Everything about River Ouse Yorkshire totally explained
The
River Ouse (pronounced "ooze") is a river in
North Yorkshire,
England. The river is formed from the
River Ure at Cuddy Shaw Reach near
Linton-on-Ouse, about 6 miles downstream of the confluence of the
River Swale with the River Ure. It then flows through the city of
York and the towns of
Selby and
Goole before joining with the
River Trent at
Trent Falls, near the village of
Faxfleet, to form the
Humber Estuary.
The Ouse's system of tributaries (which includes the
Derwent,
Aire,
Don,
Wharfe,
Rother,
Nidd,
Swale,
Ure, and
Foss) drains a large upland area of Northern England, including much of the
Yorkshire Dales and
North York Moors.
The Ouse valley is a wide, flat plain; heavy rainfall in the river's
catchment area can bring severe flooding to nearby settlements. In recent years both
York and
Selby, and villages in between, have been very badly hit. The river has two weirs with locks, at
Linton-on-Ouse and
Naburn, so that boats of 45.7 m length and 4.6 m beam can reach York.
In the 18th and 19th centuries there was considerable commercial traffic on the river, mainly from Selby, which then had a custom house, downstream, but after 1826 with the opening of the
Aire and Calder Navigation most traffic was concentrated on the port of
Goole, which continues until today, though the coal trade which formed its backbone has ceased.
Meaning
The word 'ouse' is a very common name for rivers in England - it derives from the Celtic word 'Usa', from
*udso-, which simply means 'water'. 'River Ouse' therefore actually means 'River Water', etymologically.
It has been suggested that the 'Ouse' was once all known as the 'Ure', but there seems to be no supporting evidence for this claim. In fact, more credence is given to the assertion that the name derives from the Old Celtic word for 'Ure', 'Isara', which over time evolved into 'Isure', 'Isurium', 'Isis' and finally the Saxon 'Ouse'. This linguistic evolution also goes some way to explaining how the little tributary 'Ouse Gill Beck' which enters at Linton-on-Ouse usurps the name of the much larger river 'Ure'.
Settlements
(From confluence of Swale and Ure)
(Joins Trent to form Humber)Further Information
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