... listing his activities relating to the Macclesfield Canal and other local interests.
Edward Hall's diary provides a fascinating insight into the activities, interests and acquaintances of this busy man. While this page lists only those entries relating to the Macclesfield or adjacent canals and railways, the full document records his life from 6th April 1806, the day he joined the Navy, until late in the 1850s, when he was involved in all kinds of railway projects, not all of them successful. The entries below are the complete entry - they are not simply headings; there is no additional text. So many questions - so few answers!
| 1826 |
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May 16 |
Accepted the situation of Agent to the Macclesfield Canal |
June-July |
Occupied levelling and surveying the intended line of the canal along with Messrs Crosley and Taylor |
| 1827 |
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August 30-31 |
Committee of Macclesfield Canal at Congleton |
December 12 |
Canal Committee at Congleton to let the second part of the lots to the contractors |
| 1828 |
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May 3 |
To Congleton and back on canal business |
May 12 |
To Congleton and back on canal business |
October 21 |
To Congleton and back |
November 19 |
To Congleton and back |
| 1829 |
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January 14 |
To Congleton and back |
July 26 |
To Trent & Mersey Canal office at Stone |
September 9 |
With Meadows along the Ashton Canal |
September 14 |
To Stone - Trent & Mersey office |
September 16 |
To Etruria and Newcastle and back to Macclesfield |
| 1830 |
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May 8 |
To Congleton and back |
July 28 |
Attended a formal reception in London for the new King -
King William IV. Called on Prince Leopold and the Duchess of
Kent [mother of the future Queen Victoria]. |
August 26 |
To Congleton |
| 1831 |
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January 8 |
Joseph Buckley arrived |
January 12 |
Joseph Buckley left |
January 15 |
To Marple and back |
February 18 |
To Congleton, Red Bull, Tunstall, Biddulph etc. |
March 8 |
To Bollington, Marple |
April 5 |
To Congleton |
April 22 |
To High Lane |
April 23 |
To Congleton |
May 12 |
Joseph Buckley dined |
June 22 |
At Calder and Hebble Canal office. Dined with William Morris |
June 23 |
To Huddersfield. Called on Mr Raistrick and Mr Bradley Clay. Dined at Mr Atkinson's |
June 30 |
Attended Huddersfield Canal meeting at Ashton |
August 6 |
Salary from Macclesfield Canal Company raised to £300 per annum |
August 22 |
Wife and children at Runcorn. Went by steam boat from Weston Point to Anderton and Northwich and then by coach to Middlewich and to Macclesfield |
September 1 |
Commenced building new canal office |
October 27 |
To Congleton, Red Bull etc. |
November 9 |
The opening of the Macclesfield Canal.
Dinner at the Town Hall for 400 guests |
| 1832 |
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April 4 |
Removed desks, books etc from canal office on the Green to the new office on the wharf |
June 30 |
Took his wife and children in boat to Marple |
July 13 |
To Manchester. Slept at Mr Meadows' |
October 11 |
Meeting in Manchester of the Committees of the Ashton, Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canals |
December 7 |
To Manchester. Slept at Mr Pickford's |
| 1833 |
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August 28 |
To Red Bull and back |
October 7 |
Canal Committee at Red Bull |
December 6 |
Subcommittee of canal at High Lane to meet Mr Baxendale |
December 7 |
To Manchester. Slept at Mr Pickford's |
| 1834 |
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February 11 |
Canal Subcommittee met to examine the charges against Mosedale and Kinsey |
February 22 |
Mosedale and Kinsey discharged |
February 24 |
R Turner began as his clerk at the Canal Office |
March 3 |
Kinsey reinstated |
May 10 |
Mr Turner left the Canal Company's service |
June 7 |
To Hall Green and back |
November 13 |
To Bosley Locks with the boys |
November 28 |
To Whitelaggs Wharf with the boys |
| 1835 |
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June 25 |
To Congleton and Hall Green |
July 1 |
To Congleton and back |
July 7 |
By boat to Hall Green and slept at the Red Bull |
July 8 |
Committee surveyed the canal |
September 25 |
To Congleton with the boys |
