Bibliography

The following books are specifically about the Chesterfield Canal

The Waterways Revolution – From the Peaks to the Trent 1768 – 1778
Christine Richardson: 1992: ISBN 1 85421 161 7
287 pages: indexed. The planning and construction of the Chesterfield Canal, and the people involved.

James Brindley – Canal Pioneer
Christine Richardson: 2004: ISBN  1 870002 95 4
123 pages: indexed. The life of the nationally famous engineer responsible for the Chesterfield Canal’s promotion, planning and construction.

Minutes of the Chesterfield Canal Company, 1771-80
Edited by Christine Richardson: Introduction by Philip Riden: 1996: ISBN 0 946324 20 4:
Published by the Derbyshire Record Society: 238 pages: indexed by People, Places, Subjects:
Transcript of the only surviving Minute Book of the Company: National Archives: RAIL 817/1

Chesterfield Canal – Boat Registers
Transcribed by Christine Richardson: 1997: ISBN 1 872776 48 5
105 pages: indexed by boatmen’s surnames
Transcript of three registers of boats on the canal – 1795 (Derbyshire),
1878-1880 (Chesterfield), 1880-1930 (Retford)

Upgate and Downgate – Working the Chesterfield Canal in the 1930s
Ernest (Boatie) Clark (and illustrations): 2000: ISBN 1 874718 54 7
192 pages: memories of commercial boating on the canal and the Trent

Stone to London – To Create the Houses of Parliament   *
Christine Richardson: 2007: ISBN 978 1 9999465 3 1: 36 pages
Stone carried, by water, from Kiveton Park to Westminster, 1840s

Norwood Tunnel – Four Centuries of Challenge   *
Christine Richardson: 2009: ISBN 978 0 9999465 4 8: 36 pages

Chesterfield History Nuggets   *
Christine Richardson: 2006: ISBN 9999465 2 4: 44 pages
Six short items on different aspects of the canal’s history

The Cuckoo, magazine of the Chesterfield Canal Trust

Lock Key, magazine of the Retford & Worksop Boat Club

     Marked *  Available from chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk