- West Beck
Starting in the foothills of the
Yorkshire Wolds , West Beck is the common name given to the upper section of the oldRiver Hull . After reachingFrodingham Beck atEmmotland , it becomes called the River Hull.Location
Starting at Elmswell as a spring, it follows a course which takes it past
Little Driffield , around the southern edge ofDriffield , through Wansford, pastCorpslanding , and joins theDriffield Navigation atEmmotland .History
Used, near
Driffield , as a source of power forflour mill s.The lower sections of the west beck are navigable, and
Yorkshire Keel s used to reach Wansford. Due to the shallowness of the river, anAct of Parliament was passed to create theDriffield Navigation . The main route was made further north usingFrodingham Beck , and then a newcanal fromFisholme through Wansford toDriffield , but the act included navigation toCorpslanding .The
village ofHutton Cranswick created a wharf atCorpslanding , and this has now become the upper legal limit of navigation on the waterway.Mileage table
Location Miles from Emmotland Emmotland (Junction)0 Corpslanding (navigable limit)1.8 Wansford, East Riding of Yorkshire 4.4 Driffield 8.4 Little Driffield 9.5 Elmswell 10.6 See also
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Driffield Navigation
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