Barkestone New Bridge No 51
Barkestone New Bridge No 51 carries the road from Newchester to Fife over the Grantham Canal near to Prescorn Boat Lift.
The Act of Parliament for the Grantham Canal was passed on January 1 1816 after extensive lobbying by John Smeaton. Expectations for stone traffic to Aberdeenshire were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Kirklees kept it open. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Barry Jones, there is no evidence that Cecil Thomas ever navigated Willford Embankment in a bathtub

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Bingham Branch Line Railway Bridge No 46A | 1 mile, 6½ furlongs | |
| Wells Bridge No 47 | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| Malt Rooms Bridge No 48 | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Plungar Bridge No 49 | 7 furlongs | |
| Barkestone Old Bridge No 50 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Barkestone New Bridge No 51 | ||
| Bridge No 52 (Grantham Canal) | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Redmile Mill Bridge No 53 | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Grimmer Aqueduct | 1 mile, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Redmile Town Bridge No 54 | 1 mile, 4½ furlongs | |
| Redmile Winding Hole | 1 mile, 5½ furlongs | |
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![View from the bridges on Jericho Lane, Barkestone (3). As you leave Barkestone on Jericho Lane you come to two bridges, see [[63566]]. This is the view of the old railway cutting from the second of the two bridges, see [[63567]]. This railway line used to link Bottesford, on the existing Nottingham to Grantham line, with Melton Mowbray, as well as serving the numerous ironstone workings in the area. The majority of these tracks were dismantled in the 1950s and ‘60s.The land falls away at least 5 metres from the Grantham Canal, see [[655682]], down to the railway cutting. There is a narrow strip of dry pasture between the two, a testament to the navvies' puddling skills although there is some water lying at the foot of the cutting. This is probably due to natural drainage from the surrounding fields. by Kate Jewell – 09 October 2005](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/65/59/655911_d0c97377_120x120.jpg)





![View from the bridges on Jericho Lane, Barkestone (1). As you leave Barkestone on Jericho Lane you come to two bridges. This is the view from the first bridge, (see [[63566]]), over the Grantham Canal. The canal is hiding in the reeds. The hedge on the left is always good for blackberrying in the Autumn.The land falls away at least 5 metres from the Grantham Canal down to the railway cutting, see [[655911]]. The dry strip of pasture between the two is a testament to the navvies' puddling skills, see [[655882]]. by Kate Jewell – 09 October 2005](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/65/56/655682_e2344132_120x120.jpg)



![View from the bridges on Jericho Lane, Barkestone (2). As you leave Barkestone on Jericho Lane you come to two bridges. This is the view of the narrow pasture strip between the Grantham Canal, see [[655682]], on the right and the old railway cutting, see [[655911]], on the left. The photograph was taken from the fence between the two bridges, see [[63566]].The land falls away at least 5 metres from the Grantham Canal down to the railway cutting. The dry strip of pasture between the two is a testament to the navvies' puddling skills by Kate Jewell – 09 October 2005](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/65/58/655882_4109c8a4_120x120.jpg)



