Record Details
| NHER Number: | 13535 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | The New Cut post medieval canal |
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Summary
The New Cut is a 19th century canal between the River Waveney at St Olaves, and the River Yare at Reedham. It is 4km long, is straight, was opened in 1833 and was designed as part of a scheme to link Lowestoft harbour with Norwich. It was hoped that the scheme would allow coastal vessels direct access to Norwich. The scheme was superseded by the construction of the Norwich to Lowestoft railway.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 4416 0012 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG40SW |
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| Parish: | HADDISCOE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| NORTON SUBCOURSE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| THURLTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
This watercourse is part of the early 19th century works that included Lowestoft Harbour, Oulton Dyke and the proposed Clarence Harbour at Norwich, this was built to link the Waveney and the Yare, but was superceded by the parallel railway.
Proposed by Captain George Nicholls in 1825 following earlier suggestions by W. Cubitt.
New Cut completed by 1833. Sold in 1846 to the railway.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 January 1987.
Press cuttings (S1) and (S2) in file.
Monument Types
- CANAL (19th Century to 21st Century - 1830 AD? to 2100 AD)
- WATERCOURSE (19th Century to 21st Century - 1830 AD? to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: Williamson, T.. 1997. The Norfolk Broads: a landscape history.. pp 143-145. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Brown, P.. 2002. Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation, why did it fail?. NIAS Journal. Vol 7, No 2, p 46-53. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Williamson, T.. 2002. Gazetteer of Broadland sites. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Cubitt, W.. 1821. The Second Report of Mr William Cubitt to the Committee Appointed for Taking into Consideration the Best Means of making Norwich a Port. |
| --- | Publication: Boyes, J. & Russell, R.. 1971. Canals of Eastern England. pp 111-119. |
| --- | Publication: George, M.. 1992. The Land Use, Ecology and Conservation of Broadland. pp 383-384. |
| --- | Publication: Norfolk Heritage. 1977. Water Transport in Norfolk. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1997. Tales from the riverbanks…. 3 December. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1997. Engineer to report on plans for waterway. 6 December. |
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