BIBLIOGRAPHY

MANUSCRIPT SOURCES:

A. Record Office (BRO)

Papers of the Bristol & Railway Company

12167/31 Solicitors' letter book 1835-1838 12167/32 Solicitors' letter book 1836 12167/33 Solicitors' letter book 1838-1840 12167/34 Solicitors' letter book 1840-1842 12167/35 Solicitors' 'Bill Book' 1844-1846

Papers of the Bristol Corporation

F/Au/1/9 Mayor's Audit Book 1565-1569

B. University of Bristol Library, Collection (BUL)

Thames Papers of Marc Brunel

DM 1306 I.1.iv Journal 1826-1827 DM 1306 I.4 'General Remarks' 1824-1842 DM 1306 I.6.i Letters and reports 1824-1829

Papers of I.K. Brunel

DM 1306 I.3.i Thames Tunnel Journal 1826-1827 DM 1306 I.3.ii Thames Tunnel Journal 1827 DM 1306 I.3.iii Thames Tunnel Journal 1827-1829 DM 1306 II.3.i Private Diary 1830-1832 DM 1306 II.3.ii Private Diary 1832-1840 PriD 4 Private Diary 1830-1833, 1835, 1839 DD 1834/1 Office Diary 1834 DD 1834/2 Office Diary 1834 DD 1836 Office Diary 1836 DD 1842/2 Office Diary 1842 DD 1843 Office Diary 1843 DM 162/24 'Bristol Railway' 1833-1834 DM 162/25 'General Calculation Book' 1834-1841 PLB 1 Private Letter Book 1832-1839 PLB 2 Private Letter Book 1836-1855 PLB 2a Private Letter Book 1839-1854 PLB 8 Private Letter Book 1850-1852

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SB 1835 Sketchbook 1835 GWR SB 1836 GWR Sketchbook 1836 GWR SB 12 GWR Sketchbook 1840-1841 GWR SB 16 GWR Sketchbook 1841 DM 1758 Miscellaneous correspondence and notebooks 1834-1859 DM 1284 Letter from the Horsley family to Mary Brunel 1836 DM 1306.VIII.22 Copy letter from William Froude to Brunel 1841

C. Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone (CKS)

U49/C9/8/2 Twisden business correspondence relating to the Grand Western 1841

D. University of Edinburgh Library (EUL)

TT/Gen 835/4 Thomas Townshend correspondence 1827-1843

E. Glamorgan Archives (GRO)

Q/D/P/52 'Plan of a Proposed Railway from Merthyr Tydfil to with Branches' anon 1834

F. Institution of Civil Engineers, London (ICE)

Thames Tunnel Papers of Marc Brunel

TT/BD/1828 Diary 1828 TT/BD/1832 Diary 1832 TT/BD/1833 Diary 1833 TT/BD/1834 Diary 1834 TT/BD/1835 Diary 1835 TT/BD/1836 Diary 1836 TT/CE/1 Chief Engineer's Reports Vol.1 1824-1834

Thames Tunnel Papers of Richard Beamish

1827BEADAD Diary 1827 1828BEADAD Diary 1828

Other papers

Undesignated Membership records Undesignated Minutes of Meetings 1828-1834 Undesignated Minutes of Annual General Meetings 1829-1830 Undesignated Council minutes 1835

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Undesignated Minutes of Conversations 1835 Undesignated GWR Contract Drawing, 'Pangbourne Contract' c.1835

G. London Metropolitan Archives (LMA)

4517/A/06/01/6 Reports of the Royal Humane Society 1825-1828

H. Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre, Strood (MAC)

P252/1/2 Baptism Register for SS. Peter & Paul, Milton-next- 1804-1806

I. Records Centre, Great Western Region, Swindon (NRRC)

Plan Roll 18516 Original drawings relating to the Bristol & Exeter Railway 1838-1842

J. Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)

Undesignated Membership records

K. Royal Military Academy Museum, Woolwich (RMA)

WO 150/3 Correspondence of the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance 1829 regarding Woolwich

L. Royal Society of Arts (RSA)

AD/MA/100/12/75 Minutes 1828-1829 AD/MA/900/16/6 Membership Records 1813-1825 AD/MA/900/16/7 Membership Records 1825-1840 AD/MA/900/16/8 Membership Records 1840-1850

M. Royal Society of London (RSL)

Undesignated Membership records

N. Record Office, (SRO)

Papers of the Parrett Navigation Company

D/RA 3/1/1 Minutes of General Meetings 1836-1878 D/RA 3/1/2 Management Committee minutes 1836-1878 D/RA 3/2/1 Management Committee accounts 1836-1857

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D/RA 3/3/2 Papers regarding the case for the promoters of the Parrett Navigation Bill 1835-1836 D/RA 3/3/3 MS. minutes of evidence taken before the Commons Committee considering the Parrett Navigation Bill May 1836 D/RA 3/3/5 Draft briefs and summarised minutes of evidence taken before the Commons and Lords Committees considering the Parrett Navigation Bill (further powers) 1839 D/RA 3/3/7 Annotated copy of printed 'Plan of the Parrett Navigation' 1836 D/RA 3/3/10 Correspondence, contracts and drawings regarding the Parrett Navigation 1836-1840 D/RA 3/3/11 Correspondence, contracts and drawings regarding Bridge 1839-1840 D/RA 3/3/12 Agreements, byelaws and instructions 1829-1878 D/RA 3/3/15 Legal papers regarding Westmoor Enclosure 1836-1843 D/RA 3/3/18 Legal papers regarding Long Sutton drainage 1839-1841 D/RA 3/3/21 Reports, drawings and legal papers relating to the Yeo Navigation 1793-1843 D/RA 3/3/22 'Section of the Intended Navigation from Ilchester to Langport' Anon c.1796 DD/LC 54/34 'Plan of the Parrett and Yeo Navigation' by J.F.H. Warren 1836

Papers of the Commissioners of Sewers of Somersetshire

D/RA 1/2/3 Sewers Sessions Orders for the Northern Division 1834-1886 D/RA 1/2/14 Court Papers for the Northern Division 1829-1839 D/RA 1/4/1 Sewers Sessions Orders for the Midland Division 1826-1881 D/RA 1/6/1 Sewers Sessions Orders for the Southern Division 1790-1827 D/RA 1/6/2 Sewers Sessions Orders for the Southern Division 1827-1881 D/RA 1/7/1 Sewers Sessions Orders for the North Western Division 1790- 1825 D/RA 1/7/2 Sewers Sessions Orders for the North Western Division 1826- 1881

Papers of the Somerset Drainage Commissioners

D/RA 2/4/24 Surveys of works 1878-1902 D/RA 2/8/8 Various reports on the Parrett, Isle, Yeo and Tone 1882- 1932 D/RA 2/9/20 Various plans of the 1892-1922 D/RA 2/9/28 Miscellaneous correspondence 1899-1926 D/RA 2/9/54 Papers regarding liability to repair Langport Bridge 1913-1922 DD/LC 33/1 Langport District Drainage Board minutes 1881-1886

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Papers of the Tone Conservators

DD/TC 1 Treasurer's Accounts 1699-1791 DD/TC 3 Minutes 1828-1928 DD/TC 15 Plan of the Tone, Parrett and the B&TC c.1831 D/RA 7/4/4/1824 'Report on the Navigation of the from Taunton to Bridgewater' by William Armstrong, MS. report made by order of a resolution of 'the Committee of Conservators of the River Tone, dated Feb 23rd 1824,' Apr 1824.

Papers of the Borough of

D/B/bw 2/1/3 Council Minutes 1785-1837 D/B/bw 2418 Miscellaneous papers c.1820

Papers of the Langport Corporation

D/B/la 7 Proceedings 1796-1830 D/B/la 8 Proceedings 1831-1867 D/B/la 12 Accounts of the Portreeve and the Treasurer 1701-1799, 1800-1812 D/B/la 23 Miscellaneous papers 1753-1934 D/B/la 29 Papers regarding the Parrett navigation 1824-1839 D/B/la 81 Portreeve's Accounts 1643-1825

Parish Records

D/P/all 4/1/1 Aller Churchwardens' Accounts 1806-1930 D/P/all 13/2/1 Aller Overseers' Accounts 1790-1825 D/P/all 23/2 Customs of the Manor of Aller 1653 D/P/brut 12/2/1 Accounts of the Constable of the Hundred of 1687- 1747 D/P/h.ep 4/1/1 Huish Episcopi Churchwardens' Accounts 1717-1832 D/P/hun 20 Parish of statutory deposits D/P/lanf 4/1/1 Langford Budville Churchwardens' Accounts 1612-1635 D/P/m.zoy 2/1/6 Parish Register 1813-1850 D/P/pet.n 9/1/2 Vestry Minutes 1820-1835 D/P/west.m 12/2/1 Accounts of the West Monkton Constables, Churchwardens and Highway Surveyors 1587-1622

Papers relating to the Westmoor Enclosure

D/RA 3/3/16a Drawings regarding West Moor enclosure 1834-1835 DD/CN 33/2/1 Commissioner's draft accounts 1833-1837 DD/SAS/C/909/140 Poster adverting works to be tendered 1834

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Q/RDe 101 Enclosure Award for West Moor, East Moor and Middle Moor 1833

Quarter Sessions Records – Sessions Orders

Q/SO 3 1620-1627 Q/SO 6 1665-1676 Q/SO 7 1676-1687 Q/SO 9 1708-1729 Q/SO 11 1740-1747 Q/SO 16 1791-1797 Q/SO 17 1793-1803

Quarter Sessions Records – Sessions Rolls

Q/SR 41 1622 Q/SR 43 1623 Q/SR 80 1647-1648

Quarter Sessions Records – Civil Orders

Q/AO 1 1810-1816 Q/AO 4 1828-1834 Q/AO 6 1834-1840

Quarter Sessions Records – Treasurers' Accounts

Q/FAe 2 Eastern Division 1787-1807 Q/FAe 3 Eastern Division 1807-1815 Q/FAw 1 Western Division 1656-1735

Quarter Sessions Records – Deposited Plans

Q/RUp 2 'Plan of the River Yeo &c from Ilchester to Langport' Abraham Crocker & Charles Harcourt Masters 1793 Q/RUp 3/1 'Canal - to Ham Mills' Josiah Easton 1794 Q/RUp 3/2 'Canal - Uphill to Backwell' Josiah Easton 1794 Q/RUp 4 'Plan of the Intended Canal from Uphill to Taunton' Josiah Easton 1794 Q/RUp 5 'A Plan for a Navigable Canal from the River Avon (near Bristol) to Taunton' William White 1794 Q/RUp 7/1 'Plan of the Navigation from Ilchester to Langport' anon 1794 Q/RUp 7/2 'A Plan of the proposed New Cut from Bicknell Bridge to Portlake Rhine' anon (?Josiah Easton) 1795

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Q/RUp 10 'A Plan for a Navigable Canal from the River Avon (near Bristol) to Bridgwater and Taunton … together with collateral branches to Pill, Langport and … ' William White 1795 Q/RUp 27 'Plan of a navigable drain from Langport to Bridgwater' anon (?Josiah Easton) 1809 Q/RUp 30 'Bridgewater and Seaton Canal' John Rennie 1810 Q/RUp 32 'A Plan of the Proposed Bristol and Taunton Canal' William White and Josiah Easton 1810 Q/RUp 36 'Plan for Floating the Harbour of Bridgwater' Josiah Easton 1811 Q/RUp 38 'Plan for Floating the Harbour of Bridgwater' Josiah Easton 1812 Q/RUp 59d 'Map of the Bristol Turnpike Roads, Division D' anon 1818 Q/RUp 68 'Plan of Proposed Canal from Beer Harbour to the Taunton and Bridgwater Canal at Hyde Farm, West Monkton' James Green 1822 Q/RUp 78 'Plan of the proposed English and Bristol Channels Ship Canal' Thomas Telford 1824 Q/RUp 116 'Taunton Turnpike Roads – alterations' anon 1832 Q/RUp 119 'Plan of proposed canal from the Bridgewater and Taunton Canal at Creech St. Michael to Chard' James Green 1833 Q/RUp 124 'Plan and Section of the intended Langport and Westmoor Canal' Joseph Jones 1835 Q/RUp 126 'Plan and section of the Bristol & Exeter Railway' I.K. Brunel 1835 Q/RUp 132 'Plan and section of Parrett and Yeo Navigation between Ilchester and Langport' J.H. Warren and 1836 Q/RUp 137 'Plan of proposed new branches and deviations on the Bristol & Exeter Railway' William Gravatt 1837 Q/RUp 138 'Parrett Navigation, plan and section of new cut at Langport' J.H. Warren 1838 Q/RUp 146 'Parrett Navigation - enlargement of cut in Langport' anon 1839

Quarter Sessions Records – County Bridge Papers

Q/AB 17 Plans of County Bridges 1874 Q/AB 31 Correspondence and plans regarding Burrow Bridge 1824 Q/AB 59 Correspondence and contract documents regarding Hort Bridge 1824-1840 Q/AB 60 Correspondence and contract documents regarding Cock's and Twinney Bridges 1817-1833 Q/AB 110 Correspondence and contract documents regarding Hawkers Bridge 1833

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Other Quarter Sessions papers

Q/AH 26/9 Details of parishes indicted for non-repair of highways 1819-1827 Q/AH 28 Applications for the post of County Surveyor 1818, 1830 Q/C 7/1/2 'Burrow Bridge - case for the opinion of Mr Gaselee' 1824

Other Papers, Maps and Plans

A/AQP Edmund Rack's Topographical Notes on the 1787 D/RA 9/20 Drawings and specification regarding Burrow Bridge 1824-1825 D/R/la 32/1/2 Langport Highway Board Minutes 1882-1896 D/R/ta 32/1/1 Taunton Highway Board Minutes 1863-1870 D/R/wel 32/1/1 Milverton Highway Board Minutes 1863-1868 D/T/ta 8 Taunton Turnpike Trust Minutes 1806-1819 D/T/ta 9 Taunton Turnpike Trust Minutes 1820-1833 D/T/ta 10 Taunton Turnpike Trust Minutes 1833-1840 D/T/ta 11 Taunton Turnpike Trust Minutes 1840-1860 DD/AH 17/12 Acland Hood papers regarding a proposed ship canal between the English and Bristol Channels 1824-1825 DD/AH 24/3 Acland Hood family papers regarding Parrett drainage 1824-1829 DD/AH 65/14 Acland Hood family papers regarding an estate at Aller 1799-1819 DD/BT 1/12 Plan of an estate in Blackford by John Martin 1810 DD/BT 1/24b Plan of an estate in Stratton by John Martin 1813 DD/BT 19/1 Map of Blackford by John Martin 1815 DD/CH 34 Copy surveys, estimates, correspondence and awards of Josiah Easton c.1795-c.1810 DD/CTV 165 'Instrument about Barge Bridge' 1666 DD/CTV 377 Assignment of a lease for Thorney Mills 1629 DD/CTV 54 Trevilian family estate papers regarding Midelney and Westover Farms 1819-1838 DD/CTV 60 Trevilian family papers regarding Parrett navigation 1835-1837 DD/DP 43/10 Beadon business papers regarding acquisition of land for the B&ER 1841-1842 DD/DP 69/6 Beadon business papers regarding the B&ER 1835-1845 DD/FD 17 Copy petitions for and against the Parrett Navigation Bill 1836 DD/LC 35/4 Warren family papers 1797-1893 DD/PH 156 Anonymous survey of the Manor of Muchelney 1553

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DD/PH 212/29 Letter from John Speke to 'Mr. Pittard' regarding Parrett navigation 1709 DD/PM 8/6 Portman family papers regarding Parrett drainage 1824- 1825 DD/PR 78 Map and survey of Knowles, Neales and Barra Moors in Muchelney, Langport and Huish Episcopi by Samuel Donne 1768 DD/S/BT 24/12/1 Petition opposing a Bill to drain lands adjoining the Parrett 1824 DD/S/WH 251 Plan of Upper and Lower Yalway and East Hyde estates by Mathew Wasbrough 1812 DD/SAS C212/9/45/1 Anonymous plan of the Parish of Kingsbury 1824 DD/SAS/C212/9/45/3 Anonymous plan relating to Bradford v. the Commissioner of the Kingsbury Episcopi Enclosure Act 1831 DD/SAS C549/10 Plan of Thorney Farm and Mill by B. Pryce 1777 DD/SAS C549/14 Plan of the Manor of Langport Westover by B. Pryce 1777 DD/SAS H/528/14 Anonymous map of Kingsbury Episcopi c.1830 DD/WY 163/8 Wyndham family papers regarding conveyance of land to the B&ER 1827-1838 DD/WY 169 Wyndham family papers regarding railways 1835-1919 DD/WY C/306/43 Anonymous plan of the parish of Muchelney 1820, stated to be copied from a map made by Samuel Donne 1763 Q/RDe 10 West Monkton Enclosure Plan by Mathew Wasbrough 1810

O. The National Archives, Public Record Office, Kew (TNA/PRO)

Papers of the Bristol & Exeter Railway Company

RAIL 75/1 Board Minutes 1835-1838 RAIL 75/3 Board Minutes 1838-1840 RAIL 75/5 Board Minutes 1840-1841 RAIL 75/7 Board Minutes 1841-1843 RAIL 75/9 Board Minutes 1843-1844 RAIL 75/49 Minutes of General Meetings 1836-1839 RAIL 75/50 Minutes of General Meetings 1840-1842 RAIL 75/64 Works Committee Minutes 1839-1843 RAIL 75/76 General Ledger No.1 1835-1851 RAIL 75/95 Journal No.1 1836-1843 RAIL 75/96 Journal No.2 1843-1863 RAIL 75/158 Reports of C.B. Fripp 1839-1840 RAIL 75/159 Reports of C.B. Fripp 1841-1842 RAIL 75/160 Reports of C.B. Fripp 1842-1844

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RAIL 75/162 Contract No.1A between the B&ER and William Ranger 1837 RAIL 75/164 Mutual release between the B&ER and William Ranger 1837 RAIL 75/258 MS. minutes of evidence taken before the Commons Committee considering the B&ER Bill 17 Mar 1836 RAIL 75/259 MS. minutes of evidence taken before the Commons Committee considering the B&ER Bill 18 Mar 1836 RAIL 75/297 Copy affidavit of William Chadwick in Taunton Turnpike Trustees v. the B&ER 1842 RAIL 75/297 Copy brief for defendants in Taunton Turnpike Trustees v. the B&ER 1842 RAIL 75/298 Brief for the defendants in Taunton Turnpike Trustees v. the B&ER 1842 RAIL 75/299 Copy affidavits of Ralph Ham, William Easton and Robert Christmas in Taunton Turnpike Trustees v. the B&ER 1843

Papers regarding the

RAIL 250/82 Brunel's reports to the GWR Board 1835-1842 RAIL 250/97 GWR Bristol Committee Minutes 1835-1837 RAIL 1149/2 Brunel's GWR Letter Book 1835-1837 RAIL 1149/44 Tenders details for various GWR contracts 1835 RAIL 252/180 Contract documents for No.6L Maidenhead Bridge 1836 RAIL 1014/4 'Miscellanea'

Papers of the Calder & Hebble Navigation Company

RAIL 815/7 Committee Minutes 1801-1825 RAIL 815/8 Committee Minutes 1825-1839 RAIL 815/19 Letter Book 1811-1817

Papers of the Grand Junction Canal Company

RAIL 830/4 Board Minutes 1825-1830 RAIL 830/5 Board Minutes 1831-1835 RAIL 830/67 Treasurer's Cash Book 1824-1832

Papers regarding the Thames Tunnel

RAIL 1008/75 Letters between William Gravatt and I.K. Brunel 1828 RAIL 1008/80 Correspondence and Resolutions of the Thames Tunnel Company Board 1826-1830

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Railway Inspectorate Reports regarding the B&ER

MT 6/1/208 Inspector's Report on the line from Bridgwater to Taunton 1842 MT 6/1/225 Inspector's description of the line from Bridgwater to Taunton 1842 MT 6/1/297 Inspector's description of line from Taunton to Beam Bridge 1843 MT 6/2/30 Inspector's description of line from Beam Bridge to Exeter 1844 MT 29/1 Inspectors' Reports 1840-1841 MT 29/2 Inspectors' Reports 1842-1843 MT 29/3 Inspectors' Reports 1844

Other papers

RAIL 1149/13 Brunel's 'Volume of Facts' c.1840 PROB 11/2142 Will of William Gravatt senior 1851 RG 4/3997 Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, burials 1825-1828

P. The Parliamentary Archives (TPA)

HL/PO/JO/10/8/1116 MS. minutes of evidence taken before the Lords Committee considering the Great Western Railway Bill, Jun 1835 HC/CL/PB/2/5/14, MS. minutes of evidence taken before the Commons Committee considering the Parrett Navigation Bill (further powers), Mar 1839 HC/CL/PB/2/11/31 MS. minutes of evidence taken before the Commons Select Committee considering the Direct Northern Railway Bill, Jul 1845 HL/PO/PB/5/32/4 Minutes of Proceedings taken before the Lords Select Committee on the Aldershot Gas & Water Bill, 9 Mar 1866

Q. West Yorkshire Archives, Calderdale (Halifax) (WYA)

Papers of the Halifax Literary & Philosophical Society

Misc 49/14, Transaction Book 1831-1839 Misc 49/7/1 Minute Book 1830-1839 P/020 R 5081 Annual Report 1834

R. Calderdale Reference Library, Halifax (WYL)

Undesignated Brass rubbing of tablet attached to foundation stone

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'Elevation of Bridgwater Bridge' by Thomas Gregory (1797), copy in: SRO DD/X/WI 62.

Easton J., To Land-owners and Occupiers of Land affected by the imperfect Drainage of the Rivers Tone and Parrett (1809), copy in: SRO DD/WY 29.

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Sepia photographic portrait of William Gravatt undated, copy in: RSL IM/Maull/001743.

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Printed minutes of evidence taken before the Select Committee on Thames Conservancy May 1863.

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Bristol Mercury (1841)

Bristol Mirror (1836-1841)

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London Gazette (1821)

NCE (1998)

Mechanics' Magazine (1832)

Railway Magazine (1838)

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Surrey Advertiser (1866)

Somerset County Gazette (1838-1845)

Taunton Courier (1817-1843)

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Flachat E., Isambard Brunel, Robert Stephenson (Neuilly, 1859).

George A.B., James Green: Canal Builder and County Surveyor (Tiverton, 1997).

Green E. (ed.), Pedes Finium for the County of Somerset: Richard I to Edward I, AD 1196-1307 (Taunton, 1892).

Green E. (ed.), The Survey and Rental of the Chantries … in the County of Somerset as returned in … 1548 (Taunton, 1888).

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Hadfield E.C.R., The of (Newton Abbot, 1967).

Hadfield E.C.R., The Canals of Yorkshire & North East England (Newton Abbot, 1972).

Harding H., ',' in: Pugsley A. (ed.), The Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1976), pp.25-50.

Harley J.B. and Dunning R.W., Somerset Maps: Day & Masters 1782, Greenwood 1822 (Taunton, 1981).

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Labrum E.A. (ed.), Civil Engineering Heritage: Eastern & Central England (1994).

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MacDermot E.T., History of the Great Western Railway Vol.2: 1863-1921 (1931), revised edition by Clinker C.R. (1964).

Mackenzie W.W., Pratt & Mackenzie's Law of Highways (1905).

Mander C., The Reverend Prince and his Abode of Love (Wakefield, 1976).

Maxwell-Lyte H.C. (ed.), The Registers of Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1466-1491, and Richard Fox, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1492-1494 (Taunton, 1937).

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Merzbach U.C., Georg Scheutz and the First Printing Calculator (Washington D.C., 1977) .

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Murless B.J., Bridgwater Docks and the River Parrett (Taunton, 1983).

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Smith D. (ed.), Civil Engineering Heritage: London and the Thames Valley (2001).

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JOURNAL ARTICLES

Albano, B., 'Details of the Construction of a Stone Bridge Erected over the Dora Riparia, near Turin' Transactions Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.1 (1836), pp.183-194.

Anon, 'Sir Marc Isambart [sic] Brunel' (obituary notice) Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.10 (1851), pp.78-81.

Anon, 'Isambard Kingdom Brunel' (obituary notice) Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.19 (1860), pp.169-173.

Anon, 'Report on a General Excursion to South Brent, and , 10 July 1868' Proceedings Bristol Naturalists' Society Vol.3, No.6 (July 1868), pp.43-48.

Anon, 'Richard Beamish' (obituary notice) Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.40 (1875), pp.246-251.

Anon, 'William Barber' (obituary notice) Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.47 (1877), pp.300-301.

Anon, 'William Froude' (obituary notice) Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.60 (1880), pp.395-404.

Anon, 'John Waterhouse' (obituary notice) Minutes Royal Astronomical Society Vol.40, Part 4 (1880), pp.205-207.

Anon, 'John England' (obituary notice) Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.70 (1882), pp.415-417.

Anon, 'Charles Harcourt White' (obituary notice) Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.79 (1885), p.373.

Anon 'William Mills' (obituary notice) Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.108 (1892), pp.405-406.

Anon, 'Charles Richardson' (obituary notice) Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.124 (1896), pp.417-419.

Anon, 'Peter John Margary' (obituary notice) Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.125 (1896), p.409.

Anon, 'Richard Hassard' (obituary notice) Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.193 (1913), pp.359-360.

Aston M., 'An Archipelago in Central Somerset: The Origins of Muchelney Abbey' Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society Vol.150 (Taunton, 2007), pp.63-71.

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Baker W., '' Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society Vol.1, Part 2 (1851), pp.127-139.

Barker K., 'Pen, Ilchester and Yeovil' Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society Vol.130 (Taunton, 1986), pp.11-45.

Barnes M., 'Civil Engineering Management in the Industrial Revolution' Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering Vol.138 (2000), pp.135-144.

Bates E.H. 'Leland in Somersetshire, 1540-1542,' Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society Vol. 33 (Taunton, 1887), pp.60-136.

Booth L.G., 'Laminated Timber Arch Railway Bridges in England and Scotland' Transactions Newcomen Society Vol.44 (1971), pp.1-21.

Booth L.G., 'The Development of Laminated Timber Arch Structures in Bavaria, France and England in the Early Nineteenth Century' Journal Institute of Wood Science Vol.5, No.5 (July 1971), pp.3-16.

Bramble J.R., Presidential Address, Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society Vol.51 (1905), pp.11-17

Brereton R.P., in discussion of Gaudard J., 'On the Theory and Details of Construction of Metal and Timber Arches' Minutes Proceedings Institution Civil Engineers Vol.31 (1871), pp.155-161.

Brown A.V., 'The Last Phase of the Enclosure of Otmoor' Oxoniensia Vol.32 (1967), pp.34-52.

Brown C.D., 'London Bridge: Planning, Design and Supervision' Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.54 Issue 1 (1973), pp.25-46.

Brunel M.I., 'Particulars of Some Experiments on the Mode of Binding Brick Construction' Transactions Institute of British Architects of London Vol.1, Part 1, (1836), pp.61-65.

Buchanan R.A., 'The Bridges of Bath' Bath History Vol.3 (1990), pp.5-7.

Bull W., 'Wood Bridge over the River Calder, near Cooper Bridge, Yorkshire' Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal (1841), p.69, Plate 3.

Bull W., 'Wooden Bridge over the Calder & Hebble Navigation' in: Weale J., Theory and Practice of Bridges (1843), pp.lxxxvi-lxxxviii, Plate 10.

Bull W., 'Wooden Bridge over the River Calder, at Mirfield, Yorkshire' Transactions Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.2 (1838), pp.87-88, Plate VIII.

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Chiorino M.A., Icardi A.G., Rolando S.V. & Testa M.F., 'Mechanism and Finite Element Failure Analysis of Mosca's Bridge over the Dora in Turin' Proceedings Third International Arch Bridge Conference (Paris, 2002), pp.365- 372.

Chrimes M.M., ''Castles in the Air' to the Bristol Railway: How Did Isambard Kingdom Brunel Make his Living, 1828-1833?' Newsletter of the Panel for Historical Engineering Works No.108 (March 2006), pp.1-2.

Clark J.A., 'On the Bridgwater and other Levels of Somersetshire' Journal Bath & West of England Society Vol.2 (1854), pp.99-128.

Clifford W., 'Site of the Battle of Aethan-dune' Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society Vol.21 (1875), pp.1-27.

Cowper E.A., 'Railway Suspension Bridge' Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal Dec 1847, p.369, Plate XVIII.

Dunning R., 'Burrow Mump: a Revision' Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society Vol.138 (1995), pp.111-116.

Farr-Cox F., 'The Irrigation of the Somerset Levels' Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society Vol.148 (2005), pp.170-172.

Froude W., 'On the Junction of Railway Curves at Transitions of Curvature' Transactions Institution of Engineers in Scotland Vol.4 (1860), pp.23-35. Gerrard C.M., 'Ham Hill Stone: A Medieval Distribution Pattern from Somerset' Oxford Journal of Archaeology Vol.4, No.1 (1985), pp.105-115.

Gravatt W., 'Some Account of Several Sections Through the Plastic Clay Formation in the Vicinity of London' Transactions Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.1 (1836), pp.151-153.

Gravatt W., 'A Letter on Steam Gun-Boats of Shallow Draught and High Speed' Tracts Royal Society of London 570/3 (1854).

Gravatt W., 'Elementary Considerations on the Subject of Rotary Motion' Proceedings Royal Society of London Vol.8 (1856), pp.76-77.

Gravatt W., 'On the Atlantic Cable' Philosophical Magazine (July 1858), pp.34-36.

Greenfield D.J. and Murless B.J., 'Lovibond's Railway' Bulletin Somerset Industrial Archaeological Society No.57, August 1991, pp.22-26.

Hadfield E.C.R., 'Canals between the English and the Bristol Channels' Economic History Review Vol.12, Nos. 1 & 2 (1942), pp.59-67.

Hartley J.B., 'An Account of the New or Grosvenor Bridge over the River Dee at Chester' Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.1 (1836), pp.207-214.

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Helm P.J., 'The Somerset Levels in the : 1086-1539' Journal British Archaeological Association Vol.12 (1949), pp.37-52.

James J.G., 'The Evolution of Wooden Bridge Trusses to 1850' Journal Institute of Wood Science Vol.9 (1982), pp.116-135, 168-193.

Jones P., 'Brunel and the River Parrett's Half- at Stanmoor' Journal Railway & Canal Historical Society Vol.36, Part 1, No.2-101 (Mar 2008), pp.37-42.

Jones P., 'Thorney Halflock and Corn Mill, River Parrett' Journal Railway & Canal Historical Society Vol.35, Part 9, No.199 (Nov 2007), pp.676-680.

Jones W.A., notice, Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society Vol.4 (1853), p.128.

Law H., in discussion of Redman J.B., 'The ' Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.49 (1877), p.131.

Lewis M.J.T., Slatcher W.N. & Jarvis P.N., 'Flashlocks on English Waterways: A Survey' Industrial Archaeology Vol.6, No.3 (August 1969), pp.235-237.

Mead P.F., 'London Bridge: Demolition and Construction 1967-1973' Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.54 Issue 1(1973), pp.47-69.

Murless B.J., 'Somerset Brick & Tile Makers: a Brief History & Gazetteer,' supplement to Bulletin Somerset Industrial Archaeological Society No.58 (Dec 1991).

Nash J.K.T.L. in discussion of Brown C.D., 'London Bridge: Planning, Design and Supervision' Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.54 Issue 4 (1973), pp.726-732.

Poole G.S., 'On the Recent Geological Changes in Somerset' Proceedings Geological Society Vol.20 (1864), pp.118-120.

Quick M., 'The Railway at Uphill – Legend and Reality' Journal Railway & Canal Historical Society , Vol.204 (March 2009).

Rankine W.J.M., 'Description of a Method of Laying Down Railway Curves on the Ground' Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.2 (1843), pp.108-109.

Rankine W.J.M., 'On the Application of Transversals to Engineering Field- work' Transactions Institution of Engineers in Scotland Vol.4 (1860), pp.16-22, 36-39.

Rennie J., in discussion of McAlpine W.J., 'The Supporting Power of Piles' Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.27 (1868), p.300.

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Renton H., 'On the Improvement of Navigable Rivers, with a Description of a Self-Acting Wasteboard at Naburn Lock, on the River Ouse' Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.1 (1840), pp.26-27.

Rippon S., 'Coastal Trade in Roman Britain: the Investigation of Crandon Bridge, Somerset, a Romano-British Transhipment Port beside the ' Britannia Vol.39 (2008), pp.85-144.

Ross D.M., 'The Papers of the Former Corporation of Langport, 1596-1886' Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society Vol.53 (1907), pp.148-173.

Schwieso J.J., 'The Founding of the Agapemone at , 1845-1846' Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society Vol.135 (1991), pp.113-121.

Shackle C.E., 'Interesting Bridgework on the Bristol (Temple Meads) Improvement Scheme' Great Western Railway Magazine (1935), pp.643-647.

Skempton A.W. & Chrimes M.M., 'Thames Tunnel: Geology, Site Investigation and Geotechnical Problems' Geotechnique Vol.44, No.2 (1994), pp.191-296.

Solley T.W.J., 'Excavations at Gatcombe, Somerset, 1954' Proceedings Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society Vol.111 (Taunton, 1966/1967), pp.24-37.

Walker J., Presidential Address, Minutes Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers Vol.1 (1841), pp.23-27.

Woodward G., 'The Brunels and the Grosvenor Bridge, Chester' Transactions Newcomen Society Vol.69, No.1 (1998), pp.129-143.

UNPUBLISHED STUDIES

Belhoste J.-F., 'The French Connection' (unpublished paper given at the conference 'Works of Genius: I.K. Brunel's Engineering Achievements and Their Legacy,' organised jointly by English Heritage, Brunel200 and the University of Bath, 15 Sep 2006).

Clements C., 'The River Tone Navigation: Outline History' (unpublished report, 1966).

Greenfield D.J., 'Cocklemoor Bridge, Langport' (unpublished historical report, 2005).

Greenfield D.J., 'The Flood-Gates near Langport Lock, River Parrett' (unpublished discussion document, 2004).

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Hadfield E.C.R., 'The Ivelchester & Langport Navigation' (unpublished research notes, undated).

Hepple J.R., 'The Influence of Landowners' Attitudes on Railway Alignment in Nineteenth Century England' (unpublished University of Hull PhD thesis, 1974).

Kinchin-Smith R., 'Crossrail: Technical Assessment of Historical Railway Bridges' (unpublished report, 2005).

Martin A.R., 'A History of Aldershot's Water Supply' (unpublished study, c.1987).

Needham-Hurst K., 'John Stone, Bridge Builder, and Stone Family Notes' (unpublished study, c.1970), copy in SRO A/ABV 1.

Roy M., 'Predicted and Observed Performance of Motorway Embankments on a Soft Alluvial Clay in Somerset' (unpublished University of Surrey M.Phil Thesis, 1975).

Sturdy P., 'The River Ivel between Ilchester and Northover' (unpublished report, 1928).

Turner T., 'History of Fenton, Murray & Wood' (unpublished Victoria University of Manchester Master of Technical Science Thesis, 1966).

Wilson A.F., 'Aldershot Water Supply' (unpublished study, 1900).

ACTS OF PARLIAMENT

35 Geo. III, c.105: An Act for improving and supporting the Navigation of the River Ivel otherwise Yeo, from the Town of Ivelchester to Bicknell Bridge, in the Parish of Huish Episcopi in the County of Somerset, and for making a Navigable Cut from thence into a certain Drain, called Portlake Rhine, in the Parish of Langport, in the same County, and for making the said Drain navigable from thence to the River Parrett, below Great Bow Bridge in the Town of Langport [22 Jun 1795].

42 Geo. III, c.58: An Act for draining, preserving from Water, and improving certain Low Lands and Grounds lying within the several Parishes of … and for altering and improving the Navigation of the , within the said Parishes of … , above and from a certain Place called Southern Mead Barrs, situate within the said Parish of Bleadon [1802].

5 Geo. IV, c.92: An Act for Taking down Burrow Bridge, over the River Parrett, in the County of Somerset, and erecting another in lieu thereof [3 Jun 1824] 3&4 Will. IV, c.13: An Act for inclosing certain Moors or Commons called West Moor, East Moor and Middle Moor in the County of Somerset [10 Jun 1833]

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6&7 Will. IV, c.36: An Act for making a Railway from Bristol to Exeter, with Branches to the Towns of Bridgwater in the County of Somerset, and Tiverton in the County of Devon [19 May 1836].

6&7 Will. IV, c.101: An Act for improving the Navigation of a Portion of the River Parrett, and for making a Navigable Canal from the said River to Barrington [4 Jul 1836].

1 Vict., c.26: An Act for making several Branches in the County of Somerset, from the Line of the Bristol & Exeter Railway, and for amending the Act relating to such Railway [11 Jun 1838].

2&3 Vict., c.37: An Act for granting further Powers to the Company of Proprietors of the Parrett Navigation [14 Jun 1839].

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