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River Tutt

April 12, 2024

The River Tutt is a 8.7-mile (14 km) long tributary of the River Ure in North Yorkshire, England. The river rises near to the villages of Nidd and Scotton draining mainly arable land north eastwards before emptying into the Ure at Boroughbridge.[1] Where the river joins the Ure in Boroughbridge, has been the site of significant historic flooding. An Environment Agency project to alleviate flooding on the river has seen diversion schemes and pumps added to prevent this.

River Tutt
Fleet Beck
River Tutt in Boroughbridge
Location in North Yorkshire
Location
CountryEngland
CountyNorth Yorkshire
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNidd
 • coordinates54°02′35″N 1°31′57″W / 54.0430°N 1.5326°W / 54.0430; -1.5326
 • elevation213 feet (65 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Boroughbridge
 • coordinates
54°05′50″N 1°23′39″W / 54.0973°N 1.3942°W / 54.0973; -1.3942
 • elevation
46 feet (14 m)
Length8.7 miles (14 km)
Basin size17 square miles (45 km2)
Basin features
River systemRiver Ure

Toponymy edit

The river is known as the Tutt for only about 4 miles (7 km) of its length, and is variously known as Jumwell, Shaw and Occaney Beck in its early stages. It is also known as Tutt Beck, Fleet Beck[2] and Minskip Beck.[3] The derivation of the name Tutt for the river has many explanations; one theory is that it is from a Viking word,[4] another states that it comes from the Roman goddess Tutelina, who looked after corn when it was in storage.[5]

A H Smith, writing in The Place Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire, lists the name as being badly translated down the centuries. Smith does postulate that due to a metathesis, the original listing from 1439, Riovolum de Ptruth, could derive through errors in writing from the Old English for Conduit.[6]

Course edit

The river rises to the east of the village of Nidd as Jumwell Beck,[7] about 1 mile (1.5 km) north east of the River Nidd, but flows east towards Staveley, instead of south. It flows inbetween the villages of Brearton and Scotton, where it takes on Percy Beck from the south. It then absorbs other becks around Farnham and in the process becomes Shaw Beck before being named Occaney Beck as it pass the hamlet of Occaney.[8]

As it passes north of Staveley Nature Reserve,[9] it appears on Ordnance Survey mapping as River Tutt or Fleet Beck for the first time, though the Environment Agency list it as starting at Nidd.[10] It flows north west of Minskip, under the A1(M) and the A168 road before entering Boroughbridge and then running into the River Ure.[8]

Though it is only a small river, it is a main tributary of the River Ure[11] and is prone to floodwaters backflowing upstream from the River Ure and inundating Boroughbridge.[12] In 1987, after a history of significant flooding in 1899, 1901, 1968 and 1982, The Tutt Diversion Scheme was implemented which would prevent water flowing up the river from the Ure when either, or both, were in flood.[13] However, pumps installed on the river to prevent the Ure flooding the Tutt were accidentally reversed in January 2005, putting Boroughbridge at risk of a flooding event.[14] The drainage basin covers an area of 17 square miles (45 km2)[10] and as it a lowland catchment,[note 1] it experiences a lower rainfall average than most of the tributaries of the River Ure as they drain off the adjacent moorlands.[15]

In the 13th century, the end of the river was the location of one of two corn mills in Boroughbridge.[16]

During the 17th and 18th centuries, fishermen worked on the river near to where it empties into the Ure at Boroughbridge. Their trade lives on in the names of the road by the rivermouth; Fishergate.[17]

Geology edit

In its early stages, the beck meanders over a magnesian limestone landscape,[18] though as it passes Staveley, it drains a mainly arable landscape which is largely devoid of woodland.[19] The area around Occaney beck has been historically quarried for fluvio-glacial terrace deposits of sand and gravel. Other tests have proved the existence of sand in the area around the beck.[20]

Natural history edit

The river is classified as being heavily modified, and much work has been undertaken by the Environment Agency and local volunteers to raise the watercourses' standard.[10] Work by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has seen the return of many animals such as otters and herons. They have also installed logs in the river around the lakes in Staveley to provide shelter for fish.[21][22] Whilst the presence of Cyprinid fish[23] and brown trout in the watercourse is "likely", despite the poor chemical composition of the water, the river is noted for its Himalayan Balsam and Giant Hogweed. Mink faeces have also been observed on the river.[24]

The Environment Agency have stated that they wish to divert water from the Tutt into the lakes at Staveley in times of heavy rainfall to help alleviate the possibility of flooding in Boroughbridge.[25]

Crossings edit

In 17th century, one of the Devil's Arrows was felled and the stone used to make a bridge over the river in Boroughbridge.[26][27] This is widely believed to be the St Helena Bridge as an order of the Justices from 1621 at Knaresborough, details its purpose.[28] The bridge also had eel traps installed on the upstream side.[16]

The Fishergate Bridge was built by Blind Jack Metcalf in 1754. The bridge and a retaining wall, were washed away in the Great Flood of 1883.[29]

Notes edit

  1. ^ The elevation of the area that it drains is between 33 feet (10 m) and 243 feet (74 m) above sea level.[10][15]

References edit

  1. ^ "Flood towns on the edge". York Press. 3 August 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  2. ^ Roebuck, Denison, ed. (1885). "The Yorkshire Naturalists Union at Boroughbridge". The Naturalist. 10. Leeds: Yorkshire Naturalist Union: 279. OCLC 4286535.
  3. ^ "Local and General Knaresborough". The Leeds Mercury. No. 9,028. Column 5. 21 March 1867. p. 3. OCLC 751697369.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ "The Staveley Circle" (PDF). go-letour.co.uk. p. 2. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Land names". villageminskip.wixsite.com. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  6. ^ Smith, A H (1962). The place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire / 7, Introduction, bibliography, river-names, analyses. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 140. OCLC 310652602.
  7. ^ Speight, Harry (1894). Nidderdale and the garden of the Nidd: a Yorkshire Rhineland. Being a complete account, historical, scientific, and descriptive, of the beautiful valley of the Nidd. London: E Stock. p. 351. OCLC 6678674.
  8. ^ a b "299" (Map). Ripon & Boroughbridge. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319245514.
  9. ^ "Nature reserve's Big Wild Weekend". infoweb.newsbank.com. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  10. ^ a b c d "Tutt Catchment (Trib of Ure) Overview". environment.data.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  11. ^ "The Swale, Ure and Ouse Catchment" (PDF). environmentdata.org. Environment Agency. p. 3. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  12. ^ White 1998, p. 10.
  13. ^ White 1998, p. 49.
  14. ^ Dooks, Brian; Branagan, Mark; Ginley, Joanne. "Flood relief pumps 'working wrong way' says ex-mayor". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  15. ^ a b White 1998, p. 4.
  16. ^ a b "History - Boroughbridge Town Council". www.boroughbridge.org.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  17. ^ Mead, Helen (9 March 2018). "Town offers river trips, independent shops and no shortage of historical locations". infoweb.newsbank.com. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  18. ^ "50 Brearton and Nidd Arable Farmland | Harrogate Borough Council" (PDF). www.harrogate.gov.uk. February 2004. p. 1. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  19. ^ "70 River Tutt Low Lying Arable Farmland | Harrogate Borough Council" (PDF). www.harrogate.gov.uk. February 2004. p. 1. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  20. ^ Abraham, D A (1981). The sand and gravel resources of the country west of Boroughbridge, north Yorkshire : description of 1:25 000 resource sheet SE 36. London: H.M.S.O. pp. 6, 13, 94. ISBN 0-11-884178-5.
  21. ^ Hubbard, Tove (13 May 2016). "Wildlife: Say hello to our river residents". The Harrogate Advertiser. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  22. ^ Barnard, Ashley (1 September 2016). "River project receives cash boost". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  23. ^ "River Basin Management Plan Humber River Basin District Annex D: Protected area objectives" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. December 2009. p. 68. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  24. ^ "Built and Natural Site Assssments, New Sites 2017" (PDF). harrogate.gov.uk. July 2017. p. 118. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  25. ^ "Ouse Catchment Flood Management Plan" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Environment Agency. December 2010. p. 17. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  26. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Leach, Peter (2009). Yorkshire West Riding : Leeds, Bradford and the North. London: Yale University Press. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5.
  27. ^ Clark, David (2004). Battlefield walks in Yorkshire. Wilmslow: Sigma Leisure. p. 29. ISBN 1-85058-775-2.
  28. ^ Burl, Aubrey (November 1991). "The Devil's Arrows, Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire". The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. 63. London: Yorkshire Archaeological Society: 5. ISSN 0084-4276.
  29. ^ White 1998, p. 33.

Sources edit

  • White, W R (December 1998). Upper Ouse Catchment, North Yorkshire, Hydrological and Hydraulic Study (PDF) (Report). Wallingford: H R Wallingford. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

External links edit

  • Yorkshire Dale's Rivers Trust page on the Tutt
  • Staveley Nature Reserve webpage
  • River Levels realtime information on the River Tutt

April 12, 2024
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The River Tutt is a 8 7 mile 14 km long tributary of the River Ure in North Yorkshire England The river rises near to the villages of Nidd and Scotton draining mainly arable land north eastwards before emptying into the Ure at Boroughbridge 1 Where the river joins the Ure in Boroughbridge has been the site of significant historic flooding An Environment Agency project to alleviate flooding on the river has seen diversion schemes and pumps added to prevent this River TuttFleet BeckRiver Tutt in BoroughbridgeLocation in North YorkshireLocationCountryEnglandCountyNorth YorkshirePhysical characteristicsSource locationNidd coordinates54 02 35 N 1 31 57 W 54 0430 N 1 5326 W 54 0430 1 5326 elevation213 feet 65 m Mouth locationBoroughbridge coordinates54 05 50 N 1 23 39 W 54 0973 N 1 3942 W 54 0973 1 3942 elevation46 feet 14 m Length8 7 miles 14 km Basin size17 square miles 45 km2 Basin featuresRiver systemRiver UrevteRiver TuttLegendsourceJumwell BridgeNew BridgePercy BeckShaw BeckScarr BeckShaw BridgeOccaney LaneStaveley LakesWath BridgeStaveley Nature ReserveCarr Drain A1 M A168 Tutt BridgeRiver UreHorsefair BridgeSt Helena BridgeBorough BridgeFishergate BridgeMilby LockRiver Ure Contents 1 Toponymy 2 Course 3 Geology 4 Natural history 5 Crossings 6 Notes 7 References 7 1 Sources 8 External linksToponymy editThe river is known as the Tutt for only about 4 miles 7 km of its length and is variously known as Jumwell Shaw and Occaney Beck in its early stages It is also known as Tutt Beck Fleet Beck 2 and Minskip Beck 3 The derivation of the name Tutt for the river has many explanations one theory is that it is from a Viking word 4 another states that it comes from the Roman goddess Tutelina who looked after corn when it was in storage 5 A H Smith writing in The Place Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire lists the name as being badly translated down the centuries Smith does postulate that due to a metathesis the original listing from 1439 Riovolum de Ptruth could derive through errors in writing from the Old English for Conduit 6 Course editThe river rises to the east of the village of Nidd as Jumwell Beck 7 about 1 mile 1 5 km north east of the River Nidd but flows east towards Staveley instead of south It flows inbetween the villages of Brearton and Scotton where it takes on Percy Beck from the south It then absorbs other becks around Farnham and in the process becomes Shaw Beck before being named Occaney Beck as it pass the hamlet of Occaney 8 As it passes north of Staveley Nature Reserve 9 it appears on Ordnance Survey mapping as River Tutt or Fleet Beck for the first time though the Environment Agency list it as starting at Nidd 10 It flows north west of Minskip under the A1 M and the A168 road before entering Boroughbridge and then running into the River Ure 8 Though it is only a small river it is a main tributary of the River Ure 11 and is prone to floodwaters backflowing upstream from the River Ure and inundating Boroughbridge 12 In 1987 after a history of significant flooding in 1899 1901 1968 and 1982 The Tutt Diversion Scheme was implemented which would prevent water flowing up the river from the Ure when either or both were in flood 13 However pumps installed on the river to prevent the Ure flooding the Tutt were accidentally reversed in January 2005 putting Boroughbridge at risk of a flooding event 14 The drainage basin covers an area of 17 square miles 45 km2 10 and as it a lowland catchment note 1 it experiences a lower rainfall average than most of the tributaries of the River Ure as they drain off the adjacent moorlands 15 In the 13th century the end of the river was the location of one of two corn mills in Boroughbridge 16 During the 17th and 18th centuries fishermen worked on the river near to where it empties into the Ure at Boroughbridge Their trade lives on in the names of the road by the rivermouth Fishergate 17 Geology editIn its early stages the beck meanders over a magnesian limestone landscape 18 though as it passes Staveley it drains a mainly arable landscape which is largely devoid of woodland 19 The area around Occaney beck has been historically quarried for fluvio glacial terrace deposits of sand and gravel Other tests have proved the existence of sand in the area around the beck 20 Natural history editThe river is classified as being heavily modified and much work has been undertaken by the Environment Agency and local volunteers to raise the watercourses standard 10 Work by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has seen the return of many animals such as otters and herons They have also installed logs in the river around the lakes in Staveley to provide shelter for fish 21 22 Whilst the presence of Cyprinid fish 23 and brown trout in the watercourse is likely despite the poor chemical composition of the water the river is noted for its Himalayan Balsam and Giant Hogweed Mink faeces have also been observed on the river 24 The Environment Agency have stated that they wish to divert water from the Tutt into the lakes at Staveley in times of heavy rainfall to help alleviate the possibility of flooding in Boroughbridge 25 Crossings editIn 17th century one of the Devil s Arrows was felled and the stone used to make a bridge over the river in Boroughbridge 26 27 This is widely believed to be the St Helena Bridge as an order of the Justices from 1621 at Knaresborough details its purpose 28 The bridge also had eel traps installed on the upstream side 16 The Fishergate Bridge was built by Blind Jack Metcalf in 1754 The bridge and a retaining wall were washed away in the Great Flood of 1883 29 Notes edit The elevation of the area that it drains is between 33 feet 10 m and 243 feet 74 m above sea level 10 15 References edit Flood towns on the edge York Press 3 August 2002 Retrieved 11 July 2019 Roebuck Denison ed 1885 The Yorkshire Naturalists Union at Boroughbridge The Naturalist 10 Leeds Yorkshire Naturalist Union 279 OCLC 4286535 Local and General Knaresborough The Leeds Mercury No 9 028 Column 5 21 March 1867 p 3 OCLC 751697369 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint location link The Staveley Circle PDF go letour co uk p 2 Retrieved 11 July 2019 Land names villageminskip wixsite com Retrieved 11 July 2019 Smith A H 1962 The place names of the West Riding of Yorkshire 7 Introduction bibliography river names analyses Cambridge Cambridge University Press p 140 OCLC 310652602 Speight Harry 1894 Nidderdale and the garden of the Nidd a Yorkshire Rhineland Being a complete account historical scientific and descriptive of the beautiful valley of the Nidd London E Stock p 351 OCLC 6678674 a b 299 Map Ripon amp Boroughbridge 1 25 000 Explorer Ordnance Survey 2015 ISBN 9780319245514 Nature reserve s Big Wild Weekend infoweb newsbank com 13 June 2018 Retrieved 8 July 2019 a b c d Tutt Catchment Trib of Ure Overview environment data gov uk Retrieved 7 July 2019 The Swale Ure and Ouse Catchment PDF environmentdata org Environment Agency p 3 Retrieved 7 July 2019 White 1998 p 10 White 1998 p 49 Dooks Brian Branagan Mark Ginley Joanne Flood relief pumps working wrong way says ex mayor The Yorkshire Post Retrieved 11 July 2019 a b White 1998 p 4 a b History Boroughbridge Town Council www boroughbridge org uk Retrieved 8 July 2019 Mead Helen 9 March 2018 Town offers river trips independent shops and no shortage of historical locations infoweb newsbank com Retrieved 8 July 2019 50 Brearton and Nidd Arable Farmland Harrogate Borough Council PDF www harrogate gov uk February 2004 p 1 Retrieved 7 July 2019 70 River Tutt Low Lying Arable Farmland Harrogate Borough Council PDF www harrogate gov uk February 2004 p 1 Retrieved 7 July 2019 Abraham D A 1981 The sand and gravel resources of the country west of Boroughbridge north Yorkshire description of 1 25 000 resource sheet SE 36 London H M S O pp 6 13 94 ISBN 0 11 884178 5 Hubbard Tove 13 May 2016 Wildlife Say hello to our river residents The Harrogate Advertiser Retrieved 7 July 2019 Barnard Ashley 1 September 2016 River project receives cash boost The Northern Echo Retrieved 7 July 2019 River Basin Management Plan Humber River Basin District Annex D Protected area objectives PDF assets publishing service gov uk December 2009 p 68 Retrieved 8 July 2019 Built and Natural Site Assssments New Sites 2017 PDF harrogate gov uk July 2017 p 118 Retrieved 8 July 2019 Ouse Catchment Flood Management Plan PDF assets publishing service gov uk Environment Agency December 2010 p 17 Retrieved 7 July 2019 Pevsner Nikolaus Leach Peter 2009 Yorkshire West Riding Leeds Bradford and the North London Yale University Press p 143 ISBN 978 0 300 12665 5 Clark David 2004 Battlefield walks in Yorkshire Wilmslow Sigma Leisure p 29 ISBN 1 85058 775 2 Burl Aubrey November 1991 The Devil s Arrows Boroughbridge North Yorkshire The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 63 London Yorkshire Archaeological Society 5 ISSN 0084 4276 White 1998 p 33 Sources edit White W R December 1998 Upper Ouse Catchment North Yorkshire Hydrological and Hydraulic Study PDF Report Wallingford H R Wallingford Retrieved 7 July 2019 External links editYorkshire Dale s Rivers Trust page on the Tutt Staveley Nature Reserve webpage River Levels realtime information on the River Tutt Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title River Tutt amp oldid 1216040170, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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