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A road in Altrincham has been closed off near a bridge due to a 'police incident'.

Seamon's Road, near the Seamon's Moss Bridge, is closed in both directions this morning (Tuesday).

Diversions are in place at the scene.

The nature of the incident has not yet been confirmed, though the M.E.N has asked Greater Manchester Police for details.

 

This is the scene on Seamon’s Road in Altrincham which is currently blocked off by police after the body of a woman was discovered in a canal earlier this morning

 

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Woman found dead in canal as police shut road - Manchester Evening News

 

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The Bridge over the Bridgewater Canal is called Seamon's Moss and was reopened after noon to road traffic that day. Nothing has yet been published about the person who was found in the canal. In June 1839, a lady was found dead in Trent & Mersey Canal north of Rugeley. The results of that discovery were to have a profound effect on the workings of the canals.

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45 minutes ago, Heartland said:

In June 1839, a lady was found dead in Trent & Mersey Canal north of Rugeley. The results of that discovery were to have a profound effect on the workings of the canals.

 

Sounds fascinating — are you able to elaborate?

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Yes it is Christina Collins whose death has been discussed before on this website. The manner of her death has been discussed in books and TV programs and I suppose there are even today different theories as to the manner of death and those who were blamed for her death. Morse even got involved in this one storyline- with the Wench is dead.

 

There were both political and religious consequences, which I have mentioned in the new Trent & Mersey Book and these have not been discussed to the same extent as her death and murder, if it was murder that is.

 

The political forces made sure there were culprits who paid with their lives. Yet the transcripts in the newspapers state that attempts were made to find her, when missed on the boat. Christina Collins was travelling as a passenger on the flyboat to London, and when the police court up with the boat crew at Pickfords Wharf at Fazeley.

 

Such was the force of public opinion, that boatmen in general were considered suspect and the Church also came find a need to extend their ministry onto the canals and river navigation. There was a wish to reduce traffic on Sundays, and extend the missions on a wider scale.

 

Finding her body was down to a wharfinger and another boatman. Yet whether she fell in or was sent to a watery grave by one of the boatmen and an issue resolved by the court as one of murder. The jury did not listen to the statement that  at the turnover bridge (68) the flyboats might be less stable, as the horse changed side from one towpath to another.

 

The most remarkable work of fiction is the call the murder at the Bloody Steps. There are steps there now, but less likely to have been there in 1839!

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4 hours ago, Heartland said:

Yes it is Christina Collins whose death has been discussed before on this website. The manner of her death has been discussed in books and TV programs and I suppose there are even today different theories as to the manner of death and those who were blamed for her death. Morse even got involved in this one storyline- with the Wench is dead.

 

There were both political and religious consequences, which I have mentioned in the new Trent & Mersey Book and these have not been discussed to the same extent as her death and murder, if it was murder that is.

 

The political forces made sure there were culprits who paid with their lives. Yet the transcripts in the newspapers state that attempts were made to find her, when missed on the boat. Christina Collins was travelling as a passenger on the flyboat to London, and when the police court up with the boat crew at Pickfords Wharf at Fazeley.

 

Such was the force of public opinion, that boatmen in general were considered suspect and the Church also came find a need to extend their ministry onto the canals and river navigation. There was a wish to reduce traffic on Sundays, and extend the missions on a wider scale.

 

Finding her body was down to a wharfinger and another boatman. Yet whether she fell in or was sent to a watery grave by one of the boatmen and an issue resolved by the court as one of murder. The jury did not listen to the statement that  at the turnover bridge (68) the flyboats might be less stable, as the horse changed side from one towpath to another.

 

The most remarkable work of fiction is the call the murder at the Bloody Steps. There are steps there now, but less likely to have been there in 1839!

The inscription (to my late father) in our copy of "The Wench is Dead". We found out about the story as our boat was built at Hoo Mill...

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