WILTS & BERKS CANAL TRUST

We have been requested to state that the following paragraph, which is now going the round of the local press, is entirely without foundation.
The paragraph first appeared in the columns of a contemporary, not celebrated for the accuracy of its reports.

We understand that the committee of the Wilts and Berks Canal Company have finally determined on closing that portion of the canal between Wantage and Abingdon, and selling the land to the owners of the adjoining properties.

March 26th 1866

The Swindon Advertiser