Monument record 4674/3/1 - Mersey & Irwell Navigation - Runcorn to Latchford Canal

See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 307/2 (1844), EDT 276/2 (1845) (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The canal is depicted on the tithe maps for Norton (1844) and Moore (1845). It is labelled: Mersey and Irwell Canal. Two bridges are depicted where lanes cross the canal.

<1> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, Composite 1m DSM 2020 (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

This survey depicts a circa two-kilometre part of a canal surviving as an earthwork. The canal is orientated north-east to south-west and is truncated at its south-western end by the Manchester Ship Canal and at its north-eastern end by a modern tip.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5685 & SJ 5785 (1875-1877) (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map, which predates the construction of the Ship Canal, labels the canal as the Mersey and Irwell Canal. The south-western of the two bridges, where (the former) Moss Lane crossed the canal is labelled ‘Bob’s Turn Bridge’. The bridge to the north-west, where (the former) Moss Lane crossed, is labelled ‘Moore Turn Bridge’.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1893-96, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Lancashire, SJ5685 & SJ 5785 (1896) (Maps and Plans). SCH3847.

This map, which post-dates the construction of the Ship Canal, labels the canal as the Runcorn and Latchford Canal (Disused).

<5> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, 106G UK 626 (10/08/1945) (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

Both bridges appear to be no longer extant.