Abbreviations
If you come across anything in the archive which should be in this list, please let me know.
BW British Waterways, in the past, responsible for running UK canals
BWB British Waterways Board, as above
CCS Chesterfield Canal Society (the former identity of the CCT)
CCT Chesterfield Canal Trust
CNJ Cresswell’s Nottingham Journal (newspaper)
CRT Canal & River Trust, national body, responsible for the Chesterfield Canal between West Stockwith and the eastern portal of Norwood Tunnel
DM Derby Mercury, and page number. (newspaper)
DCC Derbyshire County Council
DNLG Doncaster, Nottingham & Lincoln Gazette. (newspaper)
FMC Fellows Morton & Clayton, company with a large fleet of cargo carrying narrowboats
GCR Great Central Railway
HofP Houses of Parliament, building of, stone via the canal
ICE Institution of Civil Engineers (see PHEW)
IWA Inland Waterways Association
IWPS Inland Waterways Protection Society
LNER London & North Eastern Railway
LSM Lincolnshire & Stamford Mercury, and page number. (newspaper)
MM Manchester Mercury. (newspaper)
MSLR Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway
NA National Archives
NED North East Derbyshire District Council
NJ Nottinghamshire Journal, and page number. (newspaper)
NCC Nottinghamshire County Council
PHEW Panel for Historical Engineering Works (ICE)
RCCIN Royal Commission on Canals and Inland Navigation 1906-09
RWBC Retford & Worksop Boat Club (based in Clayworth)
Side Cut A short piece of canal, branching off from the main route of the waterway.
Tramway Wooden-railed, early “railway”, trucks rolled downhill to canal, when empty pulled uphill to the colliery by horses. Metal rails after c1788. (P-056)
Upgate & downgate boatmen’s terms for going “up” the canal (east to west), and “down” (west to east)
WRCC West Riding County Council