13-607: The Gypsey Race is a winterbourne stream that rises to the east of Wharram-le-Street and flows through the villages of Duggleby , Kirby Grindalythe , West Lutton , East Lutton , Helperthorpe , Weaverthorpe , Butterwick , Foxholes , Wold Newton , Burton Fleming , Rudston and Boynton . The stream flows into the North Sea in Bridlington harbour. It is the most northerly of the Yorkshire chalk streams. The Gypsey Race rises in
26-490: A unitary authority which is responsible for all significant local government functions. The Church of England parish church of St Mary Magdalen is Grade II listed . The church has 12th-century origins but was rebuilt in 1878 by William Butterfield . A National School was built in 1847 and educated children of all ages until 1949. It became a Church of England primary school which closed in 1971; local children go to Broad Hinton or Lockeridge . The village pub ,
39-585: A special case of an intermittent stream . Winterbourne is a British term derived from the Old English winterburna ("winter stream"). A winterbourne is sometimes simply called a bourne , from the Anglo-Saxon word for a stream flowing from a spring, although this term can also be used for all-year water courses. Winterbournes generally form in areas where there is chalk (or other porous rock) downland bordering clay valleys or vales . When it rains,
52-492: The A4361 road between Swindon and Devizes . The large Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Windmill Hill , in the southeast towards Avebury, is partly in the parish. The eastern boundary of the parish is the ancient trackway known as The Ridgeway . Domesday Book in 1086 recorded a settlement at Wintreborne with 32 households, and land held by Glastonbury Abbey . The name Winterbourne (first evidenced in 869) refers to
65-570: The Great Wold Valley through a series of springs and flows intermittently between Duggleby and West Lutton where it runs underground in the chalk aquifer before re-surfacing in Rudston. It has been known during very wet conditions for the stream to re-appear at Wold Newton some 4.3 miles (7 km) north-west of Rudston. Water from the aquifer running between West Lutton and Wold Newton also heads south to re-appear at Elmswell feeding West Beck and
78-581: The Kennet , which at this point is seasonal . The Monkton suffix reflects the Glastonbury estate, to distinguish the parish and village from other Winterbournes in Wiltshire, including Winterbourne Bassett which is close by to the north. After the dissolution of Glastonbury, the manor was granted to Edward Seymour , later Duke of Somerset, who soon sold it. Sir James Harvey , later Lord Mayor of London , bought
91-601: The River Hull . According to folklore, when the Gypsey Race is flowing in flood (The Woe Waters), bad fortune is at hand. It was in flood in the year before the Great Plague of 1665–66, the restoration of Charles II (1660) and the landing of William of Orange (1688), before both World War One and World War Two , plus the bad winters of 1947 and 1962. The stream also badly flooded the village of Burton Fleming in 2012 when
104-611: The effect. For an example, see the River Pang in Berkshire. Winterbournes occasionally give their names to settlements. Many of the United Kingdom's 'Winterbournes' are villages in Dorset , such as Winterbourne Abbas , Winterborne Monkton , Winterborne St Martin , Winterborne Zelston , Winterborne Houghton and Winterborne Whitechurch . In north Wiltshire , north of Avebury , there are
117-796: The foot of the South Downs through a park, a housing estate and a public garden, ending at the Railway Land Nature Reserve where it meets the River Ouse. It is a clear and verdant stream, much frequented by ducks. Another winterbourne stream is the River Lavant found In Chichester, West Sussex. Winterbourne Monkton Winterbourne Monkton is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Avebury Stone Circle and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Marlborough . The village lies immediately west of
130-529: The manor in 1577. In 1621 it was inherited through marriage by John Popham MP of Littlecote House , who was succeeded by his brother Alexander (died 1669, also an MP). The manor continued in the Popham family until c.1899, and was sold as four farms in 1917. Winterbourne Monkton elects a joint parish council with the adjacent parish of Berwick Bassett . It falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council ,
143-523: The porous chalk holds water in its aquifer , releasing the water at a steady rate. During dry seasons the water table may fall below the level of the stream's bed, causing it to dry out. Exploitation of chalk aquifers as a domestic water source in Britain has had the effect of converting many streams and rivers into artificial winterbournes. This effect is controversial, and local campaigns have often been successful in reducing aquifer abstraction and reversing
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#1732844763863156-419: The villages of Winterbourne Monkton and Winterbourne Bassett , and in south Wiltshire, north-east of Salisbury , Winterbourne Dauntsey , Winterbourne Earls and Winterbourne Gunner . In South Gloucestershire there are the villages of Winterbourne and Winterbourne Down . There is a winterbourne stream in a suburban area of Lewes , East Sussex. The area is also called Winterbourne. The stream runs from
169-548: The water was 2 feet (0.61 m) deep in places. Villagers in Boynton have an annual duck race on the stream in May. Hundreds of yellow plastic ducks are paid for and race the Race in aid of funds for the village hall. [REDACTED] Media related to Gypsey Race at Wikimedia Commons Winterbourne (stream) A winterbourne is a stream or river that is dry through the summer months,
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