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LNW - Weaver Navigation - 1721-1943

Repository	Cheshire Record Office
Level	Collection (Fonds)
Reference	LNW
Title	Weaver Navigation
Date	1721-1943
Description	Commissioners and Trustees minutes 1721-1895, tonnage books 1732-1863, financial and employment records 1730-1895, counsel's opinions 1760-1857 ; wage book and accounts 1799-1844 (D 1361); registers of weighed flats 1859-1900 (LNW 4058). Printed trustee minutes Nov 1895-Nov 1944 (LNW 9597/1-38)
Extent	3.43m3
Location	Parts of this collection held offsite - consult staff
Access Conditions	Access to records containing personal information is subject to the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Administrative History	The Weaver Navigation Act, 1721, empowered a group of commissioners to make the Weaver navigable as far as Winsford, to facilitate the transport of salt and other products. As well as details of the building and management of the navigation, the records supply names of ships and owners and details of cargoes. Copy minutes and annual accounts can also be found in the quarter sessions records (QDN 2), and files relating to parliamentary legislation in the county council records (CCP).
Related Material	; correspondence files 20th century see DCN
URL	http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-lnw&cid=0

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