I'd not looked at these maps before so was fascinated to spot two proposed developments from the 1780s in my part of the world which I'd never heard about before:
The Leek Branch of the Caldon Canal was apparently originally proposed as a canal on its own running from the T&M somewhere north of Etruria. I can't think of an obvious line for this as Caldon follows the only obvious valley. The Commercial Canal was a proposed line from Nantwich, crossing the T&M near Stoke, heading over to Uttoxeter then down to Burton. Does anyone know anything more about either of these waterways? A quick Google suggested there are documents about the latter in Stoke Museum but I can't find any references at all to the former. Cheers, Steve
