River Flit

River Flit
River Flit in Flitwick Moor
River Flit is located in Bedfordshire
River Flit
River Flit is located in the United Kingdom
River Flit
Location
CountryEngland
CountyBedfordshire
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationEast of Chalton
 • coordinates51°55′35.64″N 0°29′38.9″W / 51.9265667°N 0.494139°W / 51.9265667; -0.494139
MouthRiver Ivel
 • location
Langford
 • coordinates
52°02′19″N 0°20′50″W / 52.03855°N 0.34727°W / 52.03855; -0.34727
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightRiver Hit

The River Flit is a short river in Bedfordshire, England.[1] Its name is not ancient, but rather a back formation from Flitton which originally meant that the river was spelt with as Flitt rather than Flit.[2]

  1. ^ "River Flit photos, maps, books, memories - Francis Frith". Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  2. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 182. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.