7-640: The River Laver is a tributary of the River Skell , itself a tributary of the River Ure in North Yorkshire , England. The name is of Brittonic origin, from labaro , meaning "talkative", i.e. a babbling brook. The Afon Llafar in Wales shares the same name. The Laver is noted as a fly fishing river, especially for brown trout and grayling . The river has its origins in a number of small streams which rise on
14-644: The Middle Ages the river was known as "Heaven Water", presumably from its association with Fountains Abbey. The flow of the River Skell has been measured at Alma Weir in Ripon, near to its confluence with the Ure since 1984. The thirty year record shows that the catchment of 120 square kilometres (46 sq mi) to the gauging station yields an average flow of 1.54 cubic metres per second (54 cu ft/s). In June 2007
21-549: The River Skell at the western edge of Ripon . The flow of the River Laver has been measured at a weir in Ripon, near to its confluence with the Skell since 1977. The thirty seven year record shows that the catchment of 88 square kilometres (34 sq mi) to the gauging station yields an average flow of 1.1 cubic metres per second (39 cu ft/s). In June 2007 the highest river level of 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in) over
28-440: The moors between upper Nidderdale and Kirkby Malzeard . The two largest of these streams, North Gill Beck and South Gill Beck, meet in a narrow wooded valley at Dallowgill to form the River Laver. The river continues to flow through a narrow wooded valley, before broadening at Laverton . The riverbanks again become densely wooded near Winksley , then become more open and shallow as the river approaches Ripon. The river joins
35-596: The park the river bed is porous rock that allows some or all of the flow to disappear underground. After this, the river re-emerges on the surface and enters the city of Ripon , and on the outskirts receives its largest tributary, the River Laver . The Skell enters the River Ure 0.5 miles (1 km) east of the centre of Ripon. The name is from the Old Norse skjallr , meaning "resounding", from its swift and noisy course. In
42-478: The river is known as Skell Beck. Descending from the moor the river enters Skell Gill, a narrow wooded valley. The river valley gradually broadens, but remains well wooded, passing the village of Grantley and the 17th century Grantley Hall . The river enters Studley Royal Park and flows past Fountains Hall and the ruins of Fountains Abbey . Below the abbey the river was dammed in the 18th century to form an ornamental lake and water garden . Downstream from
49-445: The weir was recorded, which was estimated to have a flow of 65 cubic metres per second (2,300 cu ft/s). [REDACTED] Media related to River Laver at Wikimedia Commons River Skell The River Skell is a 12-mile-long (19 km) tributary of the River Ure in North Yorkshire , England. Its source is in boggy ground on moorland 2 miles (3 km) north of Pateley Bridge . For its first 2 miles (3 km)
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