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Improving and Completing the Navigation of that Branch of the River Trent which runs by the Town of Newark upon Trent, from a Place called The Upper Wear, in the Parish of Averham, in the County of Nottingham, to a Place called The Crankleys, in the Parish of South Muskham, in the said County.

WHEREAS the River Trent, at a Place called The Upper Wear, in

the Parish of Averham, and about Two Miles above the Town of Newark
upon Trent, in the County of Nottingham, is separated into Two Branches Preamble.
or Channels, One of which runs by the said Town of Newark, and the other
by or near the Villages of Averham, Kelham, and South Muskham, in the
said County of Nottingham, and the said Two Branches or Channels meet,
and are again united at a Place called The Crankleys, lying in the said
Parish of South Muskham, at the Distance of about Two Miles below the
Town of Newark aforesaid:

And whereas the said Town of Newark is possessed of a considerable Trade for Corn, Wool, Coals, and other Merchandize, and the said Branch of the River Trent which runs by the said Town might, by improving the Channel thereof, and by making proper Cuts and other Works, be rendered navigable at all Seasons of the Year, and a more regular Intercourse of Trade would thereby be opened between the several Towns and other populous Places in the said County of Nottingham, and in the Counties of York, Lincoln, Derby, and Stafford, as well to the Advantage of the Traders,