A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ARUNDEL and PORTSMOUTH CANAL, a canal westward from the river Arun to Chichester harbour, with a branch to Chichester, and another, through Langston harbour, to Portsea. It was opened in June 1823; and cost £160,000. The main line leaves the Arun, at the tideway, 2 miles from the sea; passes Barnham, Merston, and Donnington; is 12 miles long; and has a fall of 21 feet, with four locks. The branch to Chichester is 1½ mile long. The branch to Portsea is 2½ miles long; but has been partly filled up for the railway, and is now disused.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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