The Westmoreland Canals Act 1792 was an
Act of the
Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified Kingdo ...
(
32 Geo. 3. c. 101) passed in 1792. It authorised the construction of the
Lancaster Canal between
Kendal
Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, south-east of Windermere and north of Lancaster. Historically in Westmorland, it lies within the dale of th ...
in
Westmorland
Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland'';R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref> is a historic county in North West England spanning the southern Lake District and the northern Dales. It had an ...
(now
Cumbria) and
Wigan in
Lancashire (now
Greater Manchester).
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See also
*
Lancaster Canal Tramroad
Notes
References
*Barritt, S. (2000) ''The Old Tramroad - Walton Summit to Preston Basin'', Lancaster : Carnegie,
Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1792
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