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Skellow
Skellow is a village in rural South Yorkshire part of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village is roughly north-west of Doncaster. The village falls in the Askern Spa Ward of Doncaster MBC. To the north and south is mixed farmland, the A1 runs immediately along the western edge of the village, and to the east Skellow merges with the adjacent village of Carcroft along the B1220 road. Geography The village derives its name from the River Skell which flows from the nearby village of Skelbrooke, through the locally named 'Five Lanes End' area of Skellow where it joins the Ea Beck, a tributary of the River Don, of which it joins near the former Thorpe Marsh Power Station at Barnby Dun. The village lies on the north side of the east-west Ea Beck valley. To the north-east with access from the village is Burghwallis. Skellow is well served for open public spaces, with a range of small and medium-sized parks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ea Beck
Ea Beck is a small river in South Yorkshire, England, that flows eastwards into the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don at Thorpe in Balne, Thorpe-in-Balne. The Environment Agency lists the beck as starting at South Elmsall, but mapping lists the beck with several names along its course. The beck has twice flooded areas and villages that it passes through in the 21st century. Toponymy The derivation of the name ''Ea'' for the beck has at least two possibilities: Oliver Rackham suggested that the name Ea indicates a drained or altered river-course, which was a common Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo-Saxon term for drained fenland rivers in East Anglia, Hampshire and the peatlands of Yorkshire around the River Don. Eilert Ekwall suggests the word ''ēa'' has the same route (Old Norse) and means just ''river'', being used as a root for the rivers River Eye, Leicestershire, Eye, River Ray, Wiltshire, Ray, River Rea, Shropshire, Rea and River Yeo (South Somerset), Yeo. Catchment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |