Janet's Foss
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| Location | Craven, North Yorkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 54°3′56.63″N 2°8′10.85″W / 54.0657306°N 2.1363472°W |
| Type | Plunge |
| Watercourse | Goredale Beck/River Aire |
Janet's Foss is a small waterfall in the vicinity of the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It carries Gordale Beck over a limestone outcrop topped by tufa into a deep pool below. The pool was traditionally used for sheep dipping, an event which took on a carnival air and drew the village inhabitants for the social occasion.[1]
The name Janet (sometimes Jennet) is thought to be a folk tale reference to a fairy queen held to inhabit a cave at the rear of the fall.[1] Foss is a Nordic word for waterfall, still used in Scandinavia, and is presented in a number of cases in England as 'force'.[2]
Janet's Foss was the location of the fictional Molkham Falls as featured in the 2006 independent British film, WATERFALL. Filming took place there in May 2006.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b "Janet's Foss". Malham in the Yorkshire Dales. Daelnet. http://www.malhamdale.org.uk/janets_foss.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ^ Hogg, Richard; Denison, David (2006). A history of the English language. Cambridge University Press. p. 347. ISBN 9780521662277. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U5FDi8WksqYC&pg=PA347.
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