Janet's Foss

Janet's Foss
Janet's Foss
Location	North Yorkshire, England
Coordinates	54°3′58″N 2°8′12″W / 54.06611°N 2.13667°W
Type	Plunge
Watercourse	Goredale Beck/River Aire

Janet's Foss is a small waterfall in the vicinity of the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It carries Gordale Beck over a limestone outcrop topped by tufa into a deep pool below. The pool was traditionally used for sheep dipping, a jolly event which drew in local village inhabitants for the social occasion.^[1]

The name Janet (sometimes Jennet) is believed to refer to a fairy queen held to inhabit a cave at the rear of the fall.^[1] Foss is a Nordic word for waterfall, still used in Scandinavia, and is presented in a number of cases in England as 'force'.^[2]

Janet's Foss was the location of the fictional Molkham Falls as featured in the 2006 independent British film, WATERFALL. Filming took place there in May 2006.^[3]

Janet's Foss is occasionally used by all-weather wild swimmers.^[4]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Janet's Foss". Malham in the Yorkshire Dales. Daelnet. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
^ Hogg, Richard; Denison, David (2006). A History of the English Language. Cambridge University Press. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-521-66227-7.
^ Janet’s Foss, Malham, England Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Waterfall wild swimmers 'numb but liberated'". BBC News. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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[daelnet-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Janet's Foss". Malham in the Yorkshire Dales. Daelnet. Retrieved 5 November 2008.

[History-2] Hogg, Richard; Denison, David (2006). A History of the English Language. Cambridge University Press. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-521-66227-7.

[3] Janet’s Foss, Malham, England Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[4] "Waterfall wild swimmers 'numb but liberated'". BBC News. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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