 The Fall Ings Cut was opened in 1761, making the River Calder navigable above Wakefield.
Ings: low-lying fertile land by a river. In Yorkshire English: "T'watter's gitten ower t'ingses." (double plural) - The water has got over the ings. (Peter Wright, Yorkshire's Yammer, Dalesman Books, 1994)
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 Wakefield's canals circa 1841 from the Ordnance Survey Map Doncaster & Wakefield Sheet 22 (the railways shown were updated after initial publication)
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 Fall Ings Lock, where the Calder & Hebble Navigation meets the Aire & Calder Navigation (Wakefield Branch).
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 Another view of the lock gate, looking downstream at the River Calder.
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Fall Ings Lock, looking towards the River Calder (Aire and Calder Navigation). The water level is lower on this side of the gate.
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 Fall Ings Lock, residential moorings.
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 A temporary mooring for this narrowboat at Fall Ings Lock. Shortly afterwards the journey resumed upstream on the Calder & Hebble Navigation.
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 Fall Ings Lock looking westwards.
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.jpg) A narrowboat heading downstream waits in the temporary moorings as the lock is opened to allow passage for another boat going upstream.
The residential moorings are in the background.
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-s.jpg) Fall Ings Lock, an oasis of tranquility.
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 When Coal Was King. Fall Ings Lock and the coal trade. Read about local hero, William H. Bartholomew, Tom Puddings and Fall Ings Lock. An interesting bit of Wakefield History courtesy of British Waterways at Fall Ings Lock.
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-s.jpg) But coal is no longer king, today cruising the inland waterways is a popular leisure activity. The nearest boat is heading downstream and is about to enter the lock that connects the Calder & Hebble with the Aire & Calder Navigation. The boat heading upstream is travelling through the Fall Ings Cut towards Wakefield Flood Lock and Wakefield Pond.
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-s.jpg) Fall Ings Cut at Fall Ings Lock, looking upstream towards Wakefield Flood Lock.
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 Fall Ings Cut, view beneath Doncaster Road and
Barnsley Road Bridges to the Flood Lock.
Calder & Hebble Navigation, Wakefield.
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 Fall Ings Cut, view of
Barnsley Road Bridge through to the Flood Lock.
Calder & Hebble Navigation, Wakefield.
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 Chantry Waters, Fall Ings Cut, Calder & Hebble Navigation.
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 Fall Ings Cut, viewed from Doncaster Road Bridge.
© John S. Sargent 25th March 2010. |
 Fall Ings Cut, looking towards Doncaster Road Bridge and Chantry Waters, Calder & Hebble Navigation. The area is still in the process of being regenerated after progress was slowed by the economic downturn.
© John S. Sargent 25th March 2010. |
 Fall Ings Cut viewed towards the Doncaster Road Bridge from Barnsley Road. New apartments have replaced the motor car showroom and repair garage formerly on this site.
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Fall Ings Lock & Fall Ings Cut (Calder and Hebble Navigation)
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