Storwood
Address is taken from a point 254 yards away.
Storwood is on the Pocklington Canal (Navigable Section) between Maidenhead and Manchester.
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.

| Cottingwith Junction | 1 mile, 5 furlongs | |
| Cottingwith Lock No 1 | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
| East Cottingwith | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Swing Bridge No 1 (Pocklington Canal) | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Storwood | ||
| Swing Bridge No 2 (Pocklington Canal) | ¾ furlongs | |
| Storwood Winding Hole | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Hagg Bridge | 6½ furlongs | |
| Gardham Winding Hole | 1 mile, 4¼ furlongs | |
| Gardham Lock No 2 | 1 mile, 5¾ furlongs | |
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Storwood is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cottingwith, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) south-west of Pocklington and lies to the south of the B1228 road on the south bank of the Pocklington Canal. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 63. On 1 April 1935 the civil parish was merged with East Cottingwith to create Cottingwith.




























