Canals and war, Tamworth

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Date:1798

Description:In 1798 Rev Francis Blick, noted in the parish register the startling sight of 12,000 soldiers passing through Tamworth on canal barges en route to supress a rebellion in Ireland.

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Source: Staffordshire County Record Office

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