Bob Wood wrote: > On 17 February 2010 21:31, Martin Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >> Keir Gale wrote: >>> Or rather, Manchester ceased to be administratively part of Lancs in '74. >>> But I don't think that works either.... I'm sure the Cheshire sections of >>> the ring have always been Cheshire. It doesn't get as far as Greater >>> Manchester. >> Oh, really? >> >> The parts of the Cheshire Ring within Greater Manchester are from Little >> Bollington Aqueduct, through Altrincham, Sale and Stretford to >> Castlefield on the Bridgewater; the Rochdale Nine; the Ashton Canal; the >> Lower Peak Forest and Marple Locks; and from Marple to High Lane on the >> Macclesfield. That's quite a big chunk of the Cheshire Ring. >> >> What's more, the Rochdale Nine and the Ashton Canal were entirely in >> Lancashire before 1974. > > Very interesting - but none of the stretches of canal which you > mention are on the Four Counties Ring, the subject of the thread.
Ah, you evidently missed that thread drift that wafted the discussion towards the Cheshire Ring, Bob! -- Martin Clark Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk
