Lox Yeo River

Lox Yeo
Lox
Lox Yeo; Lox
	Lox Yeo River with the M5 motorway in the background
Location
Country	England
State	Somerset
District	North Somerset
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Winscombe, North Somerset, Somerset, England
• coordinates	51°18′57″N 2°50′55″W / 51.31583°N 2.84861°W
Mouth	River Axe
• location	Loxton, North Somerset, Somerset, England
• coordinates	51°17′28″N 2°53′17″W / 51.29111°N 2.88806°W
Length	4 mi (6.4 km)

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.

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

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

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[1] Ekwall (1928) English River Names Oxford University Press

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

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