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Latitude: 53.4777 / 53°28'39"N
Longitude: -0.4784 / 0°28'42"W
OS Eastings: 501080
OS Northings: 398967
OS Grid: TF010989
Mapcode National: GBR TX37.71
Mapcode Global: WHGGV.MVD8
Plus Code: 9C5XFGHC+3J
Entry Name: Ancholme Tow Path Bridge at TF 010990, Caistor Canal
Listing Date: 2 April 2004
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1396409
English Heritage Legacy ID: 501250
ID on this website: 101396409
Location: West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, LN7
County: Lincolnshire
District: West Lindsey
Civil Parish: South Kelsey
Traditional County: Lincolnshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lincolnshire
Church of England Parish: South Kelsey St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Lincoln
Tagged with: Bridge
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02-APR-04
SOUTH KELSEY
Ancholme tow path bridge at TF 010990, Caistor Canal
GV
II
Canal towpath bridge. c.1793-5. Ashlar abutments of fine large blocks. Simple C20 steel span.
HISTORY. The Caistor Canal was built under an Act of Parliament of 1793 following the survey of the engineer William Jessop in 1792. It was disused by 1877. It ran from the River Ancholme Navigation eastward towards the town of Caistor, but only about half was constructed and it reached to the village of Moortown, a distance of about 4.5 miles. C19 OS maps show six locks. The highest of these, near the basin at Moortown, had totally disappeared by the 1960's together with any other remains of a wharf, basin, or buildings there might once have been at the village end. However the other five locks survive and are complete except for gates and paddle gear. A former bridge at South Kelsey has been replaced but this foot or horse bridge carrying the tow path of the Ancholme over the entrance to the canal survives. The span is of C20 steel and not of special architectural interest but it rests on abutments of stone which are similar to those of the locks (q.v.). This bridge forms a group with Lock No. 1. The whole series of these locks and bridge is a significant survival of C18 canal engineering and displays an impressive quality of construction.
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