See also:

• DERWENT (Celtic Dwr-gent, clear water)

DERWENT (See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic Dwr-gent, clear See also:

• WATER

water)  , the name of several See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers . (I) The See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire See also:

• DERWENT (Celtic Dwr-gent, clear water)

Derwent collects the greater See also:

• PART

part of the drainage of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Yorkshire See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

moors, rising in their eastern part . A See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-stream, however, rises in the Yorkshire Wolds near See also:

• FILEY

Filey, little more than a mile from the North See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, from which it is separated by a morainic See also:

• DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)

deposit, and thus flows in an inland direction . The See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early course of the Derwent lies through a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat open valley between the North Yorkshire moors and the Yorkshire Wolds, the upper part of which is known as the Carrs, when the See also:

• RIVER

river follows an artificial drainage cut . It receives numerous tributaries from the moors, then breaches the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low hills below See also:

• MALTON

Malton in a narrow picturesque .valley, and debouches upon the central See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of Yorkshire . Its direction, hitherto See also:

• WESTERLY

westerly and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-westerly from the Carrs, now becomes southerly, and it flows roughly parallel to the See also:

• OUSE

Ouse, which it joins near Barmby-on-the-See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

Marsh, in the level See also:

• DISTRICT

district between See also:

• SELBY
• SELBY, WILLIAM COURT GULLY

Selby and the head of the See also:

• HUMBER

Humber See also:

• ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary, after a course, excluding See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor sinuosities, of about 70 M . As a tributary of the Ouse it is included in the Humber See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin . It is tidal up to See also:

• SUTTON
• SUTTON, SIR RICHARD (d. c. 1524)
• SUTTON, THOMAS (c. 1532—1611)

Sutton-upon-Derwent, 15 M. from the junction with the Ouse, and is locked up to Malton, but the See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation is little used . A See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal leads See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east from the tidal See also:

• WATER

water to the small See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

• TOWN

town of Pocklington . (2) The See also:

• DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire Derwent rises in Bleaklow See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill north of the See also:

• PEAK, THE

Peak and traverses a narrow See also:

• DALE, ROBERT WILLIAM (1829-1895)
• DALE, SIR THOMAS (d. 1619)

dale, which, with those of such tributary streams as the Noe, watering See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope Valley, and the Wye, is famous for its beauty (see DERBYSHIRE) . The Derwent flows south past See also:

• CHATSWORTH

Chatsworth, See also:

• MATLOCK

Matlock and See also:

• BELPER

Belper and then, passing See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby, debouches upon a low plain, and turns south-eastward, with an extremely sinuous course, to join the See also:

• TRENT
• TRENT (Lat. Tridentum; Ital. Trento; Ger. relent)
• TRENT, COUNCIL OF

Trent near Sawley . Its length is about 6o m .

It falls in all some 1700 ft . (from Matlock 200 ft.), and no part is navigable, See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save certain reaches at Matlock and elsewhere for See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure boats . (3) The See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland Derwent rises below See also:

• GREAT

Great End in the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake District, draining Spinkling and See also:

• STY

Sty Head tarns, and flows through Borrowdale, receiving a considerable tributary from See also:

• LANG, ANDREW (1844— )
• LANG, KARL HEINRICH, RITTER VON (1764-1835)

Lang Strath . It then drains the lakes of See also:

• DERWENTWATER
• DERWENTWATER, EARL OF

Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite, after which its course, hitherto N. and N.N.W., turns W. and W. by S. past See also:

• COCKERMOUTH

Cockermouth to the Irish Sea at See also:

• WORKINGTON

Workington . The length is about 34 m., and the fall about 2000 ft . (from Derwentwater 244 ft.); the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters are usually beautifully clear, and the river is not navigable . At a former See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period this stream must have formed one large lake covering the whole See also:

• AREA

area which includes Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite; between which a flat alluvial plain is formed of the deposits of the river Greta, which now joins the Derwent from the east immediately below Derwentwater, and the See also:

• NEWLANDS, JOHN ALEXANDER REINA (1838-1898)

Newlands See also:

• BECK (or BEEK), DAVID (1621—1656)
• BECK, CHRISTIAN DANIEL (1757-1832)
• BECK, JAKOB SIGISMUND (1761-1840)

Beck, which enters Bassenthwaite . In See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of high See also:

• FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
• FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

flood this plain is said to have been submerged, and the two lakes thus reunited . (4) A river Derwent rises in the Pennines near the See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders of See also:

• NORTHUMBERLAND
• NORTHUMBERLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN NEVILLE, EARL OF (c. 1430-1471)

Northumberland and See also:

• DURHAM
• DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (1792–1840)

Durham, and, forming a large part of the boundary between these counties, takes a north-easterly course of 30 M. to the See also:

• TYNE

Tyne, which it joins 3 M. above See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

Newcastle .