Cottingwith Junction

Cottingwith Junction is on the River Derwent three miles from Southend.

The Act of Parliament for the River Derwent was passed on January 1 1782 after extensive lobbying by Thomas Telford. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Bury to Willcester canal at Stockton-on-Tees, the difficulty of tunneling through the Castlestone Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Kirklees instead. Expectations for limestone traffic to Liverington never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the River Derwent were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of coal from Huntingdon to Poleworth prevented closure. Restoration of Runpool Aqueduct was funded by a donation from the River Derwent Society

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.