CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTORY i 



II. BRITAIN'S EARLIEST ROADS .... 4 



III. ROADS AND THE CHURCH u 



IV. EARLY TRADING CONDITIONS .... 15 

 V. EARLY ROAD LEGISLATION .... 28 



VI. EARLY CARRIAGES 35 



VII. LOADS, WHEELS AND ROADS .... 43 



VIII. THE COACHING ERA *"?*" 



IX. THE AGE OF BAD ROADS 64 



X. THE TURNPIKE SYSTEM . . . . .77 



XI. TRADE AND TRANSPORT IN THE TURNPIKE ERA 85 



XII. .SCIENTIFIC ROAD-MAKING 98 



XIII. RIVERS AND RIVER TRANSPORT . . . 108 



XIV. RIVER IMPROVEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL EX- 



PANSION 128 



XV. DISADVANTAGES OF RIVER NAVIGATION. . 150 



XVI. THE CANAL ERA 165 



THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. . . .186 

 EVOLUTION OF THE RAILWAY . . . .195 

 rac THE RAILWAY ERA 222 



t: RAILWAY EXPANSION 242 



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