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  • *[[Barnsley]], W.R. ...A61, which is still the main road that connects the centres of Sheffield, Barnsley, Wakefield and Leeds, and continues through Harrogate and Ripon to Thirsk.
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  • ...ed travel (the Great Western Railway and two branches of the [[Grand Union Canal]]), villages began to grow into towns and merged into unbroken residential |location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire UK
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  • ...s joined by the Frodingham Beck, which is also navigable, and leads to the canal into Driffield which forms the major part of the Driffield Navigation. Scur ...ut the stream was subsequently re-routed to join the Arram Beck. The Leven Canal used to join on the east bank, but the entrance lock has been replaced by a
    18 KB (2,936 words) - 12:33, 31 January 2016
  • ...ef> The Aire and Calder and Calder and Hebble Navigations and the Barnsley Canal were instrumental in the development of Wakefield as an important market f ...d offices were built at Chantry Waters, on an island between the river and canal.
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  • The Dudley No. 2 canal runs through the reserve and is the site for an annual narrowboat festival. ...ar as [[Selly Oak]] where it connected with the [[Worcester and Birmingham Canal]].
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  • ...It is to be found 5 miles north of [[Rotherham]], almost midway between [[Barnsley]] and [[Doncaster]]. It had a recorded population of 16,787in 2001. ...ural village astride the junction of the old roads from [[Doncaster]] to [[Barnsley]] and [[Rotherham]] to [[Pontefract]], the latter a branch of [[Ryknield St
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  • ...[[Worsley Navigable Levels]] linked many of the mines to the [[Bridgewater Canal]] at Worsley.<ref name = "AtkinsonP67">{{Harvnb|Atkinson|1998|p=67}}</ref> ...74 League goals for Bradford City between 1930 and 36. He then played for Barnsley F.C. for a season, before he set himself up as a bespoke tailor in Walkden.
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  • ...a viaduct over the [[River Tame, Yorkshire|River Tame]] and [[Peak Forest Canal]]. | [[M1 motorway|M1]], [[Sheffield]], [[Barnsley]], [[Mottram]], [[Glossop]] A57 (A628) (A616) <br>[[Hyde, Cheshire|Hyde]],
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  • ...to the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]] from 1826. The [[New Junction Canal]] was constructed in 1905, to link the system to the [[River Don Navigation ...was unloaded into ships by large hydraulic hoists. This system enabled the canal to carry at its peak more than 1½ million tons of coal per year, and was n
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  • [[File:Sheffield and Tinsley Canal - geograph.org.uk - 610242.jpg|thumb|300px|A section of the lock flight up ...aster]] with the [[River Trent]] at [[Keadby]] and (via the [[New Junction Canal]]) the [[Aire and Calder Navigation]].
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  • ...ve the port facilities at Keadby, but the completion of the [[New Junction Canal]] in 1905 made this unnecessary, as Goole could easily be reached and was a ...it might get stuck in the lock, resulting in flooding and draining of the canal.
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  • [[File:Sheffield Canal - Cadman Street 01-04-06.jpg|thumb|300px|Sheffield Canal boatyard]] ..., where it leaves the [[River Don, Yorkshire|River Don]], to the Sheffield Canal Basin (now Victoria Quays) in [[Sheffield]], passing through 11 locks.
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  • ...uthorlink= |coauthors= |year=2005 |publisher=Pen & Sword Military|location=Barnsley |isbn=1-84415-146-8 |page=116 |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}</ref> In 1795 work began on the [[Ivelchester and Langport Navigation]], a canal linking Ilchester with [[Langport]], but the scheme was soon bankrupted.
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  • ...d mill and a nineteenth century steam-powered mill in [[Worsbrough]], by [[Barnsley]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. The mill is open to the public and ...brough Reservoir, which was built for the opening of the [[Dearne and Dove Canal]] in 1804.<ref>{{harvnb|Hadfield|1973|pp=283–285}}</ref>
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  • The suburb is centred on Agbrigg Road (the B6389) which links Barnsley Road (the A61) and Doncaster Road (the A638). ...of the [[Barnsley Canal]] is located in the south-west of the village: the canal which was opened in 1799. The Oakenshaw Beck runs parallel with the eastern
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  • ...re|River Don]] at [[Denaby Main]]. Its main tributary is the [[River Dove, Barnsley|River Dove]], which joins it at Darfield. ...retton Hall]], and [[Monk Bretton Priory]]. The lower Dearne Valley, below Barnsley, is now also called Dearne Valley and is a regeneration area.
    22 KB (3,584 words) - 14:37, 1 October 2019
  • Chalford expanded rapidly with the opening of the [[Thames and Severn Canal]] in 1789 and the village became one of the centres for the manufacture of ...unityarchives.org |date=|accessdate=2018-07-19}}</ref> Peter Waals, Edward Barnsley, Norman Bucknell,<ref>{{cite web|author=Mary Greensted |url=https://www.the
    10 KB (1,569 words) - 22:06, 17 February 2024
  • ...nd a half miles west of [[Cirencester]]. It is most famous for [[Sapperton Canal Tunnel]] and the village's connection with the Cotswold Arts and Crafts Mov ...echanger, designed and built by the brothers Ernest (died 1925) and Sidney Barnsley (died 1926), and the Leasowes, built by their colleague Ernest Gimson (d. 1
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  • ...ing only gentle gradients. It runs largely along disused railway lines and canal towpaths. ...clists, pushchairs and wheelchair users. The section between Stockport and Barnsley is hilly, especially near Woodhead,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cycle.travel
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  • ...ed by a lack of capital. One success was the opening of the [[New Junction Canal]] in 1905, jointly funded with the [[Aire and Calder Navigation]]. ...utram, and a proposal by Richard Gresley in 1810 for a North East Junction Canal, which would have linked to the Don at Rotherham,{{sfn |Hadfield |1973 |pp=
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