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River Dibb

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agreed to keep a constant flow in the river from Grimwith Reservoir. As the designation of Grimwith Reservoir is one of compensation when needed in times of low water flow in the Wharfe and beyond, the river historically could run dry, making it difficult for wildlife to survive in the river.
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maps show the name of the river changing to Barben Beck. It follows a mostly southerly course through Rough Close Wood and Barnscar Plantation to Rookcroft Wood. It turns west through Sprinsgide Wood and then south-west again past Hartlington Mill, where it was once used to power a 5.5-metre
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The river flows for 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) largely over millstone grit, which overlays limestone and shales. A leat used to take water from a high point of the river (between the overflow of the reservoir and Dibbles Bridge) to a lead mine near to Barben Beck.
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The river starts from the south side of Grimwith Reservoir and flows south-west through Burnett Fold Nook and then south before returning south-west to pass under the B6265 at Dibble's Bridge, which has been the scene of two coach crashes -
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Dibble's Bridge is sometimes referred to as Devil's Bridge. It is traditionally said to have been built by the Devil for a shoemaker named Ralph Calvert, after Calvert offered the Devil a drink.
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Yorkshire Water are required to allow 272,760 cubic metres (9,632,000 cu ft) to flow into the River Wharfe from Grimwith Reservoir via the River Dibb on a daily basis.
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Upper Wharfedale : being a complete account of the history, antiquities and scenery of the picturesque valley of the Wharfe, from Otley to Langstrothdale
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The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales
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The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales
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Lead mining in the Mid-Pennines; the mines of Nidderdale, Wharfedale, Airedale, Ribblesdale and Bowland
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in 1989, 1990, and 1991. Surveys detected the fish in the River Dibb in 1995 and 1998. In 2015,
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Lesser railways of the Yorkshire Dales : and the dam builders in the Age of Steam
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is at the head of the River Dibb at a point some 2.5 miles (4 km) from
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Maitland, P. S.; Winfield, I. J.; McCarthy, I. D.; Igoe, F. (March 2007).
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when 33 people were killed. Below its confluence with Holes Beck, the
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River Dibb at Dibbles Bridge, which carries the B6265 between
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Nidderdale; Fountains Abbey, Ripon & Pateley Bridge
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London: Elliot Stock. p. 382. 7: 558: 556: 481: 479: 314:when seven people were killed, and 598:National Heritage List for England 14: 16:River in North Yorkshire, England 800:10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00167.x 29: 733:Cowx, I. G., ed. (2000). 245:, is a small river located in 172: • coordinates 93: • coordinates 1: 758:Stone, Timothy James (2018). 712:. Truro: Barton. p. 78. 669:Dakyns, J. R. (August 1877). 339:The river is noted as having 63:Physical characteristics 223:5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) 211: • elevation 132: • elevation 814:Bowtell, Harold D. (1991). 253:. It is a tributary of the 156: • location 81: • location 1555: 787:Ecology of Freshwater Fish 708:Raistrick, Arthur (1973). 1539:Rivers of North Yorkshire 687:10.1017/S0016756800149544 297:, a now lost hamlet near 140: 67: 28: 1325:East Riding of Yorkshire 281:, a dialectical form of 215:143 metres (469 ft) 136:253 metres (830 ft) 644:Chrystal, Paul (2017). 511:Speight, Harry (1900). 486:Chrystal, Paul (2017). 890:Ash, Russell (1973). 463:epns.nottingham.ac.uk 426:B6265 Dibble's Bridge 341:white-clawed crayfish 762:. 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Index

A stone arch bridge over a beck
Pateley Bridge
Threshfield
England
Grimwith Reservoir
54°4′48″N 1°54′41″W / 54.08000°N 1.91139°W / 54.08000; -1.91139
Mouth
River Wharfe
Appletreewick
54°02′28″N 1°56′35″W / 54.0410°N 1.9431°W / 54.0410; -1.9431
North Yorkshire
England
River Wharfe
Grimwith Reservoir
Appletreewick
River Wharfe
Burnsall
one in 1925
one in 1975
Ordnance Survey
River Wharfe
white-clawed crayfish
brown trout
arctic char
Grimwith Reservoir
Windermere
Yorkshire Water
Hartlington
Hartlington
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