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The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family In 1818 Gaby was one of the members of the Committee set up to further “Mr. Benett's Interests in the approaching Election for the County of Wilts 354 “ This was the last time that there was an election of a county MP for Wiltshire. Gaby’s candidate didn’t get in 355 . Ralph Gaby and his wife are buried in St. Andrew’s in Chippenham, although Ralph Gaby died in Bath in 1829 356 , and their monument was recorded by Daniell 357 . The bank’s records still exist 358 and they show that each of the partners bought £500 of stock to start the bank on 1 st May 1792 and by May 11 th the Bank had assets taken in of over £4,500 359 . The accounts naturally show the activities of the bank and it is no co-incidence that a lot of entries concerning the Wilts and Berks Canal can be found. 354 Salisbury and Winchester Journal dated Salisbury June 19, 1818 355 The MP elected for Wiltshire 1818-1820 was William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley (http://www.thepeerage.com/p10274.htm) 356 Gentleman’s Magazine (1827) Obituary Vol XCIX pt II p573 “Dec 16 In Queen Square Bath aged 80 RH Gaby esq formerly a solicitor in Chippenham” 357 Daniell, Rev JJ (1894) History of Chippenham p185 Sacred to the memory of Mary, the wife of Ralph Hale Gaby Esqr who departed this life Janry 6th, 1814, aged 69 years. Also of Ralph Hale Gaby Esqr who died December 16th, 1829, aged 80 years. 358 Account book of a Chippenham Bank 1792-1799” {hereafter Accounts ] Senate House Library, University of London Special Collection MS 580, a foolscap, parchment bound book 359 Accounts pp2 and 6, pp3-5 are blank. 88
The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family As Peter Scratchard 360 has pointed out, the Wilts & Berks Canal was conceived late in the period now associated with "Canal Mania". The success of canals, both as commercial enterprises in which to invest and as by far the most effective form of inland transportation for bulk materials and goods had been amply demonstrated elsewhere throughout England, particularly in the heartland’s of the Industrial Revolution, the Midlands and Pennine flanks. By the late Eighteenth Century, the general fear was that the North Wessex area might be in danger of "missing out" on the benefits of the Industrial and Transport Revolutions. The discovery of exploitable coal resources south of Bath in the Somerset Coalfield proved the final justification for the formation of a Company to finance the building of the Wilts & Berks Canal. A committee of potential investors having been formed in 1793, a survey of possible routes was made by Robert Whitworth and his son William, the former a pupil of the great canal builder James Brindley. So that the company could identify the landowners they would need to negotiate rights with, a detailed map was drawn up showing the fields that the proposed route passed through. A copy from the 1793 survey still exists 361 as does James Montagu VI’s copy of another made before 1796 362 . Having identified a suitable route the necessary Parliamentary Act granting compulsory purchase and other necessary powers was duly obtained in 1795 and work commenced at the southern extremity of the line later that year [ ie south of Melksham close to the junction with the Kennet & Avon Canal.] 363 360 Scatchard, P (2001) A brief History of the Wilts and Berks Canal Wilts and Berks Canal Trust at http://www.wbct.org.uk/history/brief-history-of-wilts-a-berks-canal 361 W&SHC 947/2197 362 See below 363 Scatchard, P (2001) A brief History of the Wilts and Berks Canal Wilts and Berks Canal Trust at http://www.wbct.org.uk/history/brief-history-of-wilts-a-berks-canal 89
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