The canal went from Stamford to the bend beyond Market Deeping, as part of the Welland Navigation shown in blue, .
This website is a personal attempt to right the wrongs of history and put the Stamford Canal in its rightful position as England’s first proper post roman canal.
The first recorded research was by Martin Palmer and Maurice Berrill in the late 1950s, as described here:
Garland Grylls was the next to try and his 1998 notes are attached here.
This map shows more fully where it is and the view below is of it still in water alongside the A1175
This website was last updated on 11/4/2022
It is edited by Ken Otter of Tallington, email: ken@tallington.info
The Stamford Canal << The earliest proper canal in England? <<
