Talk:River Foss

Latest comment: 4 years ago by The joy of all things in topic Foss or floss?

Monks Bridge

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The article says ...

It is navigable for just over a mile from Monks Bridge (over the A1036 road)

Aquaducts carrying canals over roads are not unknown, but carrying a river over a road on a bridge is extremely unusual. Is this a mis-speak?. -- Chris j wood 18:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

No response, so I shall assume a mis-speak. -- Chris j wood 11:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Assessment

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This needs assessing by someone other than me, because i have done the major re-write. Unlike the Yorkshire Project which has its own assessment page, the river project doesn't, so i am unsure what the protocol is.Rimmer1993 (talk) 22:35, 13 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

Merge of another article into this one.

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It has been suggested to me by User:GuillaumeTell that there is case for merging the Bridges over the Foss section of the Bridges of York article into this one. I agree with this, but a consensus is needed. Comments please.Rimmer1993 (talk) 14:29, 28 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

Criteria for 'Main Tributaries'

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Hi, I'd be interested in including links to pages that cover some of the tributary streams and becks in York - How have those on the list here been selected? Chronotopian (talk) 19:08, 11 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

I suggest that you get in touch with Rimmer1993 (talk), who added the tributaries and constructed the diagram. --GuillaumeTell 21:04, 11 September 2012 (UTC)Reply
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Foss or floss?

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celtic origin would say Fluss or floss. could there be a 'l' inside? Wikistallion (talk) 19:29, 30 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

No, because the origin is Latin from Fossa, meaning ditch or dyke. The same can be said about the suffixes of Catfoss, Fangfoss, and Wilberfoss.[1][2] Sorry. The joy of all things (talk) 20:37, 30 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 185. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  2. ^ Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 35. ISBN 9781840337532.