River Tavy
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The Tavy is a river on Dartmoor, Devon, England. The name derives from the Brythonic root "Taff", the original meaning of which has now been lost.[1] It has given its name to the town of Tavistock and the villages of Mary Tavy and Peter Tavy. It is a tributary of the River Tamar and has as its own tributaries:
At Tavistock it feeds a canal running to Morwellham Quay.
Its mouth it is crossed by the Tavy Bridge which carries the Tamar Valley railway line.
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The river is navigable inland as far as Lopwell, about a 9-mile (14 km) journey from North Corner Quay at Devonport, and river transport was an important feature of the local farming, mining, tourism and forestry economies.[2][3]
[edit] Bibliography
- Armstrong, Robin (1985) The Painted Stream, London: Dent ISBN 0-460-04702-7
[edit] References
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1928). English river-names. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 252. OCLC 463242368.
- ^ Admiralty (2000). SC871 Rivers Tamar, Lynher and Tavy (Map). D inset.
- ^ "Welcome to Lopwell". Plymouth City Council. http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/lopwellpanel.pdf. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
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