Lox_Yeo

Lox Yeo

Lox Yeo

River in north Somerset, England

The Lox Yeo is a short river in North Somerset, England. It rises at Winscombe and flows south west for about 6 kilometres (4 mi) to join the River Axe near Loxton.

Quick Facts Lox Yeo, Location ...

The river flows through a gap in the Mendip Hills between Crook Peak and Bleadon Hill, through which the M5 motorway now runs.

The river was once known simply as the Lox. The name appears to be of Celtic origin, and means either "winding stream"[1] or "bright one".[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Ekwall (1928) English River Names Oxford University Press
  2. [2]
    Breeze, A. (2007): Review of The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Archived 2013-08-12 at the Wayback Machine


This article related to a river in England is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This Somerset location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Lox_Yeo, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.