Aike Beck

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title: "Aike Beck" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["canals-in-the-east-riding-of-yorkshire", "rivers-of-the-east-riding-of-yorkshire", "beck-watercourses"] description: "Former watercourse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England" topic_path: "general/canals-in-the-east-riding-of-yorkshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aike_Beck" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Former watercourse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox Canal"]

Field	Value
name	Aike Beck
image	Pond at Aike - geograph.org.uk - 249300.jpg
image_caption	A small pond near Beck Lane, Aike is the only part of Aike Beck still in water
alt	An overgrown pond
original_owner	Hotham family
date_completed	1790s
date_closed	1850s
start_point	Lockington Landing
end_point	Aike
connects_to	River Hull
locks	2
status	defunct
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|name = Aike Beck |image = Pond at Aike - geograph.org.uk - 249300.jpg |image_caption = A small pond near Beck Lane, Aike is the only part of Aike Beck still in water | alt = An overgrown pond |former_names = |original_owner = Hotham family |engineer = |other_engineer = |date_act = |date_use = |date_completed = 1790s |date_closed = 1850s |date_restored = |len = |len_in = |original_boat_length = |original_boat_length_in = |len_note = |beam = |beam_in = |original_beam = |original_beam_in = |beam_note = |start_point = Lockington Landing |original_start = |start_note = |end_point = Aike |original_end = |end_note = |branch = |branch_of = |connects_to = River Hull |locks = 2 |original_num_locks = |lock_note = |elev = |elev_note = |status = defunct |navigation_authority = Aike Beck or the Lockington Navigation was a stream in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which was constructed as a navigation in the late 18th century, and ceased to function as such in the 1850s. The water supply came from Bryan Mills Beck and Scorborough Beck, but in 1988, these were diverted to feed into Arram Beck, and most of the channel was filled in with material from the flood banks.

History

Aike Beck joined the River Hull 0.4 mi above its junction with the Leven Canal. Navigable for no more than 2 mi from the river, its main function was to carry coal, and it had two canal locks taking craft of 40 feet by 8 feet 10 inches (12 m x 2.7 m). One was an entrance lock where the Beck joined the River Hull, and the other was about halfway along the navigation. Below the middle lock, Aike Beck was enlarged, while above it, the course of the navigation was made much straighter than the original course of the beck. Coal and agricultural fertiliser was transferred from keel boats to the smaller, shallow draughted boats used on the navigation, and hauled by horse or manpower to Lockington wharf.

The navigation was constructed in the late 18th century by the Hotham family who owned large amounts of land in the area. The civil engineer for the project was William Chapman, who had submitted the original plans in 1796.|group="note"}} In 1809 engineer William Chapman reported to the drainage commissioners that the locks on the navigation had raised water levels and caused flooding.

As part of an agreement with Lord Hotham to not oppose the construction of the Hull and Selby Railway (Bridlington branch) in the 1840s, the proprietors of the line agreed not to provide coal handling facilities in the vicinity of his canal.

It is thought to have ceased to be used for navigation in the 1850s, as it appears to be derelict on the 1855 Ordnance Survey map,

The Beck was supplied with water by Bryan Mills Beck and Scorborough Beck. The latter was also used for navigation in the early 19th century.

In 1988, Aike and Arram Beck were altered, removing Aike Beck's connection to the River Hull completely. The waters of Scorborough Beck and Bryan Mills Beck were routed southwards along a catchwater drain, which runs beside the railway line to join Arram Beck. The original course of the navigation was largely filled in, using material from the embankments on either side of the channel. All that remains is a small section containing water near Beck Lane in Aike, and a slight indentation in the bank of the Hull where Aike Beck used to enter.

The former junction of Aike Beck with the river marks the point at which the Driffield Navigation, upstream from the junction, becomes the River Hull, below it.

Location

;Situated on the Driffield Navigation

• Next place upstream = Wilfholme Landing
• Next place downstream = Leven Canal

Points of interest

Notes

Bibliography

• {{cite book |title=A History of the Hull and Scarborough Railway |editor-first=John F. |editor-last = Addyman |editor2-first=Bill |editor2-last=Fawcett |year=2013 |publisher=North Eastern Railway Association |isbn=978-1-905505-30-2
• {{cite book |url=http://www.eylhs.org.uk/inland%20waterways.pdf |title=The Inland Waterways of East Yorkshire 1700–1900 |first=Baron F. |last=Duckham |publisher=East Yorkshire Local History Society |year=1973 |isbn=978-0-900349-29-4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322233552/http://www.eylhs.org.uk/inland%20waterways.pdf |archive-date=22 March 2012
• {{cite book |title=The Canals of Yorkshire and North East England (Vol 2) |year=1973 |first=Charles |last=Hadfield |publisher=David and Charles |isbn=978-0-7153-5975-4
• {{cite book |first1=Ian |last1=Reid |first2=Joy |last2=Harris |first3=Colin |last3=Walker |title=Becks, Banks, Drains and Brains |publisher=East Riding of Yorkshire Council (River Hull Valley Drainage Heritage Group) |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-9552912-1-0
• {{cite book |first=Sir Alec |last=Skempton |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: 1500 to 1830 |publisher=Thomas Telford |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-7277-2939-2

References

References

1. {{harvnb. Hadfield. 1973
2. Ordnance Survey, 1:10,560 map, 1855
3. (November 2005). "East Riding of Yorkshire Landsscape Assessment". East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
4. {{harvnb. Skempton. 2002
5. {{harvnb. Duckham. 1973

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