Wigan Canal Boats Register 1878 1951
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Wigan Council Archives Service Wigan Canal Boat Records Lists produced by Professor Timothy Peters on behalf of the Waterways Archives and Wigan Council Archives Service. The volumes give details of those boats registered with the Wigan authorities and operating on canals in the Wigan area between 1878 and 1951. Each boat was recorded to ascertain its general condition and usage The original records from which these details were transcribed are held by Wigan Council Archives Service. In many cases further information to those details provided can be found in the original sources; to consult these, please contact the Archives Service Transcriptions for the following sources are provided below: Register of Canal Boats, Wigan Urban Registration Authority, 1878-1907, Numbers 1-258 [Reference: CB/Wi/A9/3/1] Register of Canal Boats, Wigan Urban Registration Authority, 1907-1951, Numbers 259-359 [Reference: CB/Wi/A9/3/2] Produced by Professor Timothy Peters and Wigan Archives Service December 2011 Wigan Archives Service Register of Canal Boats, Wigan Urban Registration Authority, 1878-1907, Numbers 1-258 [Reference: CB/Wi/A9/3/1] Reg. Date Boat Name Master Boat Owner Cargo & Notes No 1 11/12/1878 Daniel(horse) Wm. Gill Snr Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Kirkless Coal & cannel; wide boat not used as W Heskett 1/1/1890 Hall, Wigan fly boat; worked as shifts; W. Freeman 20/8/1892 Broken up 12/5/1909 John Foster 5/1895, 8/1898 Route; Aspull & Liverpool 2 30/12/1878 Dolphin (horse) Thomas Foster Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Coal & cannel; wide boat not fly Wm. Jones 11/11/1879 Broken up 1/9/1897 James Marshall 28/5/1885 G. Pickup 1/1/1890 J. Peet 20/8/1892 J. Gilborn May1895 Rd. Rigby Oct 1896 Route; Aspull & Liverpool 3 30/12/1878 Ludovic(horse) James Laing Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Coal & cannel; wide boat not fly Joseph Guishaw 6/5/1780 Broken up 11/5/1895 Wm. Prescott 28/5/1885 E. Robinson 1/1/1890 Route; Aspull & Liverpool R. Walmsley 20/8/1890 4 30/12/1878 Ellen (horse) James Morris Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Coal & cannel; wide boat not fly Peter Ricueur 7/7/1879 Broken up 12/5/1909 Henry Walmsley 11/11/1879 Ed. Robinson 28/5/1885 T. Wright 1/1/1890 Produced by Professor Timothy Peters and Wigan Archives Service 2 December 2011 Wigan Archives Service J. Halsall 20/5/1892 Ellen Thompson 5/1892 Thos. Deakin 5/1895-8/1898 Route; Aspull & Blackburn 5 30/12/1878 John (horse) James Robinson Wigan Coal & Iron Co Coal & cannel; wide boat not fly John Reid 11/11/1879 Broken up May 1895 James Thompson 28/5/1885 T. Peet 1/1/1890 J. Taylor 20/8/1892 Route; Aspull & Blackburn 6 30/12/1878 Earl (horse) John Gill Jnr. Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Coal & cannel; wide boat not fly Thomas Draper 6/5/1880 Re-registered Leigh 12/5/1909 John White 28/5/1885 Mrs Robinson 1/1/1890 J. Hesketh 20/8/1892 John Halsall Snr. 24/5/1895 Tho Grimshaw Oct 1896 John Rigby Sept 1897 Route; Aspull & Liverpool Tho Pemberton Aug 1898 7 30/12/1878 Pierse (horse) John Scott Wigan Coal& Iron Company Coal & cannel; wide boat not to be George Scott Snr 7/7/1879 Limited, Kirless Hall, Wigan used as fly; worked by shifts. James Ashurst 28/5/1885 Reported broken up 12/5/1909 E. Desketh 1/1/1890 J. Gibbons 20/8/1892 Thos Peet 24/5/1895 Thos Robinson10/1895 Wm. Huttall 9/1897 Thos Pemberton 8/1898 Route; Aspull & Blackburn 8 30/12/1878 Gladstone (horse) James Eaves Hugh Ainscough, Newburgh Corn Corn & coal; wide boat not used as fly James Spencer 9/7/1888 Mills, Newburgh Boat worked as shifts Produced by Professor Timothy Peters and Wigan Archives Service 3 December 2011 Wigan Archives Service Sold to Gordon & Co , L’pool & registered with L’pool, May 1891 Route; Wigan, Leigh & Liverpool 9 30/12/1878 Septimus (horse) John Gregson Hugh Ainscough, Newburgh Corn Corn & coal; wide boat not fly James Spencer 23/5/1885 Mills Registered at L’pool No 903 Aug 1898 Owen Evans May 1895 Jn Parr 22/10/1896;21/9/1897 Route; Wigan, Leigh & Liverpool 10 30/12/1888 Leo (horse) Thomas Forshaw Hugh Ainscough, Newburgh Corn Corn & coal; wide boat not fly John Parr 17/5/1888 Mills Registered at L’pool No 959 16/7/1898 Thos Gill 20/5/1895; Route; Wigan, Leigh & Liverpool 22/10/1896; 21/9/1897 11 8/1/1879 Iron Duke (horse) William Mather Wigan Urban Sanitary Authority, Night Soil; wide boat; not to be used Peter Bootle 17/11/1879 Wigan as fly; worked by shifts. Richard Rothwell 18/1/1886 Fore cabin not to be used as dwelling Jno. Langton 4/9/1897 In use December 1912 Rd Deakin 5/1909, 12/1912 Broken up 8/1/1930 Wm. Langton 14/1/1920 Route ; Wigan & Scarisbuick 12 7/2/1879 Frances (horse) John Moss Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Coal & cannel; wide boat not fly John Hesketh 28/5/1885 Broken up 12/8/1909 Js. Gibbons 1/1/1890 G. Hesketh 20/8/1890 James Bridge 24/5/1895 Produced by Professor Timothy Peters and Wigan Archives Service 4 December 2011 Wigan Archives Service Jas. Robinson Sept 1897 Hy. Holcroft Aug 1898 Route; Aspull & Liverpool 13 7/2/1879 Henry (horse) Robert Burges Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Coal & cannel; wide boat not fly J. Gill, Snr 7/9/1879 Broken up 24/5/1895 Wm. Gill 11/11/1879 Henry Bridge 28/5/1885 D Foster 1/1/1890 H. Bibby 20/8/1891 Route; Aspull & Liverpool 14 72/1879 Lyz (horse) Richard Wright Wigan Coal & Iron Co Coal & cannel; wide boat not fly John Abram 28/5/1885 Reported broken up 12/5/1909 J. Rigby 1/1/1890 Rd Rigby 24/5/1895 Jno Cullen Sept 1897 Jas Lamb Aug 1898 Route; Aspull & Blackburn 15 7/2/1879 Alma (horse) Thomas Wells Wigan Coal & Iron Co Coal & cannel; wide boat not fly Henry Bibby 11/11/1879 Reported re-registered at Leigh R. Greases 1/1/1890 12/5/1909 B. Foster 20/8/1892 Jno Freeman 24/5/1895; 22/10/1896; 9/1897; 8/1898 Route; Aspull & Blackburn 16 7/2/1879 Colin (horse) Thomas Wright George Hodgkinson, Wallgate, Coal; wide boat not fly Jesse Waring 20/10/1891 Wigan later Margaret Hodgkinson, Broken up 21/5/1895 from 20/1/1891 Route; Wigan & Liverpool 17 7/2/1879 Septimus (horse) Jane Turner Meyrick Banks Winstanley Coal; wide boat not fly Collieries, Wigan Dispensed with years ago (25/8/1892) Winstanley Collieries Co. Route; Wigan, Liverpool, Runcorn & Produced by Professor Timothy Peters and Wigan Archives Service 5 December 2011 Wigan Archives Service Manchester 18 7/2/1879 Kate Gruinard Edward Bramwell Meyrick Banks Winstanley Coal; wide boat not fly (horse) No captain 27/5/1885 Collieries, Wigan Dispensed with years ago (25/8/1895) Winstanley Collieries Co. Route; Wigan, Liverpool, Runcorn & Manchester 19 7/2/1879 Mary & Agnes William Malley Meyrick Banks, Winstanley Coal; wide boat, not fly (horse) Wm. Bramwell 27/5/1885 Collieries, Wigan Dispensed with years ago (25/8/1892) Winstanley Collieries Co Route; Wigan, Liverpool, Runcorn & Manchester 20 7/2/1879 Neptune (horse) Ann Malley Meyrick Banks, Winstanley Coal; wide boat, not fly Edward Bramwell 27/5/1885 Collieries, Wigan Dispensed with years ago (25/8/1892) Winstanley Collieries Co Route; Wigan, Liverpool, Runcorn & Manchester 21 7/2/1879 Lucy (horse) Edward Spencer Meyrick Banks, Winstanley Coal; wide boat not fly Wm. Lunner 9/9/1879 Collieries, Wigan Broken up 27/5/1885 Route; Wigan, Liverpool, Runcorn & Manchester 22 7/2/1879 Eleanor (horse) Wm. Parkinson Meyrick Banks Winstanley Coal; wide boat not fly Rd Turner 27/5/1886 Collieries, Wigan Dispensed with years ago (25/8/1892) James Turner 16/11/1886 Winstanley Collieries Co Route; Wigan, Liverpool, Runcorn & Manchester 23 7/2/1879 Number 61 John Pedder Norley Coal & Cannel Co., Norley Coal & Manure; wide boat not fly James Cullen 17/7/1879 Collieries, Wigan Re-registered; see 206 Jas Robinson 26/11/1879 Thomas Prescott 11/2/1880 Rd Hunter 29/4/1880 Robt. Lamb 18/5/1880 Wm. Ashton 21/10/1881 John Gibbons 21 /5/1885 Produced by Professor Timothy Peters and Wigan Archives Service 6 December 2011 Wigan Archives Service Wm. Ashton 25/8/1885 Rd Webster11/1886; 1/1887 Route; Wigan & Liverpool 24 7/2/1879 Brothers (horse) James Rotherham James Rotherham, Barlow Terrace, Coal; wide boat not fly; Cabin not as Wigan dwelling; Broken up yrs ago(Oct 1896) Route; Wigan, Liverpool, Runcorn & Manchester 25 24/2/1879 Enterprise(horse) James Ashurst Smethurst Hoyle & Grime, Coal: wide boat; not fly; worked by Wm. Gibson, 15/12/1780 Yarswood Hall collieries, Ashton shifts John Bull 2/3/1881 Route; Bryum & Liverpool 26 24/2/1879 Victory (horse) Thomas Deakin 1. Smethurst Hoyle & Grime, Coal ; wide boat not fly Peter Bramou 22/3/1880 Garswood Hall, Collieries, Ashton Route; Bryum Moss, Liverpool & Joseph Ceulshaw 15/12/1880 2. William Rigby 105 Ladies Lane, Blackburn John Tinsley 23/9/1885 Hinkley; from 23/9/1885 27 24/2/1879 Kate (horse) Mary Ford Smethurst, Hoyle & Grime, Coal; wide boat not fly James Ashurst 6/4/1880 Yarswood Hall Collieries, Ashton Dispensed with (24/8/1892) Robert Leyland 15/12/1880 Route; Bryum Hall, Liverpool & Blackburn 28 24/2/1879 George Nuttall James Moss Cross Tetley & Co., Bamfurlong Coal; wide boat not fly (horse) Collieries, nr Wigan Dispensed with yrs ago (23/8/1892) Route; Wigan, Liverpool & Blackburn 29 24/2/1879 Adela (horse) Robert Deakin 1.