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    The River Swale in Yorkshire, England, is a major tributary of the River Ure, which becomes the River Ouse, that empties into the North Sea via the Humber...
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    maps—specifically in his account of the River Swale—suggests that the River Ouse starts at the confluence of the Swale and the Ure. His narrative states that...
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  • silt and pollution Swales, found in the formation of Hummocky cross-stratification River Swale, in North Yorkshire, England The Swale, a channel separating...
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    north-west of the county town of Northallerton on the northern bank of the River Swale. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Brunton in lands owned...
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    Ouse. Tributaries of the Ure include the River Swale and the River Skell. The earliest recorded name of the river is Earp in about 1025, probably an error...
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    Myton-on-Swale is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is about 3 miles (5 kilometres) east of Boroughbridge and on the River Swale. The...
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    The River Wiske is a tributary of the River Swale in Yorkshire, England. The Wiske gives its name to several villages it passes through. The name Wiske...
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  • Swales is an English surname. It either derives from the River Swale or Swallow Hill. Notable people with the surname include: Alonzo Swales (1870–1952)...
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  • HMS Swale, after the River Swale of York: HMS Swale (1905), a Palmer type River-class destroyer in service from 1905 to 1919 HMS Swale (K217), a River-class...
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    North Yorkshire, England, stands in a commanding position above the River Swale, close to the centre of the town of Richmond. It was originally called...
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    Muker and 6 miles (10 km) west of Grinton. The village lies between the River Swale and its tributary, Gunnerside Beck, and is within the Yorkshire Dales...
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    and within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is named after the River Swale, which runs through it. Swaledale is the most northerly of the major...
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    north-west of the county town of Northallerton just to the west of the River Swale. It lends its name to nearby Catterick Garrison and the nearby hamlet...
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    of rivers, nor much agreement as to what constitutes a river. Thus the River Ure and River Ouse can be counted as one river system or as two rivers. If...
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    The name "Swale" is Old English in origin, and is believed to mean "swirling, rushing river", or "rushing water". At these times the Swale was a gully...
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    It is located at the point where Swaledale, the upper valley of the River Swale, opens into the Vale of Mowbray. The town's population at the 2011 census...
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    Skeeby Beck (category Rivers of North Yorkshire)
    direction until it runs into the River Swale at Brompton-on-Swale. The Environment Agency designate the beck as a one river, even though it has four names...
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    town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Bedale Beck is a River Swale tributary, the beck forms one of the Yorkshire Dales. The dale has a...
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    Derwent River Wharfe at Tadcaster Richmond Castle and the River Swale River Ure at Boroughbridge River Nidd and railway viaduct at Knaresborough The use of...
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    motte-and-bailey castles they built and in 1071 work commenced above the River Swale, to build a castle at a site now known as 'Richmond'. The name 'Richmond'...
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    "the narrow newly cultivated field". The location at the meeting of the River Swale and the Straw Beck with plenty of good meadow land around is most likely...
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    Ellerton-on-Swale or Ellerton (historically known as Ellerton-upon-Swale) is a small village and civil parish about a mile east of Catterick in the Richmondshire...
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    on the A61 road, about 4 miles west of Thirsk on the east bank of the River Swale. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Schipetune in the Yarlestre...
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    Yorkshire, England, and a Grade I listed building. It is not far from the River Swale in the Vale of Mowbray. Kiplin Hall is rich in education, in architecture...
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    rivers and more undulating landscape. The vale is the floodplain of the River Swale and its tributaries, including the Wiske and Cod Beck. The river enters...
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    and Faversham, facing the Isle of Sheppey across the estuary of the River Swale. The settlement of Yorkletts is included in the ward. It is approximately...
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    the same peat bogs here, within a kilometre of each other: the River Swale and River Ure. It starts life as Red Gill Beck, then becomes Hell Gill Beck...
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    catchment to the north west and the Whitsundale Beck from Source to River Swale catchment to the south east. The Nine Standards offer a better viewpoint...
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    granted to the Prince Bishops of Durham. The watershed between the River Swale and the River Ure was the southern border with the Hang Wapentake while the...
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    Bridge (also known as Richmond Bridge) is a road bridge crossing the River Swale in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. Until the building of Mercury...
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