The Horncastle Canal was a broad canal which ran 11 miles (18 km) from the River Witham to Horncastle in Lincolnshire, England,[1] through twelve locks[2] largely following the course of the River Bain. The canal opened in 1802, and was abandoned for navigation in 1889.
The HorncastleCanal was a broad canal which ran 11 miles (18 km) from the River Witham to Horncastle in Lincolnshire, England, through twelve locks largely...
led by Sir Joseph Banks canalized the Bain between Horncastle and the Witham. The HorncastleCanal opened in 1802 and was an important goods route before...
Horncastle is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, England. It is 17 miles (27 km) east of Lincoln. Its population...
the site of the old dry dock of the HorncastleCanal. Clarke, J. N. (1990). The Horncastle and Tattershall Canal. Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-398-2. Ordnance...
In 1791, as part of the campaign to promote the construction of the HorncastleCanal, the Commissioners of the River Witham asked the engineer William Jessop...
The following list of canals in the United Kingdom, includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation)...
'ringed' by several small market towns that lie around their edge: Alford Horncastle, billed on tourist signs as the "gateway to the Wolds", lies just outside...
(1977). The Canals of Eastern England. David and Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-7415-3. Clarke, J.N. (1990). The Horncastle and Tattershall Canal. Oakwood Press...
Below Trent Falls, the Humber passes the junction with the Market Weighton Canal on the north shore, the confluence of the River Ancholme on the south shore;...
travelling from Lincoln to Cambridge. The HorncastleCanal dates back to 1792, linking the town of Horncastle to the Witham and incorporating the route...
Stamford, the Gwash crossed the Stamford Canal, requiring some elaborate hydraulic works. Although the canal has been dry for over a century, the Borderville...
(average) Discharge at mouth m3/s (maximum) Notes Image River Bain HorncastleCanal, Horncastle Navigation, Old River Bain Ludford 130 River Witham 1 Barlings...
By the early 1980s, the scheme had grown to include further links to Horncastle and the Foss Dyke, thus creating a northern Lincolnshire waterways network...
Canal Act 1792 or the HorncastleCanal Act 1792 32 Geo. 3. c. 107 11 June 1792 An Act for enlarging and improving the Canal called Tattershall Canal,...
river section below Market Deeping. The canal section was known as the Stamford Canal, and was the longest canal with locks in Britain when it was built...
Horncastle and Kirkstead Junction Railway was a seven mile long single track branch railway line in Lincolnshire, England, that ran from Horncastle to...
is from Old English burne, burna ("spring, fountain"). AA Bourne-Morton Canal Atkinson, Tim; Farrant, Andrew (25 June 2015). "Groundwater in Jurassic...
water. Before the railway there had been traffic from the Bain and the HorncastleCanal It served the village of Dogdyke in Lincolnshire, England until closure...
The Carlisle Canal opened in 1823, linking Carlisle to the Solway Firth, to facilitate the transport of goods to and from the city. It was a short-lived...
confluence of River Bain and Haltham Beck. The Bain was canalised into the HorncastleCanal in the 1790s with the Old Course now little more than a stream in many...
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