Little Eaton
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Little Eaton is a village and civil parish in the borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England. The population as taken at the 2011 Census was 2,430. The name originated from Anglo Saxon times and means th
Church Hall, Little Eaton
Derby Canal
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The Derby Canal ran 14 miles from the Trent and Mersey Canal at Swarkestone to Derby and Little Eaton, and to the Erewash Canal at Sandiacre, in Derbyshire, England. The canal was authorised by an act
Little Eaton
…north in Denby, Horsley, and Smalley, put Little Eaton on the map. Previously, pack horses had been used to transport goods to Derby, but in 1793 the Derby Canal was extended to Little Eaton. It continued to operate until 1908 but is now largely filled in. Peckwash paper mill, c. 1800, at the north end of the…
The canal at Long Eaton
Swarkstone Junction and Toll House in 2007
A painting of Derby from Nottingham Road c. 1850 by Henry Lark Pratt shows the Derby Canal in the foreground.
The former canal at Shelton Lock, now a footpath