River Seph

River Seph
Footbridge over the River Seph
River Seph is located in North Yorkshire
River Seph
Location within North Yorkshire
EtymologySlow Stream
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationChop Gate
 • coordinates54°23′10″N 1°08′27″W / 54.386121°N 1.140853°W / 54.386121; -1.140853
 • elevation520 feet (160 m)
MouthSeph Mouth
 • coordinates
54°17′28″N 1°08′46″W / 54.291175°N 1.146138°W / 54.291175; -1.146138
Length13 miles (20.5 km)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftLedge Beck
Todhill Beck
 • rightHollow Bottom Beck
Fangdale Beck

The River Seph (or River Sep) is a tributary of the River Rye (itself a tributary of the River Derwent) in North Yorkshire, England.[1] The river flows for 13 miles (20.5 km) down Bilsdale and meets the Rye near the village of Hawnby.[2] When the surrounding land was owned by Roger de Mowbray, the river was referred to as the Sep.[3]

  1. ^ "River Factfiles; The Derwent Catchment" (PDF). ea-lit.freshwaterlife.org. Environment Agency. p. 2. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  2. ^ "BILSDALE VALLEY: WALKING with Rodger Matthews". Hull Daily Mail. 21 July 2012. ProQuest 1027225602.
  3. ^ Farrer, William, ed. (2013). Early Yorkshire Charters : Being a Collection of Documents Anterior to the Thirteenth Century Made from the Public Records, Monastic Chartularies, Roger Dodsworth's Manuscripts and Other Available Sources. Volume 3 (Digital ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 453. ISBN 978-1-108-05825-4.