River Dibb

River Dibb
River Dibb at Dibbles Bridge, which carries the B6265 between Pateley Bridge and Threshfield
Origin	Grimwith Reservoir 54°4′48″N 1°54′41″W / 54.08000°N 1.91139°W / 54.08000; -1.91139
Mouth	River Wharfe nr Appletreewick 54°2′27″N 1°56′35″W / 54.04083°N 1.94306°W / 54.04083; -1.94306
Basin countries	England
Length	5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi)
Source elevation	253 metres (830 ft)
Mouth elevation	143 metres (469 ft)
Basin area	25.5 square kilometres (9.8 sq mi)

The River Dibb is located in North Yorkshire, England. It is a tributary of the River Wharfe. Grimwith Reservoir is at the head of the River Dibb at a point some 2½ miles from Appletreewick. The name is possibly derived from the Olde English dib, a dialectical form of dip meaning hollow and recorded in local 13th century records as Dybbe, a now lost hamlet near Burnsall.^[1]

Course

The river starts from the south side of Grimwith Reservoir and flows south-west through Burnett Fold Nook and then south before returning south-west to pass under the B6265 at Dibble's Bridge, which was the scene of the Dibbles Bridge Coach Crash in 1975. Below its confluence with Holes Beck, the Ordnance Survey maps show the name of the river changing to Barben Beck.^[2] It follows a mostly southerly course through Rough Close Wood and Barnscar Plantation to Rookcroft Wood. It turns west through Sprinsgide Wood and then south-west again past Hartlington Mill, where it was once used to power a 5.5 m-diameter undershot water wheel,^[3][4] and under Hartlington Bridge before joining the River Wharfe.

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  Hartlington Hall

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Coordinates: 54°01′59″N 1°57′00″W / 54.033°N 1.950°W / 54.033; -1.950