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Kevins Rambles September group walk Starting in Godalming

Information from Wikipedia. This is just part of whats on Wikipedia. The Wey was one of the first rivers in England to be made navigable; the River Wey Navigation opened in 1653, with 12 locks between Weybridge and Guildford, and the Godalming Navigation, with a further four locks, was completed in 1764. Commercial traffic ceased as late as 1983 and the Wey Navigation and the Godalming Navigation were donated to the National Trust in 1964 and 1968 respectively. History The River Wey has two main sources, which form the North Branch and the South Branch, which join at Tilford. The combined flow continues to Godalming, cuts through the chalk of the North Downs at Guildford, and passes through the Surrey Hills National Landscape to join the River Thames at Weybridge. It had been used by small boats since medieval times, and some improvements were made to the channel from 1618. Parliament of England Long title. An Act for making Navigable the River of Wye. Text of statute as originally enacted Sir Richard Weston was an owner of land beside the river, and had been responsible for a 3-mile (4.8 km) cut through his land in 1618–1619, running from Stoke Mills to Sutton Green. It included a towing path and several bridges, together with a number of sluices which enabled him to flood 150 acres (61 ha) of his land in a controlled manner, thus creating water-meadows. As a Catholic and a royalist, his property was sequestrated during the English Civil War and he fled to the Low Countries, where he studied inland navigations and the working of pound locks. He returned to England in the late 1640s, and proposed a scheme for making the Wey navigable to Guildford by the use of such locks. Guildford Corporation had petitioned Parliament in 1621 and 1624 for a scheme using flash locks, but there is no evidence that the proposals had been properly surveyed or costed, and nothing came of them. In order to progress the scheme, Weston needed his sequestration to be discharged, and someone to take an interest in the Wey. He found an ally in James Pitson, who had been a major in Cromwell's army, and who was now Commissioner for Surrey. He was able to get Weston acquitted, and presented a bill to the Commonwealth parliament in December 1650, which became an act of Parliament on 26 June 1651, entitled "An Act for making Navigable the River of Wye". Music. Lasting memories, Scotholmesmusic.com Living Life Scottholmesmusic.com Music by: bensound.com License code: AJTX5ZVRN4LMC4GO Music: bensound.com License code: DALWX8KJMPIQK488 Camera Gopro 10   / 1069966817148994     / kevinsrambles   #vlogger #youtuber #travel #walking #group #groupoffriends #canal #riverwey #godalming #canalboats #canallocks #toepath #makingmemories    / @marqenglish      / @lynnb_ky      / @amomentofmurphy1794