River Tavy

The Tavy above Tavistock, on the moor
Lopwell weir, highest point of navigation
Kayaking on the Tavy.

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 is crossed by the Tavy Bridge which carries the Tamar Valley railway line.

The river is navigable inland as far as Lopwell, where a weir marks the normal tidal limit, about a 9-mile (14 km) journey from North Corner Quay at Devonport.[2] River transport was an important feature of the local farming, mining, tourism and forestry economies.[3][4]

The Queen's Harbour Master for Plymouth[5] is responsible for managing navigation on the River Tavy up to the normal tidal limit.[6]

See also

Bibliography

  • Armstrong, Robin (1985) The Painted Stream, London: Dent ISBN 0-460-04702-7

References

  1. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1928). English river-names. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 252. OCLC 463242368.
  2. ↑ Ordnance Survey mapping
  3. ↑ SC871 Rivers Tamar, Lynher and Tavy (Map). Admiralty. 2000. D inset.
  4. ↑ "Welcome to Lopwell" (PDF). Plymouth City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  5. ↑ Queen's Harbour Master Plymouth
  6. ↑ The Dockyard Port of Plymouth Order 1999

Coordinates: 50°28′N 4°09′W / 50.467°N 4.150°W / 50.467; -4.150


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