River Wiske

River Wiske
Foulbroke (Foul Brook)
River Wiske close to its confluence with the River Swale
Location
CountryEngland
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationConfluence of Stony Lane Beck and Carr Beck nr Ingleby Arncliffe
 • coordinates54°23′10″N 1°19′25″W / 54.38611°N 1.32361°W / 54.38611; -1.32361 (Source of River Wiske)
 • elevation69 metres (226 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
River Swale nr Kirby Wiske
 • coordinates
54°14′38″N 1°26′19″W / 54.24389°N 1.43861°W / 54.24389; -1.43861 (Mouth of River Wiske)
 • elevation
21 metres (69 ft)
Length46.9 kilometres (29.1 mi)
Basin size215.5 square kilometres (83.2 sq mi)

The River Wiske is a tributary of the River Swale in Yorkshire, England. The Wiske gives its name to several villages it passes through. The name Wiske is derived from an Old English word wisca meaning a water meadow.[1] It was once known as the Foulbroke, a name for which some writers commented that it was well deserved.[2]

The river was maintained by the River Wiske Internal Drainage Board, which was part of the Shires Group of IDBs.[3] It is within the national character areas (NCAs) of the Vale of Mowbray and the Tees Lowlands.

  1. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 526. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  2. ^ "Parishes: East Harlsey | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Management". Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.