River Boyd
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The River Boyd is a river of some 7 miles (11 km) in length which rises near Dodington in South Gloucestershire, England. It is a tributary of the Bristol Avon, running in a southerly direction and joining near Bitton. The flow rate at Bitton is an average 19.8 cubic feet per second (0.56 m3/s). It was immortalised in the 1613 poem by John Dennys of Pucklechurch The Secrets of Angling, the earliest English poetical tract on fishing:
And thou sweet Boyd that with thy watry sway
Dost wash the cliffes of Deington and of Weeke
And through their Rockes with crooked winding way
Thy mother Avon runnest soft to seeke
In whose fayre streames the speckled Trout doth play
The Roche the Dace the Gudgin and the Bleeke
Teach me the skill with slender Line and Hooke
To take each Fish of River Pond and Brooke.[1]
Boyd | |
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Etymology | British Celtic virtue, favour, blessing or benefit |
Location | |
Country | England |
Region | West Country |
District | South Gloucestershire |
City | Bristol |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Springs Farm |
• location | Dodington, South Gloucestershire, England |
• coordinates | 51.5011°N 2.3673°W / 51.5011; -2.3673 |
• elevation | 427 ft (130 m) |
Mouth | Bristol Avon |
• location | Bitton, South Gloucestershire, England |
• coordinates | 51.4170°N 2.4608°W / 51.4170; -2.4608 |
• elevation | 49 ft (15 m) |
Length | 7 mi (11 km), south |
Discharge | |
• average | 19.8 cu ft/s (0.56 m3/s) |
• minimum | 0.35 cu ft/s (0.0099 m3/s) |
• maximum | 979 cu ft/s (27.7 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Feltham Brook |
River system | Bristol Avon |
In common with other rivers of the area, watermills were used for various industrial undertakings, most notably the Wick Golden Valley Ochre Works. The former works site is now a local nature reserve and the river and valley form part of a Site of Nature Conservation Interest.