... Artists impression of how Brayford looked in its good old days). Another strong factor about Brayford is that's connected straight to the river Witham that allowed transport of goods to be much more efficient and a lot less time consuming. But due to its poor construction larger boats could not pass through as the sides and depth where marginally short, it wasn't until the very late 18th Century that the river Witham was dug deeper and wider so larger more important boats could pass through. Also connected to the Brayford was the Fossdyke Canal, which was a great help for barges to come into the Town from another way. While I was in Lincoln I noticed many wonderful, extravagant, old well maintained warehouses with their Small windows, gates straight onto the edge of the Canal and river, which where for easy transportation of good to Land and straight into storage, ...

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