- River Browney
The River Browney is a
river inCounty Durham ,England , and the largesttributary of theRiver Wear .According to Durham County Council Internet GIS, the River Browney rises from a spring in Park Head Plantation, on the eastern slope of Skaylock Hill, roughly a mile south east of
Waskerley . The spring rises no more than 500 metres from a tributary stream to theRiver Wear , in an area of moorland, forestry and springs, and of disused coal mines, quarries and mineral railway lines, remnants of an industrial past. Running eastwards towardsLanchester , the river skirts to the south of the village. Continuing eastwards past Langley Park andWitton Gilbert , the river then turns south and skirts the western edge of Durham. The Browney is joined by the River Deerness north ofLangley Moor and finally joins the Wear to the south of Durham, close toSunderland Bridge . Until the lastIce Age , the Browney entered theRiver Wear just north ofDurham City, in Pelaw Woods.The Browney became contaminated by local industry, particularly lead and coal mining, but has recovered in recent years. The river was stocked with around 3000 grayling in September 2006. [cite web
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/5311318.stm
title=Fish release to boost river stock
publisher=BBC
date=2006-09-04
accessdate=2008-07-06]Legend has it that following his defeat at Neville's Cross in 1346, King
David II of Scotland was captured having sought shelter under a bridge over the Browney atBearpark , close by where his Scottish soldiers had camped overnight beneath Beaurepaire Priory.References
ee also
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List of rivers of England
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