The Severn valley: a series of sketches, descriptive and pictorial, of the course of the Severn: containing notices of its topographical, industrial, and geological features; with glances at its historical and legendary associations (1862)
Randall, John, 1810-1910 · London, J. S. Virtue · leaf 260
CHAPTER XX. The Gloucester and Berkeley Canal — " The Old Road " — Minsterworth — Framilode — Fisheries — The Great Horseshoe — Neap Tides — Westbury — Newnham — Historical Associations — The Forest of Dean — Ancient Mines, Iron Works, Customs, &c. … not unfavourable^ trows leaving King Road come up to Gloucester in a day ; and when through adverse winds they cannot manage the whole at a tide^ they go into recesses or bays of the river^ and wait for the next. Traffic upon the Severn costs less than upon any other river in the kingdom^ and much…
Severn River Valley (Wales and England) -- Description and travel
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