW K/A letters from Euan Corrie re lock reconstruction, Aug 1998. BW memo re Caen Hill Flight - Moorings August 1998. Correspondence from Southampton Canal Society re contribution cheque to Trust. Feb 2003. BW correspondence re Karolus Programme Sep 1999. BW correspondence re Environment in Engineering Contracts Seminar, Leeds July 2000, letter from Rambler's Assoc re change of address and intended closure of footpaths, email re HLF Tourism pamphlet, correspondence relating to conservation along K?A canal from BW and Wiltshire Wildlife Trust . Box 22/15 22474 photos depicting changes to the Butt Inn, Aldermaston Wharft 1910-1992.

Albums 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 containing 150 x 100 mm colour photographs Refurbishment of Kennet & Avon canal locks 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 & 50.

Box 27 - Kennet & Avon canal Colour photographs 150 x 100 mm NEG ref 550626 Sells Green print no 14 16 20 30 31 32 33 34 28/01/2000; Kennet & Avon canal Colour photographs 150 x 100 mm NEG ref D250824 Sells Green Print no. 4 11/02/2000; Kennet & Avon canal Colour photographs 150 x 100 mm NEG ref D250831 Sells Green Print no. 36; Kennet & Avon canal NEG ref D240723; Kennet & Avon canal Colour photographs 150 x 100 mm Sells Green CULVERT 44 March 2000; Kennet & Avon canal Colour photographs 150 x 100 mm Sells Green NEG ref 450798 Print No 0 3 5 20; Kennet & Avon canal Colour photographs 150 x 100 mm Sells Green NEG ref 330205 Print No. 0; Kennet & Avon canal Colour photographs 150 x 100 mm Sells Green ASSORTED WORKS IN PROGRESS;Location CULVERT C55 Sells Green Print No B6 dated 22/10/99; NEG 5750 Sells Green Swing Bridge from offside 28/01/2000; colour photos numbered in location order from Avoncliffe to Avoncliffe car park; NEG ref 5750 5 x colour photos Bath Valley Stage 2A dated 6/04/2001; NEG ref 9749 6 x colour photos of Bath Valley Stage 2A dated 6/02/01; BATH VALLEY CHANNEL LINING stages 6W to 7E; 3 x colour photos KAA bridge 181.KAA Box 27/1 Colour photos Lumpley Stake (21/2/01); KAA/Box 27/2 Bath Lock gate renewal Nov 2000; KAA / Box 27/3 Colour photos K & A Bridge 107 & lock Wooton Rivers; KAA/ Box 27/4 K & A Box 27/4 Horton Bishops Canning Bridge 133; KAA/ Box 27/5 Colour photos Avoncliffe, Lime Grove, Bath from the air; KAA/Box 27/6 Colour photos Fore Bridge repair Nov 92

J Gould v BTC, K & A . Willow Wren Commercial Traffic Bundles 1 and 2.

J Gould v BTC, Copy of Railway Gazette 28th July 1950 and August 4 1950; Folder 1) Bundle of General Manager's correspondence leading to the undertaking of 17th October 1929 and documents 1 to 134, Documentation relating to the acceptance of £3000 guineas from GWR to Messrs Robbins, Lane & Pinniger; GWR to spend £12000 reconditioning canal and £5624 to purchase two pontoon grab dredgers, Barge "Unity" , land requirements for depositng dredging spoil. Messrs Neish, Howell and Haldane, comparison of costs, claim basis, Costs, historical summary 1906 to 1929; graph showing (tonnages?) between Honey Street and Hanham; loads carried by "Unity" beween 1907 and 1928. Folder 2) Privileged. Chief Engineers correspondence and Reports from 7th August 1946 to 14th August 1947. Prepared for the purposes of present action, and comprisimg documents numbered 1-79. Folder 3) John Gould v BTC - GWR Papers, Subject being General Manager's correspondence with Minister of Transport and His Delegates 1941. GWR Chief Engineers Office, 22880/290 TP, GWR Bill 1926, Proposed Abandonment of Kennet & Avon Canal, Messrs Robbins, Lane & Pinniger, as before Packet No 3, as before Packet No 4, 14316A Messrs Robbins Lane & Pinnigers Claim.Folder 5) Kennet & Avon Canal - Great Western Railway, Proposed Abondonment, - Inspection September 1925, Expenditure 1922 - 1925, Revenue (not tolls) 1922 - 1925, Tolls 1922 - 1925, Annual cost of staff, Roads maintained. Folder 6) John Gould v BTC, GWR Papers, General Managers Correspondence - Frank Pick, Messrs Holmes and Co, Transport of Timber, Bath October 1952, Various papers relating to: Abandonment of part of canal, Frank Pick lease to use as a navigation - A Diagram of Tonnage between Hanham and Honey Street and an Extract from Official Report of Parliamentary Debates in House of Commons 15 February 1939. Folder 7) John Gould v BTC, GWR Papers - Subject General Manager's Correspondence with Minister of Transport & His Delegates May 1941 - 18 March 1942. Folder 8) Abandonment of the Kennet & Avon Canal, Messrs Holland Brothers (Newbury), Inland Waterways Association, Messrs Hoves Ltd 1946 - 1947.GWR Correspondence Relating to the Proposed Abandonment of Sections of the Kennet and Avon Canal 1925 - 1928 and 1941 - 1943

1) High Courts of Justice 10th November 1948 Justice Hilbery, Robbins Lane & Pinnington V Great Western Railway Mr Paulls Opening speech, Sir Henry Huntley, cross examined by Sir Andrew Clark; 2) Willow Wren Carrying Company V British Transport Commission, Statement of Witnesses; 2) letters pointing to a clear line of policy for works to be carried out on the Kennet & Avon canal; 2)British Transport Commission 'Bye Laws for the Regulation of Canals under the Control of the BTC BTC Commission Act 1954; 2) British Transport Commission (No 2) Bill 1956 Kennet & Avon Historical Memorandum: 2) Notes of a meeting at Messrs Kenneth, Brown, Baker, Baker 7th June 1955, Lineside Fires: Defficiency Payments 8/6/1955; 2) Basis of Proof of Evidence of James Edward Oxley M Inst T Divisional Traffic Officer of SW Division British Waterways

Kennett and Avon Canal colour Photographs. Box 28/1 - Kintbury Lock and Shepphards Bridge. Box 28/2 - Bulls Lock, Ham Bridge, Ham Lock, Footbridge. Box 28/3 - Wire Lock, Brunsden Lock, Brunsden Bridge, Brunsden Skew Bridge. Box 28/4 - Wootton River Farm Bridge and Great Western Railway Boundary Post (1917) Aug 1997. Box 28/5 - Benham Skew Bridge 65, Benham Bridge 66, Higgs Lock 83, Benham Lock 82, Hampstead sluices. Box 28/6 - Crofton Locks 55,56,57. Box 28/7 - Kelston Lock 5. Box 28/8 - Dunmill Lock 75, Dunmill Lock Bridge 82, Sanitary Station Footbridge 83. Box 28/9 -Dundas Aqueduct Nov 1995; Box 28/10 Lock 19 Seend June 1996; Box 28/11 Lock gate and cill repairs, River Avon in flood; Box 28/12 Copse lock, Hamstead lock, Hamstead sluice; Box 28/13 Bathampton road bridge , Bathampton swing bridge; Box 28/14 Kinbury mooring, Victoria bridge 76 Kintbury, Brunsden lock 77, Brunsden lock bridge 79, Orchard Meadow bridge 78; Box 28/5 Pewsey moorings; Box 28/16 Seend Park breach September 1997, Box 28/17 Semmington pumps,; Box 28/18 Bath boundary walls locks 16 - 10 21/09/1996; Box 28/19 Bath boundary walls Locks 11-10; Box 28/20 Avoncliffe bridge inspections & Winsley field leaks;Box 28/21 Cranwell swing bridge bridge No 35, Woolhampton Lock sign, Midgham Lock, Heales Lock. Box 28/22 Hanham Lock and Dundas Aqueduct. Box 28/23 Weir mechanisms. Box 28/24 Sydney Gardens Bridges, Sydney Gardens Cleveland Tunnel, Bathampton swing bridge. Box 28/25 Bath ValleyStage 5 Millbrook swing bridge.Box 28/26 Crofton pump and locks and Dundas Aqueduct.Box 28/26 Crofton Pump House and Locks. Box 28/27 Oakhill Down Lock Stoppage Nov 93. Box 28/28 County Lock Reading.Box 28/29 Burghfield Lock 103 and Weir towpath damage. Box 28/30 Shenfield Lock 10, Hungerford Church Swing Bridge 85. Box 28/31 Southcote lock No 1204 Reading, Southcote bridge, Cadley top lock , and bridge No 105, Brimslade bridge No 106, Brimsdale lock no 53, Wooton Rivers farm bridge No 109; Box 28/32 Hissey's bridge; Box 28/33 Ufton swing bridge; Box 28/34 Various lining works from Bradford sewage works to Avoncliffe aqueduct Kennet & Avon canal 1990/1991; Box 28/35 Bulls swing bridge, Station Road bridge No 83 Hungerford; Box 28/36 Shenfield / Sheffield lock. Box 28/37 Lady's Bridge 120, Wilcot Suspension 116, Wilcot Bridge 117, Bowdens Bridge 119.Box 28/38 Footbridge over Weir 22, Tyle Mill Swing Bridge 23, Tyle Mill Lock 99. Box 28/39 Bradford upon Avon Lock 14.Box 28/40 Frys Chocolate Factory, Pumping Station. Box 28/41 Ladydown bridge; Box 28/42 Kelston lock repair. Box 28/43 Avoncliffe aqueduct Box 28/44 Crofton culvert repair Oct 1993; Box 28/45 Bridge 175 March 1996 box 28/46 Seend Lock. Box 28/47 Bath Top Lock and fottbridge No 13 and Pulteney Lock No 12 May and June 1993. Box 28/48 Multiple Canal Bridges in the Bath Area including County Bridge, Keynsham, Pipe Bridge Nr Phoenix Marine, Broad Mead, Keynsham,Londonderry Wharf Bridge, Siston Brook, Dolphin Bridge, Bath, Weston New Bridge, Bath, Windsor Bridges Nos 204 and Pipe line and 203 Road Bridge joining A4 N0 202,Suspension Road Bridge 201 nr Twerton, White Hart bridge no.213, Box 28/49 Church lock stoppage, West Mills, Newbury April 97. Box 28/50 Keynsham Weir and Seend Park Swing Bridge May 1994. Box 28/51 Bowerhill Sluice and Towpath; Box 28/52 Lower Foxhanger bridge damage, Avoncliffe aqueduct, Burbage Wharf bridge ; Box 28/53 Southgate lock stoppage, Boats moored at Berkely Avenue; Box 28/54 Balls bridge No. 168 jan 1997; Box 28/55 Ladydown Aqueduct repairs Jan 1997; Keynsham lock weir; Box 28/56 Ladydown Aqueduct repair channel lining Feb 1997; Box 28/57 Cobblers lock, Hungerford lock, Marsh lock swing bridge; Box 28/58 Froxfield bridge, Beech Grove lock and bridge, Oak HillDown bridge. Box 28/59 Crofton Locks July 1996. Box 28/60 Tyle Mill Sluice, Towney Lock Nr Aldermaston Wharf May 1996. Box 28/61 canal by Oracle Shopping Centre, Reading. Box 28/62

Kennet and Avon Canal Photographs. B/W photographs depicting signing the K&A petition Trust 1955; Group of laughing men sitting on packing cases on canal side;Two men pointing toward Canal boats named Dovecliffe and Wharncliffe in canal basin; single man with BW badge on cap holding 2 trophies. Box 29/1 Colour photographs of reconstruction of Monkey Marsh Lock, Woolhampton Swing Bridge and Newbury pipe bridge. Box 29/2 - Aldermaston Lock with scalloped walls June 1983. Box 29/3 - Guyers Lock stoppage, Newbury, test holes under railway bridge, Hungerford.Dec 90. Box 29/4 Copse Lock, Hampstead Park March 1985. Box 29/5 Canal Boat Deemes June 1984. Box 29/6 Hamstead Lock, Mill, Bridge and Cravens Hatches June 83, June 84. Box29/7 Hamstead Lock Stoppage, Dredging at Victoria Park, boats moored at The Cunning Man nr Reading. Nov 1984. Box 29/8 Padworth Lock and Aldermaston Top Lock Oct 1984. Box 29/9 Aldermaston lock divers, Aldermaston lifting bridge; Box 29/10 Aldermaston lock; Box 29/11Aldermaston lock rebuild , Dredging at Padworth October 1984; Box 29/12 Shenfield Lock Nov 1979; Box 29/13 piles to Padworth lock ; Box 29/14 Copse lock, Midgham bridge, Taylor Woodrow flats; Box 29/15 Little Bedwyn bridges, Garston lock wing walls; Box 29/16 Towpath Berley Avenue, Rose Kiln lane (Reading?) ; Box 29/17 Great Bedwyn weir reconstruction 03/84, Kintbury lock stoppage 04/84; Box 29/18 Dredging at Newbury 02/85, old 7 sluices 02/85; Box 29/19 British Waterways van RDF 874Y and access rafts 1985; Box 29/20 Kintbury Lock, Kintbury Hatches, Kintbury Mill head and tail hatches Aug 1984. box 29/21 Copse Lock Stoppage and New Fobney Weir April 1985.Box29/22 Shenfield Lock Feb 1980. Box 29/23 Fobney New Weir and Fobney old Hatches Mar 1982. Box 29/24 Shenfield Lock April 1980. Box 29/25 Fobney Lock Tail, Bagshot Old Weir.1985. Box 29/26 Shenfield Lock 1979/1980. Box 29/27 Froxfield circular weir, Bulls swing bridge piling, Bulls Lock paddle Oct 84.Box29/28 Bagshot New Weir, Ham Pipe Crossing June 1985. Box 29/29 Hamstead Weir footbridge September 1985.Box 29/30 3 Old postcards Hawking Downs dated 1906, Lady picking flowers on canal bank dated 1908 and Isle of Wight 191? Christmas greetings written on Black/White postcard photograph showing man on horse and man with bycycle dated 23/12/190? in Dovedale Also Padworth Lock June 84.;Box 29/31 Thatcham Swing Bridge February 85.Box29/32 Padworth Lock Aug 84 and Cravens Hatches July 1984. Box 29/33 West Mill Road, Dredging and West Mill Road Surface Damage, Newbury and Dun Mill Ice on Canal Feb 1985. Box 29/34 Sulhampstead renewal of hatch doors dated 1911and Shenfield (or Sheffield) Swing Bridge May 1985 Theale and Theale Swing Bridge (No 19). Box 29/35 Sulhamstead Weir Foot bridge Aug 1985; Box 29/36 Town Mill new weir, Sept 1980, Little Bedwyn main road bridge painting June 1981, Burghfield Island July 1981; Box 29/37 Shiermans Hatches Aug 1985, Kintbury Hatches and weir pool 12th July 1985, Breach between Hamstead bridge and hatches; Box 29/38 Padworth old swing bridge; Box 29/39 Aldermaston lock Dec 1982; Box 29/40 Sulhampstead lock stoppage Nov 1985; Box 29/41 Tyle Mill swing bridge cast iron weights, Newbury raft race 4/06/1986; Box 29/42 Reed's board mill pipes and bridges, Dreweatts lock, Pear Tree bottom damage to field 12/04/1986; Box 29/43 Hambridge Lane to Bellwood Gravel boundary, Dreweatts lock stoppage 2/02/1986; Box 29/44 West Mills to Northcroft towpath 10/02/1986; Box 29/45 Dredging at Northcroft; Box 29/46 Newbury Town bridge, A34 Victoria Park bridge; Box 29/47 County lock Reading 2/02/1986; Box 29/48 Crofton clay lining, Woolhampton Swing bridge Row Barge pub, Woolhampton pipe bridge 5/04/89 Box 29/49 West Mills Newbury swing bridge rebuild; Box 29/50 Bulls lock, Newbury; Box 29/51 Oakhill Down Lock no.68, Boat damaged by fire; Box 29/54 Crofton relining works, Heales Lock new gates; Box 29/55 Guyer stoppage 1990, Ufton bridge 1990; Box 29/56 Fobney lock; Box 29/57 Installation of pipe and culvert near Seend; Box 29/58 Seend Wharf Bridge and lock including underground pipe installation Box 29/59 Seend bridges 153 and 154; Box 29/60 Bridge 154 and Seend area; Box 29/61 Seend area; Box 29/62 Bridge 152 Seend area; Box 29/63 Fobney lock stoppage, Box 29/64 Drewaetts lock stoppage, Hungerford lock Hungerford Church swing bridge; Box 29/65 Greenham mill sluices; Box 29/66 Station Road bridge, Woolhampton, Froxfield lock, Tule mill temporary footbridge; Box 29/67 Damage to Theale Swing bridge 3/1986, West Mills before towpath works, floating barriers; Box 29/68 Cobbler lock,12/02/1986,River Dun aqueduct, by Cobblers lock, Sulhampstead swing bridge??; Box 29/69 Temporary road bridge at Read Board mills bridges:Box29/70 Brentford Depot and Sluice; Box 29/71 June 1986Dun Mill Lock no 75. New Crown Estate Bridge 99: Box 29/72 Kings Road Bridge November 1985, weir at Blakes lock, River Kennet Watling Street bridge, Blakes hatches, 18-X11-85 , Box 29/ 73 Heales lock 6/86, Tyle mill bridge 6/86, Cranwell lock 4/06/1986 Box 29/74 Colthrop Mill building 29/07/1985; Box 29/75 Garston lock brick work, County lock River Kennet 2/1986; Box 29/76 Damage to sewer grid at Towney, breach at Tyle milll, temporary footbridge at Tule 6/1986; Box 29/77 Dreweatts lock 1/1986;Box 29/78 Tyle Mill and Breach May 86; Box 29/79 Colthorpe Pipe Bridge and Lock Aug 85; Box 29/80 Freewarren Bridge, Crofton May 1984; Box 29/81 County Lock and Weir, Reading March 1988; Box 29/82 West Mills Newbury March 90; Box 29/83 Oxlease Bridge and air test at Kintbury Lock September 1990; Box 29/84 Garston lock Box 29/85 Fobney Street - Reading, Kintbury sluices 8/1990; Box 29/86 Tyle mill lock Box 29/87 NRA crossing Blunsden lock Feb 1991; Box 29/88 River Kennet Courage Brewery site Reading, Rose kiln lane to Berkerley Avenus footpath, Fore Bridge and cottage; Box 29/89 assortment of photographs from County Lock, Blakes Lock, Monkey Marsh Dam, Courage site;Box 29/90 Narrowboat Wagtail, Woolhampton swing bridge September 1990. Box 29/91 Mill Race (Colthrop Lock), Derelict Locks March 1987; Box 29/92 Courage Brewery Site, Reading - Divers in canal, Brunsdon lock stoppage, County Lock and Weir February 1987. Box 29/93 Old Reading bus depot and Courage Brewery site,Canal at Reading, Culvert. Letter re Thatcham Duck Race 1987.Box 29/94 Wire Lock Stoppage, Kintbury, Brunsden Stoppage, Courage Site, County Lock, Reading, March 1987.Box 29/ 95 Crofton feeder in snow 1/1987, widening the River Kennet near old Courage Brewery site Reading 1/1987, Crofton reservoir sluices 1/1987; Box 29/96 Cabin cruiser "Allanah" , County lock Reading in flood, K & A lock under repair, Box 29/97 Newbury lock 03 1978; Box 29/98 Kennet & Avon various bridges ; Box 29/99 Elgar Road, Reading; Box 29/100 Kennet and Avon canal, Reading May 1987; Box 29/101

Kennet & Avon Canal The Royal Celebrations Souvenir Programme August 8 1990 Bw 947/90; Box 30/1 Folder containing various maps and literature labelled: Reopening on 8/8/90 by HM The Queen at Caen Hill, Devizes. Box 30/2 Photos of River Avon 24056; Box30/3 24037 Brown envelope containing numerous photographs of River Avon at Newbury. Box 30/4. 24138, 2 x large b/w photos David Bellamy BTA news 6/2/92 Box 30/5 3.5 Disc 24097 labelled Bristol Docks Photos 15/2/00.

Kennet and Avon Canal Photograph albums.Box 31/1 Album containing colour photographs of the Kennet & Avon canal at Reading and Newbury with dfetailed manuscript notes; Box 31/2 Album of colour photographs Kintbury and Tylemill and 'electrofishing' 1970; Box 31/3 Album of colour photographs reconstruction of Kennet & Avon Widmead lock 1990; Box 31/4 Kennet & Avon canal Widmead lock surveying 1987 Box 31/5 Album containing black & white photographs of Kennet & Avon canal High Bridge, Blakes lock, Newbury, swing bridge, Reading County lock, Woolhampton, Heales lock, Thatcham Monkey Marsh lock, Aldermaston Padworth Towney; Box 31/6 Colour photographs K&A Burghfield bridge sewer pipe crossing; Box 31/7 D658721334 Colour photographs Garston lock stoppage piling top dam Nov 1980; Colour photgraph 21288 K&A Wilcot bridge sign for Golden Swan; 21304 Hamstead lock 7/6/1984; 21355 Woolhampton Mill March 1981 high water level; West Mills

Kennet and Avon Canal Photograph albums. Box 32/1 Album of colour photo's showing restoration of Kennet & Avon bridge box 32/2 Construction of bridge at Wickham Knights Kennet & Avon canal, by Sewer Services Box 32/3 19888 British Waterways Technical Services Dundas Aqueduct reference colour photographs , Plowman Craven & Associates June 1997 Job no. 6108; Box 32/4 19883 K & A Dundas Aqueduct photographs; Box 32/5 Kennet & Avon Canal Dundas Aqueduct Report on Investigation works Report CV993722 Box 32/6 Drawings associated with the Kennet & Avon canal report on the Dundas Viaduct 19883 ; Box 32/7 19892 Photographic survey Kennet & Avon Dundas Aqueduct Contact print album September 2002

Kennet & Avon canal, legal documents 1954 W No. 3659, High Court of Justice, Chancery division Group B between 'Willow Wren anal Carrying Company and British Transport Commission' "Great Western Railway Act 1852 No.1" [16]; legal documents 1954 W No. 3659, High Court of Justice, Chancery division Group B between 'Willow Wren anal Carrying Company and British Transport Commission'J Gould V BTC Remains of bundle No. 5 of documents disclosed by the defendants and bespoken by the plaintiff [29G]; J Gould v BTC Remains of bundle No.3 of documents disclosed by the defendants and bespoken by the plaintiff after documents submitted by the plaintiffs solicitor for agreement and have bee extracted [29E]; legal documents 1954 W No. 3659, High Court of Justice, Chancery division Group B between 'Willow Wren anal Carrying Company and British Transport Commission' 'British Transport Commission bill 1955 No.2 and petitions of the Plaintiffs Kennet & Avon Association and J Gould; legal documents 1954 W No. 3659, High Court of Justice, Chancery division Group B between 'Willow Wren canal Carrying Company and British Transport Commission' Copy of correspondence between parties before action, and letters reffered to in pleadings and particulars legal documents 1954 W No. 3659, High Court of Justice, Chancery division Group B between 'Willow Wren canal Carrying Company and British Transport Commission' British Transport Commission Bill 1955 No.2 and petitions of the plaintiffs Kennet & Avon Association and J Gould; J Gould v BTC Remains of bundle No .2 Documents disclosed by the defendents and bespoken by the Plaintiff after documents submitted by the plaintiffs solicitors for agreement have been extracted [29d]; legal documents 1954 W No. 3659, High Court of Justice, Chancery division Group B between 'Willow Wren anal Carrying Company and British Transport Commission' Copy correspondence between parties before action, and letters reffered to in pleadings and particulars; Correspondence to and from Docks and Inland Waterway; legal documents 1954 W No. 3659, High Court of Justice, Chancery division Group B between 'Willow Wren anal Carrying Company and British Transport Commission' "Transport Act 1947"; booklet The Thames Conservancy "The Thames Navigation and General Byelaws, 195x ; Booklet Port of London Authority "The Port of London Dock Bye - Laws; Booklet Port of London Authority "The Port of London River Bye- Laws 1938

1) Kennet & Avon canal D.129/2/1 Correspondence relating to Kennet & Avon canal - Future policy; 2) D.129/2/1/4 K & A Negotiations with Robbins, Lane and Pinniger Ltd , proposed abandonment of canal,, lock closure; 3) D. 129/ 2/1/9 Re Wood and pulp transport; 4) Kennet & Avon W129/2/1/5 Correspondence relating to the closure of the reading to Newbury section; 5)

1) Notebook in poor condition showing hand drawn side elevations of bridges and details of locks complete with measurements in Cheshire, 1942/1943; 2) Envelope containing colour photograph boat frames being uncovered from mud; 3) Envelope containing photocopy of sketch of old canal packet house and packet, Chester; 4) Reports on Bugsworth Basin, Martin Cook 2005; 5) British Waterways promotional leaflet re Tower Wharf Chester; 6) Magazine - Rescue News article re British Waterways North Basin Chester, No 77. 1999; 7) Article from Chester in the medieval and Tudor periods; 8) Copy of article Chester - The evolution and adaptation of its landscape, D Mason; 9) Copy of BW Monthly Basin Yields its Boats, referring to the boats at the North Basin, Tower Wharf Chester, December 1998; 10) Report - The pottery and other finds from the North Basin, Tower Wharf, Chester, Victoria Buteux, 6/1/1999; 11) Sketches of wooden boat sections; 12) Report - St Aidans Quarry Excavations Interim report phase 1, S J Webster and J Buglass, April 1998; 13) Archaelogical survey The Barges, Boothstown Basin, Salford, Greater Manchester Archaelogical Unit, June 1991; 14) Report - Survey at Keadby, Lock Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, Martin Cooke, 23/3/2005; 15) Report by national Trust Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire, The Canal HaHa, Jeremy Milln, 22/07/2002; 16) Report Recording of a lift gate adjacent to Bridge 106, Gilwern, Monmouth and Brecon Canal, Martin Cooke, 14/11/2008; 17) Folder containing reports by Martin Cook; 18) Hand completed site survey sheets.

Folder 1 - John Gould v BTC SW Division Papers, Severn District engineer No 10, Enginees/foreman/inspectors weekly report, 5/2/1949 - 30 Dec 1950. Folder 2 John Gould v BTC SW Division papers, Severn District Engineer No 13, 6/3/1950 - 2/6/1950 Docs 1 - 7. Folder 3 - John Gould v BTC SW Division Papers, Severn District Engineer No 14, 26/2/1949 - 29/12/1950. Folder 4, John Gould v BTC SW Division, Severn District Engineer No 16, 6/1/1952 - 28/12/1952, Engineers Report of running Claverton Pumping Engine. Folder 5 John Gould v BTC SW District Engineer No 17, 7/9/1948 - 19/12/1951 Documents 1 - 27, Crofton Pumping Station and copy of Wiltshire Gazette 6/10/1049. Folder 6, John Gould v BTC SW Division Papers, Severn District Engineer No 18, 5/3/1949 - 7/10/1950, Duties and Places of work and duties performed, Kennet & Avon Canal. Folder 7 - John Gould v BTC SW Division Papers, Severn District Engineer No 19, Docs 2 - 244, 4/4/1949 - 31/12/1953.

10 Booklet "Canals and Inland Waterways Report of the Board of Survey BTC 1955"; 12 Booklet "The Port of London River Bye-Laws", 1938; Folder 1: Willow Wren Canal Carrying Co Ltd v British Transport Commission, 4) Copy of Report Mr Mc Lachlan Naval Architect; 6) Plaintiff and Defendants affidavits of documents and Plaintiffs letter of 19/10/1955; 7) Plaintiffs to Defendants agreed facts; 9) British Tansport Commission Bill 1955 No 2; 8) Terms of Order to Stay; 11) Rules, Orders and Byelaws of the Kenet & Avon Canal Navigation;13) Diagrams & Cross Section of the Canal; 15) Plaintiffs Company's Accounts for the Period 2 December 1953 - 31 March 1954.17) Evidence of Leslie N Morton before the Board of Survey of Canals and Inland Waterways; Folder 2: ( containing 2 files) Willow Wren Canal Carrying Company v British Transport Commission; Mr J E Oxley's Proof of Evidence & Appendices 1954.

FOLDER 1 Chancery Division The Willow Wren Canal Carrying Company Ltd v BTC Instructions to Council; FOLDER 2 1 Pleadings, 4 Copy of Report from Mr McLachlin, 5 Proposed Agreed Correspondence, 6 Plaintiffs and Defendants Affidaits of Documents and Plaintiffs letter of 19/10/1955, 7 Plaintiffs and Defendants Agreed Facts, 8 Terms of Order Stay, 9 British Transport Commission Bill No.2; 10 Booklet Canals and Inland Waterways 'Report of the Board of Survey 1955; FOLDER 3 Rules orders byelaws of the Kennet & Avon Canal Navigation; 12 The Port of London Authority ' The Port of London River ByeLaws 1938', 13 Diagrams & Cross Sections of the Kennet & Avon Canal; 15 Plaintiffs Companys Accounts for period 2/12/1953 to 31/3/1954; 16 Note of Search in Companies Registry 11/02/1956; 17 Evidence of Leslie N Morton before the Board of Survey of Canals and Inland Waterways; 18 Letter to the Editor of Lloyd's List and Shipping Gazette From Leslie N Morton; 19 Mr F G B Claytons Proof of Evidence & Appendices; FOLDER 4 20 Solicitors correspondence; Instructions to advise on evidence in consultation; Instructions on behalf of the defendants; FOLDER 5 Brief on behalf of the defendants, Sir Andrew Clark QC + Hon Denys B Buckley; Proof of evidence of Mr A S Quartermaine

FOLDER 1 John Gould v BTC SW Division Divisional Engineer Western Region Railway Executive No. 3 1a General Managers files as at proposed abandonment in 1926 1/10/1926 - 17/12/1928;Documents 1 -122 Boating; documents 1 - 97 Boating; Documents 1 - 51 Boating; Documents 1 -19 Boating newspaper cuttings; FOLDER 2 Divisional Engineer Western Region Railway Executive No.2 7th March 1948 to 26th January 1949 Documents 1 to 35; FOLDER 3 Divisional Engineer Western Region Railway Executive No. 1 25/08/1948 to 10/03/1949 Documents 1 to 233; FOLDER 4 Dock Executive's paper Subject Railway Executive's proposal abandonment of the canal and subsequent Reports & Enquiries 30/08/1948 to 2/2/1954 40 Documents; W.129/2/1/11 Application to Purchase the Kennet & Avon canal by Mr J Scott Pitcher; D.207/31 Proposed visit of the Chairman of the Commission to the Kennet & Avon canal 1954; Kennet & Avon canal, Pollution from Devizes Barracks 4/1956; Application to purchase Kennet & Avon canal Mr I J Pitman;W.129/2/1/13 Bridges over the Kennet & Avon canal Temporary bridge at Newbury, West Mills bridge; W.129/2/1/14 Application to purchase the Kennet & Avon canal Mr S G B Baker; W.129/2/1/15 Kennet & Avon Canal Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race; W.129/2/1/17 Sluices West Mills Newbury, Messrs H Dolton & son Ltd; W.129/2/1/18 Kennet & Avon Canal River Kennet at Marlborough; Kennet & Avon canal Offers to purchase

FOLDER 1 John Gould v SW Division, Seven District Traffic Office No. 1 7/06/1950 to 2/08/1950, Documents 1 to 24; Divisional Waterways Officer No.3 31/12/1953 to 17/12/1954 Document nos 1 to 65, Folder 2 Railway Executive Z701/2 Part 1 Transfer of canals to D & IWE; Folder 3 Divisional Waterways Office N0.24/2/1950 to December 1953: Folder 4 Divisional Waterways Office N0.5 9 /1/1952 to 23/4/1954 Documents no 1 to 97; Folder 5 Divisional Waterways Office N0.1 8th September 1948 to 2nd February 1950 Documents no 1 to 133; Folder 6 Divisional Waterways Office N0.6 1st December 1953 to 20th March 1954 Documents no 1 to 25 "Maid Line" Cruisers Navigation on Kennet & Avon Canal; Folder 6 Divisional Waterways Office N0.7 March 1954 Documents no 1 to 3 Fishing rights ; Folder 6 Divisional Waterways Office N0.8 1st June 1950 to 16th June 1950 Newspaper cuttings; Folder No.7 John Gould v BTC S W Division papers Divisional Officer No 4 22nd June 1949 to 19th July 1951 Documents 1 to 73 Kennet & Avon canal headquarters (DWO's file); Folder 7 Visit to Kennet & Avon canal by the Chairman, Mr Davidson and others 8/7/1949, Hansard extracts, Parliamentary Powers, abandonment of canal, British Railways

FOLDER 1 John Gould v BTC GWR Papers Subject Correspondence of General Manager wiith requests for information as to post war development and use ofthe Kennet & Avon canal 22nd November 1943 to 9th August 1947; Railway Executive Western Region William Bennett monkey boat "Westminster"; GWR Papers Subject General Managers correspondence and possibly use of canal 3rd June 1948 to 14th February 1949 Documents 1 to 53. FOLDER 2 Gould v BTC, correspondence and Plans as to temporary bridge at Newbury. No 0f Docs 73, Dates, 22 April 1936 to 22 November 1946. Gouldd v BTC , Docks executive's papers. Subject, report by Railway Executive (Western Region) upon Canal on its transfer to Docks Executive, 1948, No of letters or documents 1 - 5. FOLDER 3 Gould v BTC Docks Executive's Papers, Subject Report of W Arnold dated 7 May 1953 on proposals to abandon the canal. No of documents or letters - 2. Gould v BTC Docks Executive's Papers, Subjects: Report dated 5 Novembaer 1953 of Messrs Clayton and Arnold on proposed abandoment of middle section of canal from Brunsdons Lockto Dundas Aqueduct, with schedules ( 3 files).Gould v BTC, Docks Executive's papers, subject - Reports prepared to consider future of Canal and for meeting with Anthony Hurd MP and others, and the Inland Waterways Association. Dates Jan 1953 - 30 Nov 1953, No of letters or documents 1 - 50. FOLDER 4 Gould v BTC Docks Executive's Papers, Subject, Chief Freight Officer's copies of reports to Commission for them to consider future of Canal, dates - 15 Mar to 7 April 1954, no of letter or doocuments 1 - 3.Gould v BTC, Docks Executive's Papers, subject - Report of Divisional Waterways Officer on Survey of the Canal, undated. Gould v BTC Divisional Trafic Officers's papers, subject - Correspondence with the Plaintiff, dates - 3 December 1951 - 1 November 1`954 no of letters or documents - 110. FOLDER 5 Gould v BTC GWR papers, subject - Draught of barge 'Unity' pencil note, not dated, 1 document. Gould v BTC. GWR Papers, Correspondence of the General Manager, subject Claim by Messrs Tough for damage to launch while navigating the K and A Canal, dates 24 May 1941 - 24 August 1942, 21 letters or documents. Gould v BTC GWR papers, subject - correspondence as to dredging Canal in 1931/3. dates - 1 September 1931 to 25 May 1933, Nos of letters or documents 1 - 18. Gould v BTC GWR papers, Subject - Reports on the passage through the Canal of the Barge 'Unity' - 2 files, Dates - July 1928, 16 February 1933 - 6 October 1941. Nos of letters or documents - 1 to 83. FOLDER 6. Gould v BTC GWR Papers. Papers of Secretary of the GWR. Subject - Application for Warrant to abandon K and A Canal. Copies of Protests and replies to advertisement and Objectives.

FOLDER 1 John Gould v BTC Severn District Engineer "Privileged" documentation; Railway Executive, Kennet & Avon canal April 1948 - February 1949; Docks Executive Papers Subject Railways Eecutive proposal for Abandonment of canal (Solicitors advice ) from file D.144/1/6; Gould v BTC GWR papers subject Transport of timber on the K & A canal from Bristol for T Holmes & Co. Ltd. on behalf of the Ministry of Supply Docs 39; Folder 2 Gould v BTC Mr Clitty's personal files - Priveleged; Chancery Division, Copy pleadings Mr Williams 1954 G No. 1783; Folder 3 Gould v BTC Commissions Papers, Reports & letters prepared for consideration of future of canal after action commenced for and by Solicitors to report and advise (connect with S51 - 17 -10); Gould v BTC GWR papers Subject Chief Goods Managers corresponence obtaining information for the Minister of Transport and his delegates for consideration of the future of the canal, Gould v BTC Gould v BTC GWR papers Subject Obtaining information as to the use of the canal in 1940 for the Minister of Transport (Bristol district Goods Managers correspondence); Folder 4 Gould v BTC GWR papers Subject Chief Engineers correspondence obtaining for the Ministry of Transport & his delegates for consideration of the future of the canal docs 1 - 160; Subject Notes as to enquiries in 1944 to use the canal for Cocoa beans and Aluminium Docs 1 -65 (note most documents missing when checked in December 1969); Folder 5 Gould v BTC GWR Papers Subject General Managers correspondence with and obtaining information for the Minister of Transport and his delegates 1940/2 with a view to application for warrant to abandon docs 1-59

John Gould v British Transport Commission Notes of Proceedings BW 848.98 Notes of Proceedings 1st day, second day, BW 850.98 notes of Proceedings 3rd day. 26.2001 - Photograph. 27.2001 - Photograph. 9.2001 - 10.2001 Photographs. 11.2001 - 21.2001 photographs. 23.2001 - 29.2001 - B/w photographs. Exhibit marked FGBC2 17.2001 - 21.2001. Exhibit marked FGBC3 1954 G No 1783. 3 B/w Photographs 22.2001, CB2, CB3, CB4. BW846.98, BW307.99 - John Gould v British Transport Commission, Solicitors correspondence, index of documents and numerous black and white photographs illustrating the case, and a secontion of the Kennet and Avon Canal.

Documents with faded ink. Relating to court cases between Great Western Railway v Roberts Lane and Pinniger re Kennet and Avon Canal. John Gould v British Transport Commission. British Transport Commisssion v Willow Wren, correspondence on the Parlimentary Proceeding.

John Gould v BTC - original pleadings 1954 - G 1783. John Gould v BTC Solicitors Correspondence - Chancery Division. John Gould v BTC, Correspondence with DIW HQ & BTC. 1954 G No 1783. Great Western Railway Address Book

John Gould. Willow Wren Canal Carrying Company Limited v BTC. 1954 W 3659. John Gould v BTC Appendix No 1 for Mr FGB Claytons' proof, receipts and expenditure, tonnages and commercial traffic - 1st and 2nd Bundles. BTC Official File Survey of Canals and Inland Waterways January 1949 - 8 March 1954, appendices a) Map of Canals and Inland Waterways for England and Wales March 1954 b) Report of Board of Survey December 1954. Kennet and Avon Canal Report Form on Part of Middle Section from Brunsdons Lock to Dundas Aqueduct. Ref 57 524/1 Transfer of Kennet & Avon Canal from Railway Executive to Docks & Inland Waterways Executive, XG 7109/30/1. Kennet & Avon Canal - Proposed Abandonment - Mr Frank Pick's Investigation 1941. W5074/1 Kennet & Avon Canal - Maintenance Boat No 11. J Gould v BTC - Corespondence with CRO, RE, and D&IW. Kennet and Avon Canal Old Papers.

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