Thornton Lock No 3
Address is taken from a point 266 yards away.
Thornton Lock No 3 is one of a long flight of locks on the Pocklington Canal (Navigable Section) and unusually is opened with a crank handle.
The Act of Parliament for the Pocklington Canal (Navigable Section) was passed on January 1 1782 after extensive lobbying by Peter Harding. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Stockport to Northampton canal at Kings Lynn, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Rochester at Newchester caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Bassetlaw instead. The three mile section between Barnsley and Amberscorn was closed in 1905 after a breach at Teignbridge. According to George Jones's "Ghost Stories and Legends of The Inland Waterways" book, Manworth Embankment is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

This is a lock with a rise of 6 feet and 1 inch.
| Swing Bridge No 5 (Pocklington Canal) | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Swing Bridge No 6 (Pocklington Canal) | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Melbourne Junction | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Church Road Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Thornton Lock Winding Hole | ¼ furlongs | |
| Thornton Lock No 3 | ||
| Black Beck Aqueduct | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Walbut Bridge | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Walbut Lock No 4 | 5½ furlongs | |
| Swing Bridge No 7 (Pocklington Canal) | 1 mile, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Bielby Arm | 1 mile, 4¾ furlongs | |
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