River Wiske

River Wiske

The River Wiske is a tributary of the River Swale in North Yorkshire. The Wiske gives its name to several of the villages it passes through.

The name Wiske is derived from its ancient British name of 'Uisge', meaning "the water".

ettlements

*Ingleby Arncliffe
*East Rounton
*West Rounton
*Appleton Wiske
*Great Smeaton
*Birkby
*Hutton Bonville
*Danby Wiske
*Yafforth
*Warlaby
*North Otterington
*Newby Wiske
*South Otterington
*Kirby Wiske

(Joins Swale)


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