More information : [TF 01079897 to TF 07089910] Caistor Canal (Disused) (1) Caistor Canal, 4 miles long, with 6 locks, commences on the New River Ancholme Navigation near Creampole in Kelsey Carrs, TF 01079897, and ends at Moortown, 3 1/2 miles west of Caistor, TF 07089910: made under an Act of 1793. (2) This disused canal remains clear of obstruction and water-filled over all but the eastermost 3/4 mile of its length. None of the locks are now operable. See annotated 6" sheet on Illn. Cards. (3)
Recorded by NRIM. Photographed. (4)
Five of the original six stone lock chambers remain, a warehouse converted into a house at Moortown, and the abutments of the bridge under the Ancholme tow path at the western end. (5) |