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River Greet

May 02, 2024

The River Greet is a small river in Nottinghamshire, England. Rising close to the village of Kirklington, the Greet flows in a southeasterly direction past Southwell and Rolleston to meet the River Trent at Fiskerton.

Greet
The river downstream of Caudwell Mill, Southwell
Location
CountryEngland
CountyNottinghamshire
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationKirklington
MouthRiver Trent
 • location
Fiskerton
 • coordinates
53°3′20″N 0°53′34″W / 53.05556°N 0.89278°W / 53.05556; -0.89278
River Greet
Legend
 source
source
lakes
Mill Farm Mill
Cotton Mill Dyke
Southwell Road bridge
A617 bridge, Kirklington
lake
Edingley Beck
Maythorne Mill
Caudwell Mill
Station Road bridge
A612 bridge, Southwell
Upton Mill
Southwell Racecourse
Rolleston Mill
Rolleston railway station
Station Road bridge, Rolleston
Halloughton Dumble
Fiskerton Mill
Main Street bridge, Fiskerton
River Trent

Hydrology edit

The river has a catchment of 17.85 square miles (46.2 km2) and an average flow of 6.08 million gallons (27.65 Megalitres) per day, measured at the gauging station in Southwell. The catchment receives 25.47 inches (647 mm) of rainfall in an average year.[1] Above Southwell, the underlying geology is mainly Sherwood and Mercia sandstone, with some Mercia mudstone along the southern edge of the catchment. Below Southwell, the geology is predominantly Mercia mudstone. There is a layer of clay, sand and gravel alluvium overlaying this in the river channel.[2] The river is greatly affected by rainfall, raising levels and muddying the water.

Course edit

The river rises as a series of springs to the west of Kirklington, close to the 160-foot (49 m) contour. It is joined by Cotton Mill Dyke and Edingley Beck, and to the east of Kirklington, turns to flow in a south-easterly direction. Halam Beck joins from the south, and there is a disused mill at Maythorne.[3] It was built as a cotton mill in 1795 by a hop merchant, to supply yarn to the framework knitting industry. The firm of Messrs. Bean and Johnson altered it in the early nineteenth century, after which silk and lace thread was produced. A small community was established around the mill, with cottages for some of the workers, of whom there were 70 in 1838, a general store, a public house and a mission hall. Willow for making baskets was grown in osier beds, and hops were also cultivated. The building was used as a billet for soldiers during the Second World War, by which time its industrial function had ceased. It has subsequently been converted into flats, with some of the outbuildings used as industrial workshops.[4] There are two mill buildings, the north mill and the south mill, both of which are grade II listed structures.[5][6]

Below Maythorne, the Robin Hood Way, a long distance footpath, follows the banks of the river, which forms the northern boundary of Southwell. There is a wildfowl centre on the north bank,[3] and Caudwell flour Mill is on the south bank. It was built over the site of Burgage mill, a medieval building, and was bought by Charles Caudwell in 1851. He increased the capacity of the mill, which was subsequently damaged by fires in 1867, 1893 and 1917. Each time the mill was rebuilt, the equipment was upgraded. The Caudwell family were millers for four generations, after which Associated British Foods bought the mill. It closed in 1977, and was turned into flats in 1989.[4]

After leaving the mill, the river crosses under the A612 road and flows through open countryside, to reach Upton Mill. It passes to the north of Southwell Racecourse, and then turns to the south,[3] where Rolleston Mill is built over its course. This is a late eighteenth-century brick structure, with a basement, two storeys and a garret, which still contains some of the milling equipment. It is a grade II listed structure.[7] The river continues under the Nottingham to Lincoln Line close to Rolleston railway station, to reach Fiskerton Mill, built on the site of a medieval mill owned by the monks of Thurgaton Priory.[8] Just beyond the mill, it passes under a minor road and into the River Trent.[3]

History edit

There was some sort of dispute in 1598, when the millers from Fiskerton, Rolleston and Upton went to Newark to collect corn for milling. They were detained, with their horses taken to the castle, and the corn was taken to "her majesty's mills", where it was ground and tolls were paid. Eventually the millers were set free. On another occasion, Rolleston's miller was detained by Edward Earl of Rutland, but was released when he promised not to collect any more corn from Newark. There seems to have been less of an issue when the inhabitants of Newark took their corn to the mills voluntarily.[9]

The Willoughby family, who lived at Wollaton Hall ran a fleet of barges in the 1580s, and delivered coal to Southwell,[10] which Caffyn has taken to mean that the river was navigable for the first 4 miles (6.4 km) to enable this to happen.[11] Those who lived beside the river had a responsibility to keep it scoured, and on 13 July 1642 the residents of Rolleston, Southwell and Upton were indicted for not carrying out this duty.[9]

Ecology edit

The upper reaches of the river contain fish such as brown trout (Salmo trutta), but although coarse fish species can be found lower down, the modifications made to the channel to assist its land-drainage function have resulted in the habitat suffering, with a result that fish numbers are low. The Environment Agency, who manage the river, have applied a "Hands-Off Flow" limit to the river, which specifies that if the flow drops below 2650 Megalitres per day (Mld) in the Trent, all abstraction of water must cease, in order to protect the environment. The volume of groundwater extracted from the catchment has fallen in recent years, with the result that water levels have risen a little.[12]

Catches of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) have also been reported on the river.

The Environment Agency measure the water quality in the river systems of England. Each is given an overall ecological status, which may be one of five levels: high, good, moderate, poor and bad. There are several components that are used to determine this, including biological status, which looks at the quantity and varieties of invertebrates, angiosperms and fish. Chemical status, which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations, is rated good or fail.[13]

The water quality of the Greet and its tributaries was as follows in 2019.

Section Ecological Status Chemical Status Length Catchment
Halloughton Dumble Catchment (trib of Greet)[14] Moderate Fail 7.5 miles (12.1 km) 6.53 square miles (16.9 km2)
Greet Catchment (trib of Trent)[15] Poor Fail 10.2 miles (16.4 km) 24.39 square miles (63.2 km2)

Reasons for the water quality being less than good include sewage discharge into the river, physical modification of the river channel, drainage of water from the transport infrastructure, runoff from agricultural land, and the presence of the invasive North American crayfish. Like many rivers in the UK, the chemical status changed from good to fail in 2019, due to the presence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) and mercury compounds, none of which had previously been included in the assessment.

Points of interest edit

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Bibliography edit

  • Caffyn, Douglas John Morris (August 2010). (PDF). University of Sussex. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  • Environment Agency (March 2008). (PDF). Environment Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2012.
  • Longhurst, E H S (1931). "A short history of Rolleston". from the original on 3 March 2016.
  • Marsh, T J; Hannaford, J (2008). (PDF). Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2014.
  • Stone, Richard (2005). The River Trent. Chichester: Phillimore & Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1-86077-356-3.

References edit

  1. ^ Marsh & Hannaford 2008, p. 67
  2. ^ Marsh & Hannaford 2008, p. 75
  3. ^ a b c d Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 map
  4. ^ a b (PDF). Southwell Tourism Partnership. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Former South Mill, Maythorne (1289444)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Former North Mill, Maythorne (1046141)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Mill at Mill Farm, Rolleston (1178806)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  8. ^ Stone 2005, p. 90
  9. ^ a b Longhurst 1931
  10. ^ Stone 2005, p. 32
  11. ^ Caffyn 2010, p. 305
  12. ^ Environment Agency 2008, pp. 9, 10, 21.
  13. ^ "Catchment Data Explorer Glossary (see Biological quality element; Chemical status; and Ecological status)". Environment Agency. 17 February 2016.
  14. ^ "Halloughton Dumble Catchment (trib of Greet)". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency.
  15. ^ "Greet Catchment (trib of Trent)". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency.

External links edit

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The River Greet is a small river in Nottinghamshire England Rising close to the village of Kirklington the Greet flows in a southeasterly direction past Southwell and Rolleston to meet the River Trent at Fiskerton GreetThe river downstream of Caudwell Mill SouthwellLocationCountryEnglandCountyNottinghamshirePhysical characteristicsSource locationKirklingtonMouthRiver Trent locationFiskerton coordinates53 3 20 N 0 53 34 W 53 05556 N 0 89278 W 53 05556 0 89278 vteRiver Greet Legend source source lakes Mill Farm Mill Cotton Mill Dyke Southwell Road bridge A617 bridge Kirklington lake Edingley Beck Maythorne Mill Caudwell Mill Station Road bridge A612 bridge Southwell Upton Mill Southwell Racecourse Rolleston Mill Rolleston railway station Station Road bridge Rolleston Halloughton Dumble Fiskerton Mill Main Street bridge Fiskerton River Trent Contents 1 Hydrology 2 Course 3 History 4 Ecology 5 Points of interest 6 Bibliography 6 1 References 7 External linksHydrology editThe river has a catchment of 17 85 square miles 46 2 km2 and an average flow of 6 08 million gallons 27 65 Megalitres per day measured at the gauging station in Southwell The catchment receives 25 47 inches 647 mm of rainfall in an average year 1 Above Southwell the underlying geology is mainly Sherwood and Mercia sandstone with some Mercia mudstone along the southern edge of the catchment Below Southwell the geology is predominantly Mercia mudstone There is a layer of clay sand and gravel alluvium overlaying this in the river channel 2 The river is greatly affected by rainfall raising levels and muddying the water Course editThe river rises as a series of springs to the west of Kirklington close to the 160 foot 49 m contour It is joined by Cotton Mill Dyke and Edingley Beck and to the east of Kirklington turns to flow in a south easterly direction Halam Beck joins from the south and there is a disused mill at Maythorne 3 It was built as a cotton mill in 1795 by a hop merchant to supply yarn to the framework knitting industry The firm of Messrs Bean and Johnson altered it in the early nineteenth century after which silk and lace thread was produced A small community was established around the mill with cottages for some of the workers of whom there were 70 in 1838 a general store a public house and a mission hall Willow for making baskets was grown in osier beds and hops were also cultivated The building was used as a billet for soldiers during the Second World War by which time its industrial function had ceased It has subsequently been converted into flats with some of the outbuildings used as industrial workshops 4 There are two mill buildings the north mill and the south mill both of which are grade II listed structures 5 6 Below Maythorne the Robin Hood Way a long distance footpath follows the banks of the river which forms the northern boundary of Southwell There is a wildfowl centre on the north bank 3 and Caudwell flour Mill is on the south bank It was built over the site of Burgage mill a medieval building and was bought by Charles Caudwell in 1851 He increased the capacity of the mill which was subsequently damaged by fires in 1867 1893 and 1917 Each time the mill was rebuilt the equipment was upgraded The Caudwell family were millers for four generations after which Associated British Foods bought the mill It closed in 1977 and was turned into flats in 1989 4 After leaving the mill the river crosses under the A612 road and flows through open countryside to reach Upton Mill It passes to the north of Southwell Racecourse and then turns to the south 3 where Rolleston Mill is built over its course This is a late eighteenth century brick structure with a basement two storeys and a garret which still contains some of the milling equipment It is a grade II listed structure 7 The river continues under the Nottingham to Lincoln Line close to Rolleston railway station to reach Fiskerton Mill built on the site of a medieval mill owned by the monks of Thurgaton Priory 8 Just beyond the mill it passes under a minor road and into the River Trent 3 History editThere was some sort of dispute in 1598 when the millers from Fiskerton Rolleston and Upton went to Newark to collect corn for milling They were detained with their horses taken to the castle and the corn was taken to her majesty s mills where it was ground and tolls were paid Eventually the millers were set free On another occasion Rolleston s miller was detained by Edward Earl of Rutland but was released when he promised not to collect any more corn from Newark There seems to have been less of an issue when the inhabitants of Newark took their corn to the mills voluntarily 9 The Willoughby family who lived at Wollaton Hall ran a fleet of barges in the 1580s and delivered coal to Southwell 10 which Caffyn has taken to mean that the river was navigable for the first 4 miles 6 4 km to enable this to happen 11 Those who lived beside the river had a responsibility to keep it scoured and on 13 July 1642 the residents of Rolleston Southwell and Upton were indicted for not carrying out this duty 9 Ecology editThe upper reaches of the river contain fish such as brown trout Salmo trutta but although coarse fish species can be found lower down the modifications made to the channel to assist its land drainage function have resulted in the habitat suffering with a result that fish numbers are low The Environment Agency who manage the river have applied a Hands Off Flow limit to the river which specifies that if the flow drops below 2650 Megalitres per day Mld in the Trent all abstraction of water must cease in order to protect the environment The volume of groundwater extracted from the catchment has fallen in recent years with the result that water levels have risen a little 12 Catches of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar have also been reported on the river The Environment Agency measure the water quality in the river systems of England Each is given an overall ecological status which may be one of five levels high good moderate poor and bad There are several components that are used to determine this including biological status which looks at the quantity and varieties of invertebrates angiosperms and fish Chemical status which compares the concentrations of various chemicals against known safe concentrations is rated good or fail 13 The water quality of the Greet and its tributaries was as follows in 2019 Section Ecological Status Chemical Status Length Catchment Halloughton Dumble Catchment trib of Greet 14 Moderate Fail 7 5 miles 12 1 km 6 53 square miles 16 9 km2 Greet Catchment trib of Trent 15 Poor Fail 10 2 miles 16 4 km 24 39 square miles 63 2 km2 Reasons for the water quality being less than good include sewage discharge into the river physical modification of the river channel drainage of water from the transport infrastructure runoff from agricultural land and the presence of the invasive North American crayfish Like many rivers in the UK the chemical status changed from good to fail in 2019 due to the presence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers PBDE perfluorooctane sulphonate PFOS and mercury compounds none of which had previously been included in the assessment Points of interest editPoint Coordinates Links to map resources OS Grid Ref Notes Springs to west of Kirklington 53 06 43 N 1 00 28 W 53 1119 N 1 0078 W 53 1119 1 0078 Springs to west of Kirklington SK665576 source Springs by Belle Eau Park 53 07 30 N 1 01 04 W 53 1249 N 1 0177 W 53 1249 1 0177 Springs by Belle Eau Park SK658590 source Jn with Cotton Mill Dike 53 06 29 N 0 59 41 W 53 1080 N 0 9947 W 53 1080 0 9947 Jn with Cotton Mill Dike SK673572 Jn of streams from sources 53 06 21 N 0 58 41 W 53 1057 N 0 9780 W 53 1057 0 9780 Jn of streams from sources SK685569 A612 Southwell Bridge 53 04 35 N 0 56 45 W 53 0764 N 0 9457 W 53 0764 0 9457 A612 Southwell Bridge SK707537 Rolleston Railway Bridge 53 03 59 N 0 53 50 W 53 0664 N 0 8973 W 53 0664 0 8973 Rolleston Railway Bridge SK739526 Jn with River Trent 53 03 19 N 0 53 35 W 53 0554 N 0 8930 W 53 0554 0 8930 Jn with River Trent SK742514 mouth Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Bibliography editCaffyn Douglas John Morris August 2010 River Transport 1189 1600 PhD thesis PDF University of Sussex Archived from the original on 24 March 2018 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Environment Agency March 2008 The Lower Trent and Erewash CAMS PDF Environment Agency Archived from the original PDF on 14 March 2012 Longhurst E H S 1931 A short history of Rolleston Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Marsh T J Hannaford J 2008 UK Hydrometric Register Hydrological data UK series PDF Centre for Ecology amp Hydrology Archived from the original PDF on 31 October 2014 Stone Richard 2005 The River Trent Chichester Phillimore amp Co Ltd ISBN 978 1 86077 356 3 References edit Marsh amp Hannaford 2008 p 67 Marsh amp Hannaford 2008 p 75 a b c d Ordnance Survey 1 25 000 map a b The Charles Caudwell Heritage Trail PDF Southwell Tourism Partnership Archived from the original PDF on 4 March 2016 Historic England Former South Mill Maythorne 1289444 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 17 June 2011 Historic England Former North Mill Maythorne 1046141 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 17 June 2011 Historic England Mill at Mill Farm Rolleston 1178806 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 17 June 2011 Stone 2005 p 90 a b Longhurst 1931 Stone 2005 p 32 Caffyn 2010 p 305 Environment Agency 2008 pp 9 10 21 Catchment Data Explorer Glossary see Biological quality element Chemical status and Ecological status Environment Agency 17 February 2016 Halloughton Dumble Catchment trib of Greet Catchment Data Explorer Environment Agency Greet Catchment trib of Trent Catchment Data Explorer Environment Agency External links edit nbsp Media related to River Greet at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title River Greet amp oldid 1219078428, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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