The Stop

Reference	Year	Name	Occupation	Location
Census	1841	Samuel Allen	Canal Clerk	Huddlesford	Age 26
Census	1851	Jasper Perkins	Lock Keeper on Canal	Canal Stop. Huddlesford	Age 50
Whites Trade Directory	1851	Jasper Perkins,	toll collector	Huddlesford
Post Office Directory	1860	Jasper Perkins	canal toll collector,	Huddlesford
Census	1861	Jasper Perkins	Toll Clerk (Canal)	Whittington	Age 60
Census	1871	Jasper Perkins	Toll Collector	Canal Office, Huddlesford	Age 71
Census	1871	Joseph Fallows	Canal Office Clerk	Office Cottage, Huddlesford	Age 26
Census	1881	Charles Smith	Canal Clerk	Whittington (Huddlesford?)	Age 49
Census	1881	Joseph Fallows	Canal Clerk	Whittington (Huddlesford?)	Age 37
Census	1891	Charles Smith	Canal Clerk & Toll Collector	The Stop, Huddlesford	Age 58
Census	1891	Charles Capper	Canal Toll Clerk	The Stop, Huddlesford	Age 25
Census	1901	Charles Smith	Canal Clerk	Huddlesford	Age 69
Census	1901	Charles T Capper	Canal Toll Clerk	Huddlesford	Age 34
Census	1911	William Smith	Canal Toll Collector	The Stop, Huddlesford	Age 38
Census	1911	Charles Capper	Canal Toll Collector	The Stop, Huddlesford	Age 45

The Stop At Huddlesford

The Stop at Huddlesford marks the end of the Wyrley and Essington canal and its junction with the Coventry Canal.

The Coventry Canal was built by the Coventry Canal Company, formed in 1768 and started work on the Canal from Coventry to Atherstone before running out of money in 1769. It was extended down to Fazeley but the link to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Fradley was not completed until 1789 and was built by the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Company.

The Wyley and Essington extension from Ogley Hay to Huddlesford as built and completed by the Wyrley and Essington Canal Company in 1797. The Stop marks the junction of these two canals. Two cottages housing the Toll Collectors were built to ensure the companies got their payment.

Bob Houghton

Huddlesford Junction in 1954

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