River Kym

River Kym
River Kym near Great Staughton
Country United Kingdom
County Cambridgeshire
Part of Great Ouse
Source
 - location Newton Bromswold
 - elevation 95 m (312 ft)
 - coordinates 52°15′42″N 0°34′28″W / 52.2618°N 0.5745°W / 52.2618; -0.5745
Mouth Great Ouse
 - location St Neots
 - elevation 13 m (43 ft)
 - coordinates 52°14′20″N 0°16′12″W / 52.239°N 0.270°W / 52.239; -0.270Coordinates: 52°14′20″N 0°16′12″W / 52.239°N 0.270°W / 52.239; -0.270
Length 32 km (20 mi)
Location within Cambridgeshire

The River Kym is a river in Cambridgeshire, England. It flows through the village of Tilbrook, to Kimbolton, and joins the Great Ouse at St Neots. It is known as the River Til in its upper reaches, tributaries include the Pertenhall Brook.[1][2]

Course

Rising right on the Northamptonshire-Bedfordshire border at the west of the parish of Newton Bromswold, it flows north-east to cross into Bedfordshire at Yelden and then into Cambridgeshire at Tilbrook. Turning south east, it divides the town of Kimbolton in two and runs past Kimbolton Castle to Stonely. It next flows past the parish church of St Andrew to the west of Great Staughton, encircling the village to the south. It flows into the Great Ouse just to the north of St Neots, where it forms the parish boundary between St Neots and Little Paxton.[3]

History

The name of the river seems to be a back-formation from the town of Kimbolton, whose name means "farmstead of a man called Cynebald", so it is clear that the town is not named after the river.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kym". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kym (and Til)". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey of Great Britain: 1:25000
  4. ↑ A. D. Mills. A Dictionary of British Place Names. Oxford University Press.

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