Talk:River Aire

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River Course Map
It seems the image file Aire_(rivière).png was overwritten on 17th December 2019 and now shows the course of the Aire River in France Girv98 (talk) 07:09, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
 * It appears that the English map is now at File:Aire (rivière d'Angleterre).png, the article has already been changed Keith D (talk) 13:07, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

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Source of the Aire?
The article states currently that the Aire starts at Malham Tarn but is that entirely so? We know from testing that the waters of the tarn do indeed feed the Aire but they exit the tarn by way of a stream known as Malham Water, rather than 'River Aire'. (see https://maps.nls.uk/view/102344641) In normal conditions this watercourse sinks into its bed shortly down-valley and the water reappears at both Aire Head (which is down valley of the village of Malham itself) and at the foot of Malham Cove, This website - https://www.yorkshire-dales.com/aire-head-springs.html - suggests that Aire Head is the 'official' start of the Aire.

Incidentally, I see that Gordale Beck and Malham Beck meet at 'Black Hole' and continue as a single stream for a short distance before a short channel bringing water from the Aire Head rising meets them, the watercourse downstream being the River Aire. But is the section of watercourse downstream of their confluence also considered to be the Aire or one or other of the two streams which meet?

It would be useful to have further reliable references (I was going to say 'referenced sources' but that might start to get confusing!) before the text of the article is adjusted to describe these interesting circumstances. cheers Geopersona (talk) 07:17, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

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Toponomy
While I do not seek to question the examples of early reference cited, I am aware of the way in which names flow along rivers - originally applying to one stretch only.

I have reason to believe that the Aire was not so-named at Castleford in the 600s, but could stand to be corrected. On the other hand Airmyn is clearly Brythonic and means "Mouth of the Aire" so this must date to before 588 when the Angles took over Ebrauc.

I hope that those who wrote this section could/would revisit it with a view to specifying which reach of the river was being referred to in each incidence. Freuchie (talk) 13:29, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

New image
Hello all, I added an image to this page as part of a short-term paid project to share images of a year of culture that was held in Leeds. There's more on the project here and more images to make use of here. Many thanks Lajmmoore (talk) 10:46, 1 March 2024 (UTC)