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Stories from the Banbury Dockyard

Written by Matthew Armitage

Soft back book 

From the arrival of the Oxford  Canal in Banbury in 1778 to the working boats of the twentieth century, these stories follow the people connected with the Banbury Dockyard.

Boatbuilders, blacksmiths, boat families and other emerge from newspaper archives, canal records and surviving accounts.  Historical evidence provides the foundation; carefully reconstructed scenes bring their working lives closer to the reader.