River Laver
The River Laver is a tributary of the River Skell, itself a tributary of the River Ure, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The name is of Brittonic origin, from labaro, meaning "talkative", suggestive of a babbling brook. The Afon Llafar in Caernarfonshire shares the same name.[1]
The Laver is noted as a fly fishing river, especially for brown trout and grayling.[2]
Course
The river has its origins in a number of small streams which rise on the moors between upper Nidderdale and Kirkby Malzeard. The two largest of these streams, North Gill Beck and South Gill Beck, meet in a narrow wooded valley at Dallowgill to form the River Laver. The river continues to flow through a narrow wooded valley, before broadening at Laverton. The riverbanks again become densely wooded near Winksley, then become more open and shallow as the river approaches Ripon. The river joins the River Skell at the western edge of Ripon.
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References
- ↑ Smith, A. H. (1962). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 7. Cambridge University Press. p. 130.
- ↑ Go Fly Fishing UK website