Individuals

The community associated with the working canal included the Company managers and workers, boat owners and boatmen, and local shareholders, land owners and businessmen.

Benjamin Grazebrook

First Clerk (manager) of the Stroudwater Company, after working as a water supply contractor.

William Knee of Wallbridge

Coal merchant, barge owner and inn keeper.

Marling Family

Clothiers and businessmen

Nathaniel Alfred Partridge

Clerk (manager) of the Stroudwater Company, 1854 to 1872, after working as a dyer.

Canal Life

Shares and Shareholders
Building the Canal
Company Management
Operation and Maintenance
Accounting
Cargoes and Traffic
Vessels and Owners
Toll Collection and Rates
Property Matters
Water Management
Leisure Activities
Working with the Thames & Severn Canal Co
Working with Other Organisations
Individuals

Benjamin Grazebrook
William Knee of Wallbridge
Marling Family
Nathaniel Alfred Partridge