----- Original Message ----- From: "bluejohn" <[email protected]> To: "CUTTS - Swap Shop" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 3:38 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Fw: Cutts and Drinkwater - families : I forward this E-Mail message for the attention of those having Cutts Canal : connections, it was sent to me as a result of my visit to Shardlow Heritage : Centre and interesting conversation with Sheila Cooke a centre researcher : who was most helpful with information at the time and recorded my address : etc for future contact with any information that she came across, I thank : Sheila for this further research on my behalf and look forward to visiting : again this week-end, for any one who would like to visit and spend a while : browsing through the interesting items on display including a Video about : Shardlow and the Canals they are open Saturdays and Sundays from 12-00 - : 5-00 PM party visits and out of opening times visits can be arranged by : contacting Sheila at the Heritage E-Mail address below. : Happy hunting. John Frawley Derby. : ----- Original Message ----- : From: Shardlow Heritage <[email protected]> : To: Mr Frawley <[email protected]> : Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 8:16 PM : Subject: Cutts and Drinkwater - families : : : > Dear Mr Frawley : > : > I have checked the Sutton and Shardlow Boat Co records at Ellesmere Port : and : > found neither name. I have checked Mr Widdowson's index and found no : > Drinkwaters but by using the index and some abstracts of the original : tables : > I have found the following: : > Joseph Cutts was the master of N and G Wheatcroft packet boats in the : early : > 1800's. : > John Cutts of Sandiacre sold a boat in 1814 : > John Cutts of Sandiacre boat No 5 was carrying coal to Shardlow, boat No 4 : > was trading from Codnor Park to Leicester, Boat No 1 carrying coal to : > Shardlow all 3 in 1815. : > James Cutts of Pinxton sold a boat in 1806. : > J Cutts was the master of an N and G Wheatcroft boat trading from Cromford : > to Birmingham in 1816. : > John Cutts and Co of Nottingham boat No 3 was trading between Nottingham : and : > Gainsborough in 1819. : > Thomas Cutts was the master of a Samuel Wheatcroft boat trading between : > Cromford, Leicester and Nottingham in 1827. : > Charles Cutts master of a boat G Wheatcroft and Sons trading between : > Cromford and Nottingham in 1836. : > : > The original cargoe tables would give you the dimensions of the boats and : a : > few more details. : > : > Sheila Cooke - researcher, Shardlow Heritage Trust : > : :