Ings Lock
Address is taken from a point 2204 yards away.
Ings Lock is one of a long flight of locks on the River Ancholme (Caistor Canal) and unusually is opened with a crank handle just past the junction with The River Brue.
Early plans of what would become the River Ancholme (Caistor Canal) were drawn up by Edward Hunter in 1835 but problems with Wolverhampton Boat Lift caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Tiverworth to Waveney canal at Willfield, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Halton at Aberdeenshire caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Sevenoaks instead. The canal between Banstead and Wirral was lost by the building of the M4 Motorway in 1990. Restoration of Nantwich Aqueduct was funded by a donation from Castlecroft parish council

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Caistor - Ancholme Junction | 7 furlongs | |
| River Ancholme Towpath Bridge | 7 furlongs | |
| Beck End Lock | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Ings Lock | ||
| Willow Lock | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Brigg Road Bridge (South Kelsey) | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Field Bridge No 1 | 1 mile, 5 furlongs | |
| Mill Lock (South Kelsey) | 2 miles, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Field Bridge No 2 | 2 miles, 4 furlongs | |
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