The Foss Dyke, or Fossdyke, connects the River Trent at Torksey to Lincoln, the county town of Lincolnshire, and may be the oldest canal in England that...
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Car Dyke, a Roman boundary ditch in Eastern England Devil's Dyke (disambiguation), one of several ancient embankments or ditches (or both) Foss Dyke, a...
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bishop Foss Dyke, a canal in Lincolnshire, England Foss-Eikeland, a village in Sandnes, Norway River Foss, a river in North Yorkshire, England, U.K. Foss, Oklahoma...
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the Romans – who connected it to the River Trent by constructing the Foss Dyke – and has a long industrial heritage. Today, the waterfront surrounding...
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northern end accounts of Roman Britain describe it as an extension of the Foss Dyke, an accepted transport route. Near Morton, Lincolnshire, a boatload of...
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prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Emperor Hadrian visits Britain. Foss Dyke is constructed in Britain. A Kushan ambassadorial contingent visits with...
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irrigation. The Romans also created several navigable canals, such as Foss Dyke, to link rivers, enabling increased transport inland by water. The United...
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Lincoln were canalised, possibly as early as Roman times, as part of the Foss Dyke. Much of the channel is managed by the Environment Agency as it is classified...
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rivers, along with the restoration and enlargement of the Foss Dyke in Lincolnshire. The Foss Dyke was thought to be the oldest canal still in use in Britain...
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inland boundaries from the courses of the Witham and Trent rivers, and the Foss Dyke between them. A marshy region south of the Humber known as the Isle of...
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the scheme had grown to include further links to Horncastle and the Foss Dyke, thus creating a northern Lincolnshire waterways network, but the area...
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only as alignment and crop marks) Caistor, Roman town and fort. Car Dyke Foss Dyke, Roman canal between Lincoln and the River Trent Horncastle, Roman town...
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for retired soldiers. By ca.120 – Probable creation by Romans of the Foss Dyke as a navigable waterway from the River Trent to Lincoln. 3rd C. - Newport...
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to 3,992 at the 2011 census. The village lies on the north bank of the Foss Dyke, which possibly dates back to Roman times. The name is of Viking origin...
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Eau Brant Caistor Canal Catchwater Drain River Eau Fens Waterways Link Foss Dyke Freshney Glen Grantham Canal Great Eau Forty Foot Drain Gwash The Haven...
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county border with Nottinghamshire. The village sits on the bank of the Foss Dyke, a canal which runs from the River Trent at Torksey to the River Witham...
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Eau Brant Caistor Canal Catchwater Drain River Eau Fens Waterways Link Foss Dyke Freshney Glen Grantham Canal Great Eau Forty Foot Drain Gwash The Haven...
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Foss Dyke, which from there a mile north-west is the boundary with North Kesteven. At Saxilby with Ingleby it deviates westwards from the Foss Dyke,...
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Airport (STN) Manchester Airport (MAN) Lincolnshire is served by the Foss Dyke canal, an ancient waterway of Roman origin, which connects the River Trent...
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Wigford Way before merging into Brayford Pool and continuing west as Foss Dyke. The Foss Dyke then becomes a canal walk between Lincoln and Saxilby via Burton...
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pick up, thanks in part to the Agricultural Revolution. Reopening of the Foss Dyke canal eased imports of coal and other raw materials vital to industry...
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Carries the Poacher Line (Nottingham to Skegness) Saxilby Rail Bridge Foss Dyke Saxilby Iron Beam Carries Lincoln to Gainsborough Line Spalding East Railway...
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is also a pub restaurant, the Crow's Nest. The village is also home to Foss Dyke Band who became one of the few brass bands in the UK to gain promotion...
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the river passes Church Laneham and reaches Torksey, where it meets the Foss Dyke navigation which connects the Trent to Lincoln and the River Witham. Further...
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Eau Brant Caistor Canal Catchwater Drain River Eau Fens Waterways Link Foss Dyke Freshney Glen Grantham Canal Great Eau Forty Foot Drain Gwash The Haven...
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1.5 mi (2 km) 2 1800 1952 Abandoned - majority of the route now lost Foss Dyke 11.3 mi (18 km) 1 74.5 15.17 E 1121 Fully navigable Galton's Canal 1.4 mi...
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the terminal basin for the Bourne Eau when it was navigable. The Roman Car Dyke, now reused as a drainage channel, originally ran though the town, passing...
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(Bailgate) Granite stones mark locations of the now subsurface columns. Foss Dyke ? Canal Between Lincoln and Torksey c.120AD Fosse Way ? Road Between Exeter...
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boats using the Witham and going from Brayford Pool, at the start of Foss Dyke, to Boston and the sea. Since the 14th century, the bridge has contributed...
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held every four years. North Kesteven borders West Lindsey (along the Foss Dyke and the River Witham) and the city of Lincoln to the north, East Lindsey...
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