Compiled by D Warren in 1988 for Mr. Bowen. YARDLEY WHARF The Grand Junction Canal was commenced in 1795 and opened for traffic in 1801. Owing to construction difficulties goods were transhipped at Stoke Bruerne or Blisworth and conveyed in trucks on a railway to Blisworth or Stoke and then into barges again, until in … Continue reading Yardley Wharfe