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 Canal, which joins it at Stewponey, and with which it supplies, in great part, the counties of Stafford, Worcester and Gloucester; by the River Severn it communicates with the port of Bristol; and through the Thames and Severn Canal it has a communication with the city of London; and by its connection with the Trent and Mersey, communicates with Liverpool, Manchester and Hull.

STAINFORTH AND KEADBY CANAL.
33 George III. Cap. 117, Royal Assent 7th June, 1793.

38 George III. Cap. 47, Royal Assent 1st June, 1798.

49 George III. Cap. 71, Royal Assent 20th May, 1809.

THIS canal, which is fifteen miles in length, commences at the River Dun Navigation, near Stainforth, in the West Riding of the county of York, whence running in an easterly direction near Thorne and Crowle, and passing to the south of both those places, it communicates with the River Trent at Keadby, in Lincolnshire.

The first act of parliament, authorizing this undertaking, was passed in 1793, and is entitled, 'An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Canal from the River Dun Navigation Cut, at or near Stainforth, in the West Riding of the county of York, to join and communicate with the River Trent, at or near Keadby, in time county of Lincoln; and also a collateral Cut from the said Canal, to join the said River Dun, in the parish of Thorne, in the said Riding.' It incorporates the company of proprietors by the name of "The Company of Proprietors of the Stainforth and Keadby Canal Navigation," and empowers them to raise amongst themselves, for the purposes of this act, the sum of £24,200, in two hundred and forty-two shares of £100 each; and, if necessary, a further sum of £12,100, either amongst themselves or by mortgage of the tolls and rates, and to collect the following