1834-1847
Gloucestershire Archives TS165a
Minutes of Committee from 1834 to 1847
River Churn water payments listed.
River Thames Upper District survey and repairs.
Steam Engine payments and repairs.
Wilts & Berks carriage of block stone and coal.
Sinking Fund to be called Contingency Fund.
Steam Engine payments.
Contingency Fund to be increased at General Meeting.
Toll on furniture to be by weight not measure at General Meeting.
Half-yearly Accounts to 1 Apr 1834.
Maintenance - water had been let out at several places, mud removed, gates repaired with 70 men being set to work.
Steam Engine had been working 96 hours in the week.
Traders - Fly-boat operator Bowerman & Son had taken on the role of Franklin & Co.
Traders - Allen Mason of Brooks Wharf, London, had established fly-boats between London and Gloucester.
Maintenance - repairs to steam engine buildings, new lock gates, new waste weir, lock walls rebuilt, bridges repaired, much puddle renewed, mill ponds cleared of mud. New paddle winders were highly approved.
Kempsford High Bridge timber work entirely renewed.
Daneway Old & New Basin new stop erected to save water.
Wallbridge Wharf 30 yards of wall taken down and rebuilt.
Lechlade Wharf was occupied by Mrs Ryman under Mr Protheroe.
Marston Round House ordered to be pulled down as it had been superseded by the Watch House at Eisey.
Cerney Wick Round House, having been superseded by the Watchhouse at Wildmoreway, to be offered to a respectable workman.
Daneway Bridge - catch-pool to be constructed to catch the drift off the Bisley road.
Company Deeds to be obtained from Mr Bevin, Mr Pitt's successor.
Brimscombe premises of Mr George being vacated.
Brimscombe house of Mr Denyer - room used by Committee to be redecorated.
Brimscombe Shed - so much to be taken down as will make a sufficient passage to the rest of the wharf.
Water from the bore-hole in the new cutting would not run into the canal without the aid of the engine.
Messrs Bowerman had relinquished fly-boat trade, whose business Mr Parker had taken up.
Brimscombe Long Shed - the state of the roof was very bad - old materials to be reused as much as possible.
Mr Parker required to find two bondsmen to the amount of £600.
Wilts & Berks Co – agreed to match their reduced tolls on iron & nails.
Mr George’s request for expenses not agreed.
Mr Denyer’s request for expenses not agreed.
Half-yearly Accounts to 10 Oct 1834.
A slip of soil from the Chalford Road was being stopped from entering the canal.
Agreed to buy land for the canal (formerly rented) from Mr Lockyer’s trustees.
Mr Parker not willing to grant the Company a lien on his boats as security for his tonnage.
Mr Franklin had paid his rent at the Bourne and had quitted possession.
Engine Repairs – Mr Ferrabee’s advice to spend £20 accepted.
Wilts & Berks Co complained about lack of communication over tolls – matter resolved by discussion.
Mr Parker’s representations on reduced tolls on iron and nails from Staffordshire – traders to sign a memorandum.
River Churn water payments listed.
Wilts & Berks Canal Co – tolls discussed.
Messrs Bowerman were in difficulties with payments.
Cowcombe Wood slip – Turnpike Commissioners unwilling to pay.
Mr Jones to inspect the summit level to look for leaks.
Griffin Bridge to be repaired or rebuilt.
Mr Parker objected to charges for houseage and wharfage, but these to be enforced.
Fly Boat Trade – any reduction in tolls to be coordinated with other canals.
Half-yearly Accounts to 6 Apr 1835.
Expenses for water, steam engine, paddle winders to lock gates.
Reduction in size of locks approved in agreement with wishes of Wilts & Berks Canal Co.
Agreement with Wilts & Berks Canal Co sealed.
Payment of account on clause introduced into Wilts & Berks Canal Act.
Mr Jones’ report of repairs and result of experiment on springs in Tunnel expected.
Mr Parker had not paid wharfage.
Maintenance: Kempsford Wharf House repairs not done; Lower Lock Gates at Inglesham done; Eisey Lock brick work partly repaired; Latton Lock Lower Gate repairs not done; Marston Round House not pulled down. Tenant’s offer of £5 a year accepted.
Bridge at Thames Head. No alterations in roads.
Daneway Bridge. Catchpool made
Deeds not received from Mr Bevin.
Mr Denyer to advertise the premises lately occupied by Mr George.
Capels Mill Bridge. Land for catchpool.
Long Shed. Reduction and repairs done.
Engine Beam repaired.
Masons: side walls of Daneway upper and second lock repaired; Cowcombe wall rebuilt; Chalford Bell pond new waste and feeding weirs; Brimscombe, end of shed rebuilt to allow wagon communication with upper part of wharf; Brimscombe, decayed part of front of warehouses restored; Bourne Yard, parts of house; Clowes or Red Lion Lock, new feeding weir; Inglesham, Siddington, Daneway, new lock gates; Breast work, gates, sills, paddles; Sapperton, three new sills, Brimscombe, roof of shed.
Navigators: mud cleansed.
Daneway, part of summit level unfinished.
Siddington Sill, low water level.
Inglesham Wharf, wall to be taken down to allow barges to pass.
Lechlade wharf repairs to house and gates, Clerk to report on the state of Mr Protheroe’s tenancy.
Chivers, engine-man and blacksmith to receive ten pounds for good conduct and loss of cow and to observe rise or fall of water during working of steam engine.
Decision on plan and estimate for reducing size of locks deferred.
Mr Richards building house on Cirencester branch with access by towing path only.
Stones to be erected where boundaries are not well defined.
Company to discontinue wharf at Thames Head. Mr Parker may place person there for his trade.
Griffins Bridge. Denyer to obtain estimate for rebuilding with stone and iron.
Strip of land at Chalford, claim abandoned.
Mr George to pay fair rent for Company warehouses on the Island at Brimscombe.
Mr Ballinger and Company to give up land at Chalford to widen and improve road.
Mr Parker’s tonnage account to be settled by 15 September.
Mr Parker, having failed to produce certificates of disposal of salt, to pay full tonnage when passing Brimscombe Port. Drawback to be repaid on producing requisite certificates.
Work on cutting in Mr Gordon’s meadow should continue. Observations on increased quantity of water produced to be made.
Mr Jones unable to continue his observations of leakage of the summit level through illness.
Tunnel arch fallen in two places.
Mr George’s agreement on wharfage not to extend to grain.
Mr Parker informed that tonnage would require to be paid.
Some deeds relating to property belonging to Thames & Severn Canal Co not mentioned in Schedule. Mr Pitt required to make further search.
Letter from Mr Devereux Bowley. Line of railway from Cheltenham by Stroud to Swindon to unite with Great Western Railway.
Preparations to be made for stop planks at eastern end of tunnel.
No further communication on proposed Cheltenham to Swindon railway.
Mr Parker. No further concessions other than drawback to be made on salt.
Half-yearly Accounts to 5 October 1835.
Proposed purchase of Thames & Severn Canal for conversion into a railway.
Plan of proposed line of railway noted
Plan of Cheltenham and Grand Western Railway – discussion deferred.
Disputed items in Mr Parker’s account as a carrier on canal.
Account of water drawn from River Churn 1835.
Expenses incurred in opposing railroad to be charged to Contigency Fund.
Gas lamp on Cirencester Wharf.
Agreed Mr J Smith to rent premises at Brimscombe late Mr George for £30 per annum.
Proposed conversion of portion of Thames & Severn Canal with a railway.
Progress of Bill brought by Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Company to be observed.
Mr Parker to pay disputed account.
Cast iron lamp on wharf at Cirencester.
Mr Allan Mason to pay account.
Case against Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Bill to be circulated among Members of Parliament. Petition to be prepared against the Bill.
Messrs Richardson & Connell to be parliamentary agents.
Petition against Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Bill
Petition cancelled on advice of Mr Prideaux, Clerk’s Partner. New petition adopted.
Copy in full.
Thanks to Mr P M Stewart for his assistance in presenting petition.
Railway Company to pay Company £7500 for withdrawing opposition to Bill and to insert clauses to protect Canal Company against damage.
Half yearly Statement of Receipts. Extraordinary season of dry weather.
Expenses: excavating in Mr Gordon’s meadow, alterations etc to steam engine, fees for insertion of clause into W&B Act, opposing Cheltenham & Great Western Railway.
Half-yearly Accounts to 4 April 1836.
No leakages at Smerrill, repairs needed in Tunnel, mudding at Siddington to be deferred,
Coates end of Tunnel. New masonry for stop planks, mud cleared near Coates Tunnel Round House. Scarcity of bricklayers.
Repairs below Siddington to cause little or no delay for flyboat traders. Mr Durnsford’s objections rebutted.
Iron for bridge at Bath passed along canal, grain from Wilts & Berks carried on return.
Mr Parker’s disputed accounts.
Expenses in opposing Bill for railway Cheltenham to Cirencester £1019.7.0.
Mr Jones – difficulty in procuring workmen for Tunnel repairs, engine commenced working, complaints of engineer. Condition of engine and its effects in reducing water in the cutting in Gordon’s meadow.
Cheltenham and Great Western Railway Act given Royal Assent.
Special General Meeting to be convened to consider state of Tolls and Charges for Wharfage, Cranage, Houseage etc.
Repairs Kempsford Wharf not done.
Wharfage paid on Company’s wharf but not a private wharf. Back tonnage proposed instead.
Boundary Stones not put down.
Repairs: Lechlade Wharf not done.
Repairs: Bridges on Collateral Cut to Cirencester.
Mr Richards to restore broken down towing path wall, used by him as a carriage drive to his house.
Canal Co to make lay bye opposite Cirencester Gas works. Gas Co to defray half expenses.
Blacksmith’s shop at the Engine to be repaired.
Water from bore holes and cutting in Mr Gordon’s meadow most favourable.
Upper Gates at Inglesham leak.
Carpenter’s boat needed at Siddington. Ordered to be made.
Mr Pitt re Deeds.
Mudding to be continued.
Charge of £21 on Mr George for use of two warehouses to be abandoned but he be debited for housage.
Puddling at Wallbridge Point to be continued.
Stock Account of timber etc to be kept.
Latton Lock to be shortened about 21 feet.
Considering moving lockkeeper from highest to lowest lock at Daneway and cost of a new house.
Thames Head Wharf House to be let. Luke Griffin, carpenter, to move to place convenient for his work.
People to be reminded that carrying goods across the towing path was a trespass.
Mr Smith permitted to break up the land behind his house. Mr Denyer to provide more if required.
Chivers’s wages to be increased to 35s a week.
Walled recess to be made above lock at Messrs Partridges’ Dyehouse.
Work, in addition to ordinary repairs, executed since August 1835:
Repairing weir and widening horse road over same in lower pond at Walbridge.
Rebuilding: Entrance of culvert under canal at Sapperton end of Tunnel,
Rebuilding: Wall round part of Bourne Yard, and repairing one of dry docks there
Rebuilding: Wing wall etc, and pointing bridge near Stantons mill
Masons’ work: Rebuilding wall between Company’s land and late John Baker’s
Masons’ work: Masonry at Coates end of Tunnel, with grooves for planks, to act as double stop for keeping in or letting off water as may be found necessary during Tunnel and other repairs
Masons’ work: About 50 ft in length and in width about 2/3ds of crown of arch, taken down and rebuilt in most dangerous and defective part of arching of Tunnel. NB – more extensive repair could not be carried out during period allowed for stopping canal at Whitsuntide. Shortage of bricklayers.
Carpenters’ work: Latton Lock gates repaired; Pair of new upper gates erected at Bell Lock; Pair of new upper gates made but not erected for 4th lock from Daneway; Lower lock gates taken out and repaired. Iron paddle frames attached at 6th lock from Daneway, 7 lock, Twizzles Mill, Bowbridge Lock; Upper lock gates at Hope Mill, Ham Mill Lock, Griffins Mill Lock, Bowbridge lock.
Great number of other locks have had iron frames attached to paddle frames, particularly below Siddington. Not enumerated. Under ordinary repairs. Iron frames added to all locks.
Carpenters’ work: Three of boats and punts used in canal repairs thoroughly repaired; Making and fixing new trunk with paddle etc for letting off water from lower pound at Wallbridge; Fencing round weirs between Brimscombe and Wallbridge.
Navigators’ work: Progress made in cutting in Mr Gordon’s meadow after Committee’s visit last year, now in full operation; Side puddling in summit level near Smerril; 70 yards one length side puddling, 30 yards in another length, below Capel’s Bridge NB requires to be renewed. NB – side puddling of this pond, 2nd from junction with Stroud canal, adjoining towing path, needing to be renewed.
Richard Jones claimed damage, £10, to his land adjoining canal.
Half -yearly Accounts to 4 Oct 1836.
Letter to Mr Protheroe with list of dilapidation at Lechlade Wharf. To be attended to immediately.
Re Mr Richens’s assumed trespass on Siddington Branch towing path, he explained that the portion of wall had been removed by Gas Company. If a road is refused along towing path a bridge would be needed.
Mr George’s account had not been paid. Clerk to write requiring payment.
Mr Denyer to make a copy of the share register
Letter from Mr Richardo re establishment of a Police in Chalford and Minchinhampton. Subscribing declined.
Mr Ferrabee had let his premises at Bowbridge as a timber yard on condition he erected a crane. Agreed if done without interfering with navigation of canal. Laybye for boats unloading to be made.
Estimate of rent and repairs for mill held by Company under Earl Bathurst.
Cuttings made by Mr Jones in Mr Gordon’s meadow. Considerable quantity of water produced.
Letter from Cheltenham and Great Western Rail re delayed payment due to Company. Meeting to consider payment proposed. Reply.
Great Western Union Company to pay Company of Proprietors of Thames and Severn Canal Company £10,000. Conditions. Memorandum of Agreement.
Churn millers’ water payments listed 1836.
Sapperton Mill. Dilapidated condition. To be leased or offered to Lord Bathurst.
Wall to be built by Mr Marling.
Expenses incurred in opposing Cheltenham & Great Western Railway Bill.
Money received from Oxford and Tring Railway Company.
Half-yearly Accounts to 3 Apr 1837.
ington. Repairs of arch of tunnel. Puddling length of Cirencester branch, shortening of Latton Lock.
Water problems at Brimscombe.
Engine at Thames Head. Mr Ferrabee ‘s inspection. Good condition a credit to Mr Chivers.
No visit to Thames Head.
Carrying trade conducted by Messrs Parker & Forster transferred to a Company of Proprietors.
Denyer letter reported that mudding and repairs throughout line had been completed.
Canal business flagging. Manufacture of cloth depressed.
Wharf at Lechlade inspected.
Repairs: Roof of Kempsford Wharf house; Shed and fence at Cerney Wick; Woodwork at Wilmoreway Lower Lock; Wall of Basin at Cirencester.
Bye-Law prohibiting coals and goods being deposited within five feet of water’s edge to be reinforced.
Land from Lord Bathurst for extension of wharf at Cirencester.
Gas works. Water pipe and pump laid without permission. Letter to Mr Raymond Cripps.
Annual payment, two guineas. Expense of lay bye to be shared between Companies.
Mr Richins had installed stone steps on canal bank to collect water - to be removed.
Repairs to Watermore and Siddington bridges.
Mudding in summit level deferred.
Cutting in Mr Gordon’s meadow.
Boiler of steam engine fractured
Tunnel repairs done.
Dry rot in parlour of Brimscombe House.
Griffins Bridge. Upon examining the foundations of this bridge when the water was out for the repair of locks, it was found to be unfit to rebuild on. Since the nearby mill was converted from cloth to timber, the bridge has been much used in bringing heavy loads thereto and will require to be built accordingly.
Lord Bathurst’s Mill leased to Thomas Hancox.
Masonry: Wall and feeder at Twizzles Mill; Stable at Cirencester Wharf; Recess for vessels to pass at Bowbridge; Preparing stone for rebuilding bridge at Griffins Mill; Towing path wall at Chalford.
Carpenters’ Work: Repairing roof at Kempsford Wharf house; Floating workshop or boat for repairing locks between Siddington and Lechlade; Sills of locks at Daneway, use of iron plates; Sills and addition of iron frames at six locks – Griffins Mill, Ham Mill, Bell, Red Lion, or Clowes, Puck Mill Upper, Whitehall.
Navigation Work: Side puddling Wallbridge Upper; Cleaning of Griffin and Ham Mill locks; Excavation of slope and towing path at Bowbridge; Canal cleaned of mud between Chalford Chapel lock and Innells Mill pond.
Easter 1837: Cleaning mud out of canal from Latton lock to Cricklade Wharf; Latton lock shortened; Repaired – Latton and Boxhall little lock gates, puddling in Cirencester Branch and feeder near Barton Mill; Repairing – brickwork of Latton and Eisey locks, arching in tunnel.
Whitsuntide 1837: Repairing and blacking lock gates at Cerney Wick, Inglesham, Dudgrove, Eisey, Siddington; Brick work Inglesham, Dudgrove, South Cerney, leaks in parts of summit level.
Half-yearly Accounts to 2 Oct 1837
