Some PRINTED AND ONLINE sources we've been using
Boughey, Joseph (1994) Hadfield’s British Canals (8th edition) Alan Sutton Publishing
Burton, Anthony (1989) The Great Days of the Canals, David & Charles
Burton, Anthony (2012) History’s Most Dangerous Jobs: Navvies, The History Press
Burton, Anthony (2025) The Canal Builders: the men who constructed Britain’s canals, Pen & Sword
Corrie, Euan (1998) Tales from the Old Inland Waterways, David & Charles
Cumberlidge, Jane (1998) Inland Waterways of Great Britain, 7th edition, Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson
Douglas, Ian (2021) Folk Tales from the Canalside, The History Press
Faulkner, Alan H (1993) The Grand Junction Canal, W H Walker
Freer, Wendy (1995) Women & Children of the Cut, Railway and Canal Historical Society
Freer, Wendy Jane (1991) Canal Boat People, 1840-1970 (PhD thesis) https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10946/
Gayford, Eily (2008 (1st edn 1973)) The Amateur Boatwomen, The Belmont Press
Gladwin, D D (1983) Victorian and Edwardian Canals from old photographs, Portman Books
Gladwin, D D (1977) An Illustrated History of British Waterways, Spur Books
Gladwin, D D (1976) The Waterways of Britain, a social panorama, Batsford Books
Hadfield, Charles (1970) The Canals of the East Midlands (2nd edition) David & Charles
Hanson, Harry (1984) The Canal Boatmen, 1760-1914, Alan Sutton Publishing
Hanson, Harry (1978) Canal People, David & Charles
Hassell, John (2020 (1st edn 1819)) Tour of the Grand Junction Canal, Magic Flute Publishing
Holland, Julian (1998) Canal Recollections: a pictorial record, Parkgate Books
Hollingshead, John (1858) On the Canal, in 'Household Words' vol XVIII, Bradbury & Evans
Hollingshead, John (1858) "On the Canal" in Household" Words vol XVIII, Downloaded document
Law, Susan C (2023) Dark Side of the Cut: A history of crime on England's canals, The History Press
Markham, Sir Frank (1973) A History of Milton Keynes, vol 1 to 1830, White Crescent Press
Markham, Sir Frank (1975) A History of Milton Keynes, vol 2 from 1800 to about 1950, White Crescent Press
Marsh, Bryan (1986) The Inland Navigator, Penguin Books
Marsh, Phil (2013) The Full Works, Cleek Railway Solutions
McIvor, Liz (2015) Canals: The Making of a Nation: a journey into the heart of industrial Britain, BBC Books
Meade, L T (1893) Water Gipsies, or The Adventures of Tag, Rag and Bobtail, John F Shaw
O’Brien, W (1858) The Prize Essay on Canals and Canal Conveyance, John Weale
Pearse, Mark Guy (1878) Rob Rat, a story of Barge Life, Google Books
Petticrew, Ian; Austin, Wendy (n/d) A Highway Laid With Water, tringhistory.tringlocalhistorymuseum.org.uk
Phillips, J (1803) A General History of Inland Navigation, Foreign and Domestic (4th edition), archive.org
Pratt, Edwin A (2025 (1st edn 1906)) British Canals: Is their resuscitation practicable, Zinc Read
Priestley, Joseph (1831) Preface and article about the Grand Junction Canal from "Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canal and Railways of Great Britain", Google Books
Rees, Abraham (1819) Canals, from "The Cyclopaedia, or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, And Literature (vol VI)", archive.org
Rolt, L T C (2009) George and Robert Stephenson, The railway revolution, Amberley Publishing
Rolt, L T C (1994 (1st edn 1948)) Narrow Boat, Sutton Publishing
Smith, Emma (2011 (1st edn 1948)) Maidens’ Trip, Bloomsbury
Smith George (1881) Canal Adventures by Moonlight , Hodder & Stoughton
Smith, George (1974 (1st edn 1878)) Our Canal Population, a cry from the boat cabins, with remedy, E P Publishing
Smith, George (1881) Canal Adventures by Moonlight, Google Books
Stewart, Sheila (1993) Ramlin Rose: The boatwoman's story, OUP
Taylor, John (n/d) Bletchley During the First World War, mkheritage.org.uk
Wilson, Ian J (2009) The Grand Union Canal, from Brentford to Braunston, The History Press
Woolfitt, Susan (2008 (1st edn 1947)) Idle Women, Belmont Press
Grand Union Canal Company(1938?) Grand Union Canal (inlcuding Regent's Dock) and Associated Companies, Thomas Brakell Ltd
(n/d) The Grand Junction Canal History: Cosgrove, cosgrovehistory.co.uk
(n/d) The Woburn Sands Collection: Fenny Lock, mkheritage.org.uk
British Newspaper Archive, 1795-, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
Canalmania: the golden age of English canal building (Board game), 2006, Ragnar Brothers