Hi Ian, > > One slight problem, can't imagine there would be many > watermen/boatmen in the Claines area due to the lack of a suitable > docks/quay. Perhaps they had moved to Worcester by the time they > were arrested. > Claines had more miles of Navigable Waterway probably than ony other Parish in the County - Its Western Boundary being the River Severn, and its Northern the River Salwarpe with the Droitwich Barge Canal a touch to the south of it, while it was roughly bisected by the Worcester & Birmingham Canal. Granted it was a *little* light on Docks and Quays, but North Quay on the Severn was within 100 yards of Claines' Boundary, and half of Lowesmoor Basin and Wharf on the W&B was within it. The chances would seem quite high that we've passed one another at WorcHistCent... I'm there at least one afternoon (although the days vary) every week! Gus

On 27 Aug 2005 at 7:41, John Tysoe wrote: > Granted it was a *little* light on Docks and Quays, but North Quay on the > Severn was within 100 yards of Claines' Boundary, and half of Lowesmoor > Basin and Wharf on the W&B was within it. Yes Gus, my comment above was written after, noticing that the message thread was moving towards Claines village and Droitwich. I attempted to move it back towards Worcester where the most work for a Waterman was. Living in The Tything, Worcester sounds good to me. > The chances would seem quite high that we've passed one another at > WorcHistCent... I'm there at least one afternoon (although the days vary) > every week! I have been there three times in the last few weeks with my 10-year old son in tow. Didn't think he would enjoy it, but he was still working away as the centre closed. Hopefully I might manage one more day there on the first Monday in September before I am back to work. Best Regards, Ian Murray ex: City of Worcester now: Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire ---------------------------------------------- Researching: (Worcestershire): ATKINS; BELL; COPE; DARKE; EATON-MULLINS; WARMAN. with small links to ALLARD, BATEMAN, EVANS, JEFF (Cumberland): BELL. (Hampshire): ADAMS, Martha. (Manchester/Southport): CHAPMAN; HUGHES; KAY. (Eastbourne): KAY. (Western Scotland - including Isles of Arran and Bute): BOYLE; CAMPBELL; CUMMINGS; DOLLAR; JOHNSTONE; KAY; KING; LYNDSAY; McLEAN; McMILLAN; MURRAY; WILSON. (Australia): MURRAY (South Africa): VAN AARDT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail has been virus checked using Symantec Norton AntiVirus -----------------------------------------------------------------------