Key Words :- canal navigation lock Drifffield Navigation

Viewing the Site :- Can be viewed from the road, B1249

Address :- B1249, Wansford, Driffield, East Yorkshire, YO25 8NU
Grid Ref :- TA 06236 56180
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.990751 , Long -0.381133
Local Authority :- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - East Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1162232,
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 1770 -

Description and History of Site:-
Lock on the Driffield Navigation of 1770. Red brick with gritstone dressings. Shaped lock basin with batter to sides. Massive capstones. A single timber mooring- post survives to the north side. The upper lock gate was replaced per 2001while the lower or eastern gate was replaced in 2009.

Further Reading and References:-
Skempton A W, The Engineering Works of John Grundy (1719-1783), Soc for Linc. History and Archaeology, 1985
Wright N R, John Grundy of Spalding Engineer: 1719-1783, Lincolnshire County Council, ND
Pevsner N Neave D, The Buildings of England - Yorkshire: York and the Eats Riding, Penguin London, 2001
http://driffieldnavigationtrust.org/
https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MHU4840&resourceID=1043
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driffield_Navigation

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