Neither tradition nor our projector's account of the matter perfectly satisfy us why this navigation was neglected.....

We must therefore conclude that the numerous works and glass-houses upon the Stour, and in the neighbourhood of Stourbridge, did not then exist, A.D.1666.

....The navigable communication which now connects Trent and Severn, and which runs in the course of Yarranton's project, is already of general use....

The canal since executed under the inspection of Mr.Brindley, running parallel with the river....

cost the proprietors 105,000L." [13] In the dedication of his book, entitled Englands Improvement by Sea and Land, Part I., Yarranton gives the names of the "noble patriots" who sent him on his journey of inquiry.