Introduction. The river pollution dilemma
Victorian Britain I : public health and local government
Victorian Britain II : river pollution and sanitary engineering
Nuisance law and nuisance economics
Nuisance law
Nuisance economics
Nuisance management
Birmingham, Adderley and the River Tame
Attorney-General v. Birmingham
Attorney-General v. Birmingham
Delays and contingencies : Leeds and Barnsley
Leeds : Attorney-General v. Leeds
Barnsley : Attorney-General v. Barnsley (1873, 1874)
The threat of sequestration : Leamington Spa and Tunbridge Wells
Leamington Spa : Heath (and Field) v. Wallington
Tunbridge Wells : Goldsmid v. Tunbridge Wells
Negotiation and settlement : Harrogate and the St. Helens Canal
Harrogate : Wood v. High and Low Harrogate (1870, 1874)
St. Helens Canal : Legh v. St. Helens Canal and Railway Company
The tactic of diversion : Northampton and the Brinsop Hall Coal Company
Northampton : Harrold v. Markham (1869) and Monk v. Northampton
Brinsop Hall : Pennington v. Brinsop Hall Coal Company (1877, 1882)
Protection by statutory legislation : Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton : Giffard v. Wolverhampton (1874, 1886)
Wolverhampton : the Wolverhampton Corporation Act
Conclusions.