Narrow BoatThe record of a voyage along 400 miles of the intricate canal-system of the Midlands. |
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Page 59
... village of Napton - on - the - Hill . This must surely be the strangest village in all Warwickshire , a translation in brick of the stone villages of the South Cotswold valleys . The church stands on the top of the hill , and the ...
... village of Napton - on - the - Hill . This must surely be the strangest village in all Warwickshire , a translation in brick of the stone villages of the South Cotswold valleys . The church stands on the top of the hill , and the ...
Page 106
... village of Fradley lies some distance to the east , but a second village has grown up about the canal junction , centring around the yards of the district maintenance department and ' The Swan ' , a typical canal inn , with stabling ...
... village of Fradley lies some distance to the east , but a second village has grown up about the canal junction , centring around the yards of the district maintenance department and ' The Swan ' , a typical canal inn , with stabling ...
Page 179
... village , so we decided to journey no farther that day . The next morning dawned fine , however , and the strong wind which had swept away the rain - clouds gave us little trouble , as the canal was for the most part sheltered by tall ...
... village , so we decided to journey no farther that day . The next morning dawned fine , however , and the strong wind which had swept away the rain - clouds gave us little trouble , as the canal was for the most part sheltered by tall ...
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Avon Banbury bank Barrow-upon-Soar beam bells beneath beside boatmen boatyard Braunston brick bridge Brindley cabin carried Chapter Cheshire church Church Minshull colour Cotswold cottage Coventry Canal craft Cressy Cressy's Crewe dark deck door engine England feet Fradley gates Grand Union Grand Union Canal green Haywood Hill horse-boat horses journey Junction Leicester light lock lock-keeper looked Market Market Drayton Market Harborough Marston Doles miles Mill Minshull moored morning Nantwich Napton narrow boat navigable night North Kilworth once Oxford Canal paddles painted passed pottery river River Soar road roof round ruin rural seemed shafts Shropshire Union Shropshire Union Canal side sight slope stone Stratford street summit tall timber toll Tooley tow-path tower towing towing-path town traffic trees Trent and Mersey tunnel turn valley village walked walls Wappenshall waterway weather weir wharf wind wood yards