Stratford Upon Avon, Memorial Theatre From River 1922
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By the late 1780s the ever-expanding canal network looked set to by-pass Stratford. Business interests in the town realised they had to do something, and a canal was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1793. The canal would link up with the Worcester & Birmingham Canal at King's Norton. Owing to protracted negotiations and financial problems, the route had to be revised on several occasions. It did not open throughout until 1815, but this included a junction with the River Avon. The Avon was navigable as far as Tewkesbury, where it joined the Severn. The Memorial Building was erected just a few yards from the canal basin.
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