Janet's Foss
| Janet's Foss | |
| Yorkshire | |
|---|---|
 Janet's Foss | |
| River: | Goredale Beck |
| Type: | Plunge |
| SD911633 | |
| Co-ordinates: | 54°3’58"N, 2°8’12"W |
Janet's Foss is a small but beautiful waterfall on the Goredale Beck, close to the village of Malham in the West Riding of Yorkshire. This fall carries Gordale Beck over a limestone outcrop topped by tufa into a deep pool below.
The pool beneath the waterfall was traditionally used for sheep dipping, a jolly event which drew in local village inhabitants for the social occasion.[1]
The name Janet (sometimes Jennet) is believed to refer to a fairy queen held to inhabit a cave at the rear of the fall.[1] Foss is the Norse fors meaning 'waterfall', most commonly rendered in Britain as 'force'.[2]
On film
Janet's Foss was the location of the fictional Molkham Falls featured in the 2006 independent British film, Waterfall. Filming took place there in May 2006.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Janet's Foss) |
- Janet's Foss on Malhamdale.com
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Janet's Foss". Malham in the Yorkshire Dales. Daelnet. http://www.malhamdale.com/janetsfoss.htm. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ↑ Hogg, Richard; Denison, David (2006). A History of the English Language. Cambridge University Press. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-521-66227-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=U5FDi8WksqYC&pg=PA347.