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North Walsham & Dilham Canal Trust: A Rural England Prosperity Fund Case Study
https://www.north-norfolk.gov.uk/news/2024/august/north-norfolk-businesses-benefit-from-grants-and-support "North Norfolk businesses benefit from grants and support" as published by the North Norfolk District Council on 16th August 2024. Take a look at the article but...
The Light Craft Navigation project – an amazing success for The Trust
Read all about: the successful application for the Rural England Prosperity grant; the hard work of the volunteers; the versatile platform/pontoons for the benefit of the local and wider community. https://nwdct.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LCN-Website.231203.pdf...
North Walsham Canal Archives
Some ten to fifteen years ago, the great canal historian, Alan Faulkner, also at the time a Director of the East Anglian Waterways Association, asked me to take on the job of Archivist of the EAWA's records of the North Walsham and Dilham Canal, a job which I was...
On this day 28th June 157 years ago
Another anniversary. It was 28th June 1866 when the North Walsham and Dilham Canal Act 1866 was passed into law. The Act amended the 1812 North Walsham and Dilham Canal Act. This new Act, primarily, permitted the sale or lease of the canal on the provision that 'no...
On this day 5th May 1812
Today Friday 5th May, is the 211th anniversary of the passing of the North Walsham and Dilham Canal Act of 1812. That Act of Parliament is a Local Act, which provides the canal owners with special dispensations and privileges above and beyond General Law. That much...
Re-opening of the North Walsham and Dilham Canal.
Re-opening of the North Walsham and Dilham Canal has had to be delayed again. Works on several sections of the canal have had to be rescheduled because of the amount of rainfall over the last few months, says the Old Canal Company Ltd. A lot of damage has been done to...