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The '''Lox Yeo''' is a short river in the north of [[Somerset]]. It rises at [[Winscombe]] and flows south west for about four miles to join the [[River Axe, Somerset|River Axe]] near [[Loxton, Somerset|Loxton]].<br />
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The river flows through a gap in the [[Mendip Hills]] between [[Crook Peak]] and [[Bleadon Hill]], a gap through which the [[M5 motorway]] has also been driven.<br />
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The river was once known simply as the '''Lox'''. The name appears to be of Celtic origin, and means either "winding stream"<ref>Ekwall, Eilert: 'English River Names' (Oxford University Press, 1928)</ref> or "bright one".<ref>Breeze, A.: Review of 'The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names'] (2007)</ref> The name '[[River Yeo|Yeo]]' is a common name for rivers in Somerset and Devon, from the Old English ''Ea'' meaning just 'river'.<br />
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[[Category:Rivers of Somerset]]<br />
[[Category:Somerset Levels]]</div>RB